Menopause and Women's Health Issues

Frequently Asked Questions About Menopause
Q: What is menopause? A: Menopause is the cessation of a woman's period for one full year; the ovaries produce lower levels of the hormones estrogen and progesterone and the end of childbearing. The average age of menopause is 51. Q: What is perimenopause? A: This is the years, generally between 35-48 when hormone level drops and women are… (read 70 times since Mar 30th 2007)

What Can Trigger An Early Menopause
Early or premature menopause is one that occurs before a woman is 40, whether it is natural or induced. The symptoms are similar to those of natural menopause — hot flashes, sleep problems, feeling emotionally upset, dryness of the vagina and often a loss of interest in sex. They can range from hardly noticeable to debilitating. Women in… (read 70 times since Mar 30th 2007)

A Guide to Male Menopause Symptoms and Controlling Male Menopause
Let's face it, if you're living with this condition, controlling male menopause is an important issue for you. Unfortunately, it isn't given much attention at all in the media, and the existence of male menopause has even been strenuously denied for years. Importantly, after men started to adamantly speak up about their male menopause symptoms and… (read 69 times since Mar 30th 2007)

The Trouble With Sleeping During Menopause
Going through menopause is difficult, and unfortunately, many of the problems that begin during perimenopause lead to one major problem—lack of sleep. Although you may not at first realize the connection, sleep deprivation, insomnia, and other night time troubles commonly begin with women in their forties and fifties, even when then have… (read 69 times since Mar 30th 2007)

Health Tips for Post-Menopausal Women
Eat for Health To learn to eat for health, as opposed to eating for weight loss, is to journal. If you have not started a journal, do it now. First thing each morning, get out your journal and make a meal plan for the day. For each item in your plan ask yourself, “Does this promote health for my body?” Balance each of your 3 main meals with low… (read 69 times since Mar 30th 2007)

Beer, Wine and Your Bones
If you like the taste of a good brew, then here is some good news! In a recent research study of over 2,900 women and men, researchers found that beer, which contains silicon, may promote bone health. Silicon is a mineral that is thought to stimulate collagen production, which is a building block in bone formation. Wine is rich is phytochemicals,… (read 68 times since Mar 30th 2007)

Common and Not So Common Menopausal Symptoms
Common menopausal symptoms include hot flashes, night sweats and changes in menstruation, but there are many others. The first thing to note about menopausal symptoms is that there is a surprisingly long list of them, and that no list is really comprehensive, because every woman experiences menopausal symptoms in an individual way. Hot flashes,… (read 67 times since Mar 30th 2007)

General Things About Early Menopause
Low estrogen level is the main cause of premature menopause. We meet, more and more often, women that are younger than 45, in impossibility of living a normal life because of the early menopause. Even though the specific age for menopause is around 50 years unusual cases occur. Younger women experience early menopause. A woman’s body stops… (read 66 times since Mar 30th 2007)

Menopause and Its Symptoms Q&A
Here we look at some basic questions about menopause and its symptoms, such as “What are the symptoms of menopause?” and “What is menopause?” What is menopause? Technically, menopause means “cessation of menstruation” or when a woman has no menstrual periods for more than a year, indicating that she is no longer fertile. It occurs in most women… (read 66 times since Mar 30th 2007)

Dealing With and Treating Menopause
Menopause can be a difficult phase to go through for any woman. Aside from the thought of dealing with physical and emotional changes, menopause has been a cause of unnecessary confusion and worry to those who are nearing this specific phase because they don’t know how to deal with other symptoms. Characterized by the end of menstruation period,… (read 66 times since Mar 30th 2007)

The Basics of Estrogen
Estrogen is one of those hormones that is enjoying popularity. In fact, because of it role in menstruation and menopause, it is one of the most widely studied and discussed hormone. Estrogen unknown to many is actually a term used to refer to a group of hormones that are similar in nature. And contrary to what people know, estrogen is not found… (read 66 times since Mar 30th 2007)

Gout - A Form Of Arthritis
Gout is a form of rheumatic disease caused by uric acid deposits in the joints and it is marked by sudden attacks of painful, inflamed joints. It is caused by too much uric acid in the blood. It is the commonest inflammatory arthritis of men above 40 years old, and it is 20 times commoner in men than women; however, the number of postmenopausal… (read 65 times since Mar 30th 2007)

Know About Menopause - Symptoms, Treatment And Diet
Most women start to experience symptoms associated with perimenopause or menopause while they are in their thirties or forties — symptoms that may continue into their fifties and sixties. Those who don't notice menopausal symptoms either went through early menopause when they were young or are, well, dead. So, if you take a serious look at… (read 65 times since Mar 30th 2007)

Positive Aspects of Menopause?
Although vaginal dryness and other unpleasant symptoms are often part and parcel to menopause, and is not something a woman looks forward to, did you ever stop to think that maybe menopause isn’t such a bad thing? Menopause is part of every woman’s natural aging process. It is the time when the ovaries produce lower levels of the hormones… (read 65 times since Mar 30th 2007)

Herbal Allies for Post-Menopausal Women - Pt 1
My favorite herbs for postmenopausal women are horsetail, oatstraw, red clover, stinging nettle, seaweeds, and the plants rich in flavonoids. These gentle green allies are more like foods than drugs; they offer bone-creating, heart-protecting, disease-preventing, sex-enhancing optimum nourishment to the woman in the second half of her life.… (read 64 times since Mar 30th 2007)

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