Menopause and Women's Health Issues

Start Losing Weight Today – Even As You Approach and Experience Menopause
Have you noticed that your waistline has gradually been expanding, and attempts at losing – or even maintaining – weight have been unsuccessful? Weight gain as you approach middle age is quite common among women. As a matter of fact, if left unchecked, you can expect to gain at least one pound a year during perimenopause (the years leading to… (read 23 times since Mar 30th 2007)

Six Ways Soy Benefits Your Health
Soy, and most soy-based products, are nutritional powerhouses. Soybeans are the only plant food that has all of the essential amino acids our body requires, making it a complete protein. Soy foods do not have any cholesterol, and most are high in fiber. Soy also has many vitamins, minerals, and phytochemical compounds (like isoflavones) that work… (read 23 times since Mar 30th 2007)

The Reasons For Hot Flashes May Vary, But Some Hot Flash Cures Are Effective
The actual reasons for hot flashes during menopause are largely unknown. Finding hot flash cures is difficult for the medical community for several reasons. Here we look at the possible reasons for hot flashes and the issues that make it difficult to find effective hot flash cures. It is hard to find an effective treatment for a symptom, when the… (read 23 times since Mar 30th 2007)

Over 50 and Suffering Menopause and Anxieties in Your Life? Learn How to Get Some Help and Move On
Menopause usually kicks in when we are over 50, but sometimes women may experience it as early as in their 20's or 30's. It can affect us all in different ways. I want to give you some helpful information but also try to make it quite lighthearted. There's little point in feeling grotty, reading this and feeling more depressed! So, let's lighten… (read 22 times since Mar 30th 2007)

Menopausal Acne: When Your Skin Goes Back to Your Teenage Years
Menopausal acne is a disturbing and actually common problem. This flaring up of skin problems normally experienced in teenage years can come back during the menopausal years as they are also marked by pronounced hormone imbalance. Hence, by experiencing strong fluctuations in estrogen and progesterone levels, the skin of a woman in this stage can… (read 22 times since Mar 30th 2007)

Menopausal Anxiety: Fiction Or Reality
Menopausal anxiety is a relatively common problem and needs to be addressed early to avoid letting the situation getting out of proportion. Many causes can be attributed to menopausal anxiety. The fact that a woman going through menopause experiences an important hormone imbalance and a relative progesterone insufficiency can be one. Another cause… (read 22 times since Mar 30th 2007)

Healthy Menopausal Years - the Wise Woman Way
Menopause is a time of enormous change. Wise women of all times have found simple life-style changes can make their Change much easier. For optimum health during and after menopause, follow these simple steps: Exercise a different way every day: take walks, lift weights, dance, garden, do yoga, try tai chi. Drink nourishing herbal infusions. We… (read 22 times since Mar 30th 2007)

Do I Need To Supplement My Diet With Extra Vitamins?
Are you a post menopausal woman? Are you an elderly person who perhaps is not getting enough exposure to the sun? Or are you are lactose intolerant? If the answer to any of the above is yes than perhaps you are a candidate for nutritional supplements. Nutritional supplements, as the name suggests are taken to supplement the diet. It can be one or… (read 21 times since Mar 30th 2007)

Feminists Bash Men About Their Male Sexual Performance
A fiery debate has long raged in the medical profession on whether male menopause actually exists and what, if any, is its effect on male sexual performance. The questions are many. If it really does exist, at what age will it begin to affect their sexual performance? What precautions can be taken to avoid its arrival and are there treatments to… (read 21 times since Mar 30th 2007)

Understanding Menopausal Hormone Therapy (MRT)
In our grandmothers' time, the menopause was looked on as a natural part of life and women just had to put up with it. Some women sail through it and notice no symptoms at all and others suffer quite a lot. Nowadays, there is a lot of help available in the form of hormones, to deal with symptoms that you may experience during perimenopause and… (read 21 times since Mar 30th 2007)

Menopause: HRT, ERT or Alternative Medicine?
Menopause happens to every woman. There is no way to avoid it, but there are ways to cope with the changes. Menopause is a transition in a woman's life when the ovaries stop producing eggs. This may happen over night or could take years before the process is completed. This is the time when the body stops producing the hormones estrogen and… (read 21 times since Mar 30th 2007)

Breast Cancer – Risk Factors
The main types of breast cancer are Lobular carcinoma and Ductal carcinoma. Lobular carcinoma is fairly similar in behavior to ductal carcinoma but it begins in the milk secreting glands present in the breast. Ductal carcinoma, which accounts for more than about 75 percent of breast cancers starts in the lining of the ducts that bring the milk to… (read 20 times since Mar 30th 2007)

Aromatherapy: Soothe Life Transtion with Rose Otto Pure Essential Oil
True Rose oil allows us to let go of past relationships and is especially helpful for those suffering from grief and loss. Rose's restorative and elevating effect on the spirit and emotions make it useful in a blend with Helichrysum essential oil for healing emotional scars and forgiving old hurts. Rose oil may help to gently melt blocked… (read 20 times since Mar 30th 2007)

Fat Intake, Cardiovascular Health and Menopause
Naturopathic medicine is useful not only for treating the acute discomforts of perimenopausal women, but also has a role to play in preventing fatal diseases caused by the lack of estrogen during menopause. After menopause, women are at significant risk of heart and blood vessel disease. Indeed, cardiovascular disease is on top of the list when… (read 20 times since Mar 30th 2007)

Let Wisdom Usher In Your Change Of Life
As a woman in midlife you can choose to see “menopause” from a traditional view, as evidence of barrenness or a loss of femininity. Or you can choose to see it as a “change of life,” a transition that gives birth to a phase of fulfillment. It may be most helpful in midlife to remember all of who we are: physical, mental, spiritual and emotional… (read 19 times since Mar 30th 2007)

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