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Three out of four women going through menopause suffer hot flushes, and suffer they do. But research shows the way society views ageing and menopause can reduce the severity of symptoms.
The use of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) doubles the risk of breast cancer in menopausal women. But that doesn’t mean it has no place in alleviating moderate to severe symptoms of menopause.
There are pros and cons to HRT. Whether or not to use it comes down to personal choice.
Strength training is an ideal way for older women to mitigate the symptoms associated with menopause.
Eating soy before menopause may significantly reduce heart problems post-menopause. Researchers at the Wake Forest School…
Natural or bioidentical hormones are plant-derived products closely resembling the oestrogen, progesterone and testosterone produced in the body. The hormones are made up (compounded) in pharmacies to…
Everyone’s favourite property expert and house hunter extraordinaire, Kirstie Allsopp, raised some eyebrows when she recently suggested that women’s fertility “falls off a cliff” when they hit 35. Her…
Political controversies often use the suffix “gate” to embellish their significance. In pop psychology, the equivalent is the made-up “syndrome”, which involves a combination of symptoms and circumstances…
During menopause, estrogen levels drop, leading to a number of unpleasant symptoms. The transition to menopause can significantly affect women’s quality of life, with many willing to try anything to alleviate…
The female sex hormone oestrogen can be produced and released from the brain as well as the ovaries, according to a study. The research, recently published in the Journal of Neuroscience, shows that the…
It’s Nobel season and who could forget IVF pioneer Sir Robert Edwards who won the accolade for medicine in 2010? More than ever before, reproductive medicine is throwing up new treatments and answers to…
Research claiming that men are to blame for menopause has gone viral in the popular media in the past week. But does the theoretical model’s fundamental assumption – that men prefer young women – stack…
Menstruation is a reproductive quirk that humans share with only a few other mammals. But even stranger is the fact that women stop menstruating when they have a whole third of their lives left to live…
A common menopause treatment does not cause cognitive problems, a study has found. Researchers conducted a controlled trial…
Eating soy products such as soy milk and tofu does not ward off hot flushes and night sweats as women enter menopause. A…
A drug originally developed to fight seizures has also been successful in reducing hot flushes in menopausal women, potentially…
Researchers have found that, contrary to popular belief, menopause does not cause weight gain in women. The study compared…
A new study has found that women who exercise during menopause may experience fewer hot flushes in the 24 hours following…
Women could soon know in advance the type and duration of menopausal symptoms they would most likely encounter later in life…
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