In the past few decades, many middle-aged women have experienced relief from the side effects of menopause thanks to therapies like bioidentical hormone replacement or even herbal supplements that contain plant-based estrogens. Now a group of scientists at a Greek fertility clinic is claiming to have gone one step further. Gynecologist Konstantinos Sfakianoudis presented the findings of a study he...Continue Reading
You will certainly experience changes when you enter menopause. Who knows, maybe you won’t mind them much. The changes that other people dread might not affect you in the same way. After all, as Shakespeare wrote, “nothing is good or bad but thinking makes it so.” But Lord knows there will be changes. However, who needs sex drive and youthful-looking...Continue Reading
This may be hard to swallow, but many women don’t realize how profound the effects of menopause will be on their bodies. Some may view the transition out of the reproductive years as just a minor change to brush off casually and not think about. Some may think that their only problems will be that they gain weight a little...Continue Reading
So your hormones are declining and your reproductive abilities are going into retirement. Hormones – even sex hormones – affect your body, your health, and how you feel in a number of ways. Declining levels of hormones like estrogen and progesterone can produce a vast array of signs and symptoms that leave you feeling a bit unusual. These hormones play...Continue Reading
When you enter menopause, hormones like estrogen and progesterone decline. Because of the importance of hormones to a woman’s mental and physical health, declining levels of estrogen and progesterone (and other hormones) can result in a number of unwanted side effects, such as: Hot flashes Night sweats Irregular periods (increased or decreased flow) Vaginal dryness Loss of sex drive Mood...Continue Reading
It is generally thought that menopause is the result of declining levels of hormones. Certainly, the decline of female sex hormones such as estrogen and progesterone profoundly affects an aging woman’s body. Sex hormones, in both females and males, play many more roles in physiology than just determining physical appearance and sex drive. Estrogen, for instance, is crucial for bone...Continue Reading
