(NC)-If you’re confused about the treatment options for your particular menopause symptoms, now there’s an authoritative guideline, an algorithm, for your doctor or health professional to use.
As estrogen declines in our middle years, the symptoms of discomfort vary greatly from woman to woman and often evolve slowly through a complex range, which if left unchecked, [...]

It takes a year after a woman has had her last period before the condition is called menopause, which is a word from the Greek language that actually combines month and terminate that literally translates to mean “the end of the monthlies.” This is a condition that usually affects a woman by the time she [...]

Women are just a bundle of emotions and hormones, especially when you hit puberty and again when you are going through menopause. These hormonal changes, particularly the levels of estrogen, can play tricks on your brain causing mood swings. Of course, the biggest mood swing of them all is depression and menopause can cause that [...]

Among the more common early menopause symptoms are night sweats and hot flashes as too changes that cannot easily are explained such as changes to the menstrual cycle, level of blood sugar, your becoming depressed for no apparent reason and being very irritable as well.
Another aspect to early menopause symptoms is that women may be [...]

The early signs of menopause also known as perimenopause can occur as long as ten years before the actual onset of full blown menopause. Basically, women in their late 30s up through the 40s can start the perimenopause cycle which is basically the reduction of the production of estrogen. Once the ovaries stop releasing eggs, [...]

Menopause is the time in a woman’s life when her menstrual cycle is ending and she is entering a new phase of her life. A woman is considered as being menopausal when she has not had her period for a full year or more, and it usually occurs naturally, most often after the age of [...]

Menopause has been the butt of many jokes not only from comedians but also from women themselves who are either going through it or negatively are anticipating it. The bottom line is that it all boils down to the fact that different bodies will exhibit different first signs of menopause. Some women will experience every [...]

Natural menopause occurs when the monthly cycle of ovulation comes to an end in a woman’s life. Menopause occurs because the ovarian supply of follicles and eggs declines sharply as a woman approaches her later years of life. So the onset of menopause is basically signifying the end of a woman’s fertility period, when she [...]

There are literally hundreds of different symptoms that most women experience when they go through menopause, but hair loss during menopause is often one of the most difficult. After all, a woman’s hair is often one of her most favorite features and so it is no mystery then as to why it can often be [...]

Menopause is considered to have begun once a woman’s menstruation has ceased for a period of one year or more, and it is a normal, naturally occurring part of life. Every woman has to go through menopause and she will usually experience it sometime around the age of forty, although many women experience menopause much [...]

Menopause is basically the body’s way of telling a woman that she has ended her menstruation. Unlike the onset of menstruation, which starts on a single day usually out of nowhere, when it comes to menopause the changes that lead up to it actually take place over several years. Most women are well aware when [...]

You have gone through the major ordeal of menopause and then after all that you notice spotting. Nothing could be more horrific, but it is important for women to know that sometimes spotting after menopause can be normal. This does not mean that you should not be worried either, but it is important to stay [...]

When women think about going in for menopause hormone replacement therapy, they may at first are confused and the reason for this is that the numbers of options available to them are many – thus making it difficult to choose the best option. Even according to studies made on the topic of hormone replacement therapy, [...]

For many women, menopause is a natural, eventual rite of passage which occurs when menstruation ceases physically. These women will likely experience perimenopause, which are the years of symptoms leading up to menopause. However, some women may experience surgical menopause which is the obvious result of some sort of surgery or medical treatment.
Defining This Type
Surgical [...]

There is a certain amount of trauma associated with that time in the lives of women when they will not longer are able to conceive and this period in their lives that is known as menopause is enough to put them into a real tizzy. Of course, there are those that have already experienced such [...]

Menopause is one of those rites of passage that nearly every woman goes through but not all of them will handle it well. With the huge hormone fluctuations, there are a number of symptoms that can occur which can wreak havoc on a woman’s body. If you are one of these women who seem to [...]

Menopause is quite a complex phase in a woman’s life. It is the time in a woman’s life when her period stops and is typically naturally occurring although physicians do sometimes induce menopause in certain cases. A woman is considered as having reached menopause once she has not had a period for a full year [...]

Most people have heard of menopause before, but not many have heard about medically induced menopause. Basically medically induced menopause is used to help a woman more gradually ease into the phase of menopause. When a woman goes through regular menopause the immediate change can often be tough.
After all, the woman is experiencing an abrupt [...]

For most women, the symptoms of menopause will begin to appear about the time a woman nears the age of 50. However, for women that begin the process of menopause prior to age 40, the condition is known as premature menopause. Premature menopause can occur for a number of reasons, including chemotherapy, autoimmune disorders like [...]

Menopause is quite a complex phase in a woman’s life. It is the time in her life when her menstrual cycle ends and she is basically being told that her stage of fertility is over, that she can no longer can pregnant and bear children. This is obviously emotionally and mentally devastating to many women, [...]

While menopause doesn’t begin for most women until around the age of 50, many women will begin experiencing pre-menopause symptoms as early as their late 30’s or early 40’s. These pre-menopause symptoms are simply a sign that the estrogen levels in the body are decreasing, giving you a chance to prepare for the “change of [...]

Ladies, you just thought you were done with that acne phase you went through younger with those raging teenage hormones. Now, heading into solid middle age, menopause and acne have both reared their ugly heads. Again, acne becomes a hormonal cross to bear, thanks to those fluctuating hormones of menopause. How could your body not [...]

Menopause is a very important and serious time in a woman’s life, and is basically the signaling of the end of menstruation. It is a normal change in a woman’s body, but can often be very physically and emotionally challenging.
The Changing Symptoms
Menopause usually takes place during a woman’s older years, at least after she is [...]

Menopause is a very serious time in life, and it is really crucial that every woman talk to her physician about menopause when they reach that point in their life. Talking to your physician about menopause is important because it allows you to become more educated and informed about the symptoms and a lot more [...]

The experience of menopause is one that varies greatly from one woman to the next, and one that can definitely be very challenging, both physically and emotionally. Although menopause is a normal event in every woman’s life, it is characterized most primarily by hormonal changes and so it is really no wonder then as to [...]

Most people have heard of menopause before, but many are not aware that there are actually different classifications of menopause, namely peri-menopause and post-menopause. Peri-menopause is the phase that takes place immediately before menopause actually sets in, and post-menopause is the phase immediately afterwards.
The Peri-Menopause Stage
Peri-menopause is the stage of a woman’s life that begins [...]

With all the negative hoopla about hormone replacement therapy, there has been a shift to examining some natural remedies for menopause – and with good reason! Some hormone replacement therapies actually increase the risk of certain types of cancer as well as stroke, heart attacks, blood clotting and higher blood pressure. One of the few [...]

Ask any woman who has gone through the process of menopause, and she will tell you that this stage of life can be challenging at best. There are a number of symptoms that women can experience during the “change”, and some of them can be difficult and uncomfortable to grapple with. One of the things [...]

There are many symptoms that a woman might experience as she nears the age of menopause. Unfortunately, one of the tendencies that many women see at this time of life is a greater challenge in maintaining an optimal weight. It seems that the diet and exercise program that worked so effectively in the 30’s is [...]

Ask any woman who has gone or is going through menopause and you will hear the same litany about its symptoms and why there are no better treatment options to relieve them. HRT, hormone replacement therapy, was once the big thing to do with menopause but once the risks became fully known it fell out [...]