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Redefining Menopause: Including Gender-Diverse and Trans People
Read More: Redefining Menopause: Including Gender-Diverse and Trans PeopleEveryone who menstruates goes through menopause including gender-diverse and trans people. These three videos offer advice from experts about the LGBTQ+ menopause experience including ways to manage symptoms, find supportive providers and other helpful information. Experts include: Monica Christmas, M.D., OB-GYN and director of the Center for Women’s Integrated Health and the Menopause program at…
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9 Tips for Tapping into Telehealth for Menopause
Read More: 9 Tips for Tapping into Telehealth for Menopause+ Infographic text Trouble sleeping. Irritability. Unexplained weight gain. Hot flashes. If you’re a woman in midlife, menopause symptoms can be brutal. The good news: Consulting a healthcare provider (HCP) via telehealth can help you understand and manage your symptoms. Here are 9 tips for getting the most out of your telehealth visit: 1. Choose…
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7 Ridiculously Simple and Realistic Ways to Lose Weight After 50
Read More: 7 Ridiculously Simple and Realistic Ways to Lose Weight After 50Age is just a number. But when it comes to shedding pounds, that number is part of the equation. You’ve probably noticed that the pounds come on easier — and come off harder — as the years creep up. That’s because things are changing: your hormones, your level of activity and the way your body…
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9 Ways Menopause Can Give Your Sex Drive a Boost
Read More: 9 Ways Menopause Can Give Your Sex Drive a BoostIt’s time to make Naked Fridays a reality. A lot of people think menopause means less sex, and less enjoyable sex, but the opposite can be true. Hitting menopause can be like hitting the jackpot for sex and intimacy. Here are nine reasons why the end of your periods can be the beginning of a…
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Hair Loss in Women
Read More: Hair Loss in WomenIt was the winter of 1989 when I went bald. And though I knew in advance I’d lose my hair from the chemotherapy to treat my breast cancer, nothing prepared me for the feeling of being stripped completely bare of a significant share of my identity. The chemotherapy rendered every last strand of my hair…
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5 Foods to Help You Live to 100 (Really)
Read More: 5 Foods to Help You Live to 100 (Really)With everyone from healthcare providers to influencers weighing in on the best ways to live longer, it’s hard to separate fact from fiction. Most of us know eating garden-to-table is good for our health, but to what degree? Are there certain foods scientifically proven to increase your lifespan? Enter blue zone eating — a plant-based…
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Clinically Speaking: Questions and Answers About Vaginal Atrophy
Read More: Clinically Speaking: Questions and Answers About Vaginal AtrophyMedically reviewed by Sheryl Kingsberg, Ph.D. If you’re over 50 and sex has become less pleasurable, or even painful, you’re not imagining it — and you’re far from alone. According to Sheryl Kingsberg, Ph.D., chief of behavioral medicine in the OB-GYN department at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center and a member of HealthyWomen’s Women’s Health…
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Conversación sobre la salud: Preguntas y respuestas relacionadas con la atrofia vaginal
Read More: Conversación sobre la salud: Preguntas y respuestas relacionadas con la atrofia vaginalSheryl Kingsberg, Ph.D., hizo la revisión médica de este documento Si tienes más de 50 años y las relaciones sexuales se han vuelto menos placenteras o incluso dolorosas, no es tu imaginación y mucha gente enfrenta la misma situación. Según Sheryl Kingsberg, Ph.D., jefa del área de medicina del comportamiento del departamento de obstetricia y…
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Why Alcohol Affects You More As You Age
Read More: Why Alcohol Affects You More As You AgeIt was March 2020, the early days of the pandemic. When uncertainty about, well, everything, was too much to bear, I found solace in a glass of wine. My husband and I took our weekend wine-and-cheese tradition and made it an everyday event. We started skipping the cheese, and one glass would morph into two,…
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Women in the Middle
Read More: Women in the MiddleIf you’re a woman between the ages of 40 and 65, you’ve probably experienced any number of stressors, including financial, social, physical, mental health and emotional challenges. Women in midlife carry numerous responsibilities — for jobs and careers, parents, children, and partners and friends. They may also be experiencing personal health issues while experiencing menopause,…
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Los 10 síntomas más frecuentes de la menopausia
Read More: Los 10 síntomas más frecuentes de la menopausiaBarbara Dehn, RN, MS, NP, FAANP, NCMP hizo la revisión médica de este documento Todas las mujeres experimentan la menopausia, pero no todas lo harán de la misma forma. Hablamos con Laurie Jeffers, DNP, codirectora del NYU Langone Health’s Center for Midlife Health and Menopause y miembro del consejo de la salud de la mujer…
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Once Hot Flashes Fade, Are There Lasting Health Impacts?
Read More: Once Hot Flashes Fade, Are There Lasting Health Impacts?A sudden burst of heat in the upper body, flushed skin and drenching sweat: Hot flashes are all too familiar to millions of women as they move through perimenopause and menopause. In fact, the North American Menopause Society (NAMS) estimates that about three out of four women develop hot flashes around the time of menopause.…
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A Conversation With Dr. Octavia Cannon About How Race Can Influence Menopause
Read More: A Conversation With Dr. Octavia Cannon About How Race Can Influence MenopauseAlthough menopause is a normal part of aging, many women can feel unprepared for the physical and mental changes that come with this stage of life. For many women of color, the menopausal transition can be even more intense, and researchers are working to find out why. We reached out to Octavia Cannon, D.O., an…
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JoAnn Pinkerton, M.D., Speaks With HealthyWomen About Hormone Therapy for Menopause
Read More: JoAnn Pinkerton, M.D., Speaks With HealthyWomen About Hormone Therapy for MenopauseJoAnn Pinkerton, M.D. is an OB-GYN who is on the board of trustees for the North American Menopause Society (NAMS). She completed time as president and vice president of NAMS in 2009 and 2010. In 2000, she took on the role of executive director, during which time she chaired the 2017 advisory panels for hormone…
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How to Get a Good Night’s Sleep
Read More: How to Get a Good Night’s SleepMedically reviewed by Smita Patel, D.O.
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Is It Menopause or Something Else?
Read More: Is It Menopause or Something Else?A woman in her late 40s may feel many things when she wakes up soaked in sweat: annoyed, anxious, maybe a little sad. One thing she probably won’t feel? Surprised, because she’ll assume her night sweats have to do with menopause. Not fun, but nothing to worry about. But what if it’s not menopause? While…
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What’s Hot About Menopause? Sex!
Read More: What’s Hot About Menopause? Sex!It’s time to make Naked Fridays a reality. A lot of people think menopause means less sex, and less enjoyable sex, but the opposite can be true. Hitting menopause can be like hitting the jackpot for sex and intimacy. Here are nine reasons why the end of your periods can be the beginning of a…
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6 Foods That Are Secretly Aging You
Read More: 6 Foods That Are Secretly Aging YouDespite the fact that we’re all aging every single day of our lives, our society is flat-out obsessed with the concept of anti-aging. In fact, the hashtag #antiaging has garnered more than 13,057,120 posts on Instagram, and the global anti-aging market is estimated to be worth about $260 billion by 2022. Many of us are…
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8 Foods to Eat for Healthy Bones
Read More: 8 Foods to Eat for Healthy BonesApproximately 8 million American women have osteoporosis, a disease that weakens and thins bones, leaving them fragile and prone to breaking. What you eat plays a key role in bone health, since our bodies rely on nutrients such as calcium and vitamin D to build and maintain strong bones. Not getting enough of these bone-building…
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7 Ways to Prevent Bone Loss
Read More: 7 Ways to Prevent Bone LossOsteoporosis is a disease that occurs when poor-quality bone tissue causes your bones to become weak and brittle, which puts you at high risk of having bone fractures. Once you have osteoporosis, it’s easy to break a bone as the result of an action that would have been uneventful if your bones were stronger: a…
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Midlife Isn’t a Crisis, but Sleep, Stress and Happiness Feel a Little Different After 35 – or Whenever Middle Age Actually Begins
Read More: Midlife Isn’t a Crisis, but Sleep, Stress and Happiness Feel a Little Different After 35 – or Whenever Middle Age Actually BeginsBy Soomi Lee, University of South Florida Fewer than one-fifth of Americans say they actually experienced a midlife crisis. And yet there are still some common misunderstandings people have about midlife. I study midlife, and especially how people in this stage of life experience sleep and stress. In my research, I have also found that…
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And Just Like That … I Had a Flash Period
Read More: And Just Like That … I Had a Flash Period“And Just Like That,” the much anticipated follow-up to “Sex and the City,” depicts the beloved characters dealing with life in their early 50s. In episode nine, Charlotte breezily reported she hadn’t had a period in four months and was through menopause without any hot flashes. Later, she unexpectedly bled while wearing a white jumpsuit…
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50-Year-Old Muscles Just Can’t Grow Big Like They Used to – the Biology of How Muscles Change With Age
Read More: 50-Year-Old Muscles Just Can’t Grow Big Like They Used to – the Biology of How Muscles Change With AgeBy Muscles move your limbs and body by contracting or releasing.J. Gordon Betts, Kelly A. Young, James A. Wise, Eddie Johnson, Brandon Poe, Dean H. Kruse, Oksana Korol, Jody E. Johnson, Mark Womble, Peter DeSaix via OpenStax, CC BY Any time you move your body, you are doing so by shortening and pulling with your…
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How to Talk to Your Healthcare Provider About Menopause
Read More: How to Talk to Your Healthcare Provider About MenopauseDesign by Sarah Hoctor Medically reviewed by Dr. JoAnn V. Pinkerton
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End-of-Life Conversations Can Be Hard, but Your Loved Ones Will Thank You
Read More: End-of-Life Conversations Can Be Hard, but Your Loved Ones Will Thank YouBy Deborah Carr, Boston University Death – along with taxes – is one of life’s few certainties. Despite this inevitability, most people dread thinking and talking about when, how or under what conditions they might die. They don’t want to broach the topic with family, either, for fear of upsetting them. Ironically, though, talking about…
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What Increases Your Risk for Bone Fractures and Osteoporosis?
Read More: What Increases Your Risk for Bone Fractures and Osteoporosis?Medically reviewed by Dr. Risa Kagan
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Esclerosis múltiple: Qué esperar desde el diagnóstico hasta el tratamiento
Read More: Esclerosis múltiple: Qué esperar desde el diagnóstico hasta el tratamientoCandice Morgan pensó que sus episodios de mareo se debían a hambre o cansancio. Esta profesional de informática de Detroit, Michigan, se hizo una prueba de embarazo, aunque sabía que no estaba embarazada. Diez días después, fue al hospital, donde los médicos le hicieron una tomografía computarizada y la mantuvieron durante la noche en observación.…
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Multiple Sclerosis: What to Expect From Diagnosis to Treatment
Read More: Multiple Sclerosis: What to Expect From Diagnosis to TreatmentEspañol Candice Morgan blamed her bouts of dizziness on hunger or being tired. The Detroit, Michigan-based IT professional took a pregnancy test, even though she knew she wasn’t pregnant. Ten days later, she went to the hospital, where doctors took a CT scan and kept her overnight for observation. The next day, doctors ordered an…
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‘They Treat Me Like I’m Old and Stupid’: Seniors Decry Health Providers’ Age Bias
Read More: ‘They Treat Me Like I’m Old and Stupid’: Seniors Decry Health Providers’ Age BiasBy Judith Graham, Kaiser Health News Joanne Whitney, 84, a retired associate clinical professor of pharmacy at the University of California-San Francisco, often feels devalued when interacting with health care providers. There was the time several years ago when she told an emergency room doctor that the antibiotic he wanted to prescribe wouldn’t counteract the…
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Clinically Speaking: Questions to Ask Your Healthcare Provider (HCP) About Osteoporosis
Read More: Clinically Speaking: Questions to Ask Your Healthcare Provider (HCP) About OsteoporosisMedically reviewed by Dr. Risa Kagan Osteoporosis is a medical condition that causes your bones to become brittle and fragile as a result of losing bone tissue, and it’s one of the most common health conditions that women experience. In fact, one in two women will break a bone in their lifetime as a result…
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My Family’s History With Osteoporosis Changed My Medical Career Path
Read More: My Family’s History With Osteoporosis Changed My Medical Career PathAs told to Nicole Audrey Spector Throughout my college years, every visit home for Christmas brought an increasingly alarming discovery: My grandmother was shrinking. I mean, really shrinking. We didn’t know she had osteoporosis. We just thought, “Grandma is getting old. She’s in her late 70s. Shrinking happens with age.” After menopause, women lose bone…
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Curious About Collagen?
Read More: Curious About Collagen?Medically reviewed by Dr. Elizabeth Liotta Collagen is an unsung hero in our bodies that seems to finally be having its day. Ever since Jennifer Aniston went public with her support for a particular collagen supplement, it’s been getting a lot of attention in the media Could this be the secret behind her seeming inability…
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10 Things the Men in Your Life Need to Know About Menopause
Read More: 10 Things the Men in Your Life Need to Know About MenopauseThere’s a reason they call it “the big change.” Menopause is a big deal in a woman’s life, and it comes with physical and emotional changes that can affect not just her, but those who love her. But it’s something people don’t talk about much — so not only do women often not understand what…
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Sleep Apnea is More Common Than You Think — and More Serious
Read More: Sleep Apnea is More Common Than You Think — and More SeriousSusan Christian had never been a good sleeper, so when her sleep got increasingly worse during her 40s, she chalked it up to aging. It wasn’t until she turned 50 and started waking up gasping — desperately — for air that Christian decided to get help and was eventually diagnosed with sleep apnea. Although it’s…