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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 youโre over 50 and sex has become less pleasurable, or even painful, youโre not imagining it โ and youโre 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 HealthyWomenโs Womenโs Health…
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Conversaciรณn sobre la salud: Preguntas y respuestas relacionadas con la atrofia vaginal
Read More: Conversaciรณn sobre la salud: Preguntas y respuestas relacionadas con la atrofia vaginalSheryl Kingsberg, Ph.D., hizo la revisiรณn mรฉdica de este documento Si tienes mรกs de 50 aรฑos y las relaciones sexuales se han vuelto menos placenteras o incluso dolorosas, no es tu imaginaciรณn y mucha gente enfrenta la misma situaciรณn. Segรบn Sheryl Kingsberg, Ph.D., jefa del รกrea 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 Deserve Care from Healthcare Providers Who Understand Menopause
Read More: Women Deserve Care from Healthcare Providers Who Understand MenopauseIt wasnโt all that long ago that we just didnโt talk about menopause, especially in certain communities. It was โthat time of lifeโ or โthe change,โ or women might say something about a particularly bad hot flash. That was about it. Thankfully, this attitude seems to be changing. More women today are starting to compare…
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How Male Partners and Others Can Support Women During Menopause
Read More: How Male Partners and Others Can Support Women During MenopauseSometimes itโs as simple as getting her a cup of tea or giving her a back rub โ or it can be more involved, like taking over household responsibilities with the kids or reading articles on menopause. Whatever it may be, Sandy is there to support his wife, Vanessa, 42, who has been going through…
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Women in the Middle
Read More: Women in the MiddleIf youโre a woman between the ages of 40 and 65, youโve probably experienced any number of stressors, including financial, social, physical, mental health and emotional challenges. Women in midlife carry numerous responsibilities โ 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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What You Need to Know About Surgical Menopause
Read More: What You Need to Know About Surgical MenopauseHelen Kemp had a complicated gynecological history. When she was 41 years old, endometriosis, ovarian cysts and fibroids led to the surgical removal of her uterus, fallopian tubes and ovaries. She was completely unprepared for what she would go through after surgery, as she went into early menopause. โImmediately after surgery, hot flashes kicked in,…
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Los 10 sรญntomas mรกs frecuentes de la menopausia
Read More: Los 10 sรญntomas mรกs frecuentes de la menopausiaBarbara Dehn, RN, MS, NP, FAANP, NCMP hizo la revisiรณn mรฉdica de este documento Todas las mujeres experimentan la menopausia, pero no todas lo harรกn de la misma forma. Hablamos con Laurie Jeffers, DNP, codirectora del NYU Langone Healthโs Center for Midlife Health and Menopause y miembro del consejo de la salud de la mujer…
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Which Essential Oils Help Menopause
Read More: Which Essential Oils Help MenopauseMenopause can be a difficult period for many women. With the fluctuating hormones and symptoms, having a natural aid to assist you with the symptoms is ideal. Essential oils may be the ideal natural solution to help manage the symptoms of menopause. Many women report symptoms including exhaustion or hot flushes. These symptoms may interfere…
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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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Remove the Stigma of SUI
Read More: Remove the Stigma of SUIWe are part of a pivotal moment in history. Women everywhere who have lived their entire lives believing in autonomy and control over their healthcare never could have imagined that the clock would be turned back half a century when it comes to womenโs health and reproductive rights. While that fiery debate burns hotter than…
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Why Access to Contraception Matters for Women of All Ages
Read More: Why Access to Contraception Matters for Women of All AgesKelsie Williams grew up in rural Kentucky, where accessing contraception was โ and still is โ a struggle. โThe more rural regions are really short-staffed and they’re low on specialists who provide reproductive healthcare,โ Williams explained. โI still hear from friends and family who have to take time off for work to drive long distances.…
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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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Yes, You can Still Have an Ogasm After Menopause, Hereโs How!
Read More: Yes, You can Still Have an Ogasm After Menopause, Hereโs How!True Intimacy with a partner involves feelings of emotional closeness and connectedness. An essential component of this is physical intimacy. However, for many postmenopausal women, physical intimacy comes with the symptoms of genitourinary syndrome of menopause (GSM). Close to 50% of women suffer from vaginal dryness, decreased vaginal lubrication, pain during intercourse, and trouble, or…
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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 wonโt feel? Surprised, because sheโll assume her night sweats have to do with menopause. Not fun, but nothing to worry about. But what if itโs not menopause? While…
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Whatโs Hot About Menopause? Sex!
Read More: Whatโs Hot About Menopause? Sex!Itโs 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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How Medical Technology Is Changing Health Care
Read More: How Medical Technology Is Changing Health CareGrace Fernandez’s biggest fear is dying in her sleep. It’s a fear that could easily become a reality for the 33-year-old and the approximately 1.6 million other Americans living with Type 1 diabetes. Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease where the pancreas produces little or no insulin, a hormone needed to allow sugar (glucose)…
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From Hot Flashes to Night Sweats, a Rundown of Vasomotor Symptoms During Menopause
Read More: From Hot Flashes to Night Sweats, a Rundown of Vasomotor Symptoms During MenopauseStacia Crawford, 54, has been battling night sweats and hot flashes for the past four years. โSome nights I was unable to sleep because I would go from burning up to freezing in a matter of minutes,โ she revealed, noting that sheโs often changing her sheets several times a week. โThere have been times when…
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Midlife Isnโt a Crisis, but Sleep, Stress and Happiness Feel a Little Different After 35 โ or Whenever Middle Age Actually Begins
Read More: Midlife Isnโt a Crisis, but Sleep, Stress and Happiness Feel a Little Different After 35 โ 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 โฆ I Had a Flash Period
Read More: And Just Like That โฆ I Had a Flash PeriodโAnd Just Like That,โ the much anticipated follow-up to โSex and the City,โ depicts the beloved characters dealing with life in their early 50s. In episode nine, Charlotte breezily reported she hadnโt 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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Understanding Age-Related Menstrual Cycles Changes
Read More: Understanding Age-Related Menstrual Cycles ChangesHaving surfed the crimson wave for years now, you know what to expect from your menstrual cycle. But just when you thought that you have finally mastered tracking your menstrual cycle, you start to observe certain changes like easier PMS, heavier flow, or disturbing period cramps. And it strikes back to you all over again…
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A Conversation With Nina Coslov About Perimenopause
Read More: A Conversation With Nina Coslov About PerimenopauseIn her early 40s, Nina Coslov started experiencing symptoms of perimenopause, but she was still having regular menstrual periods. When she couldnโt get answers from her healthcare providers, she co-founded Women Living Better, an organization dedicated to improving womenโs understanding of the path to menopause through research and education. She harnessed her science background to…
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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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Debbie Matenopoulos Talks With A Retiree On What it Means to Have a Bladder that is Overactive
Read More: Debbie Matenopoulos Talks With A Retiree On What it Means to Have a Bladder that is OveractiveThis post is sponsored by Astellas Pharma US, Inc. Itโs that time in our lives where we start noticing the changes that tend to be more common as we age. When it comes to the bladder, these changes can be hard to process since having urine leak can be startling and embarrassing. Television host and…
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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 Familyโs History With Osteoporosis Changed My Medical Career Path
Read More: My Familyโs 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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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 โ so not only do women often not understand what…

