Menopause Symptoms Relief:
Menopause Symptoms, Pre Menopause signs and symptoms, menopause relief, menopause treatment and articles on menopause.
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Oct 10th, 2009
A new compound developed from a germ-based soy ingredient has been shown to reduce hot flashes in menopausal women by fifty nine percent. The hot flash supplement, SE5-OH containing Natural S-equol, was studied in US and Japanese women, and shown to reduce symptoms of menopause, including hot flashes, because it binds with estrogen receptors in the body.
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Sep 14th, 2009
There are 42 million postmenopausal women in the United States. It is estimated that 45-75 percent suffer from menopause symptoms like vulvovaginal atrophy (VVA). QuatRx Pharmaceuticals, a privately-held biopharmaceutical company in Ann Arbor, Michigan, has announced positive results from their second pivotal Phase 3 clinical study for Ophena™ (ospemifene tablets), an investigational therapy in development for the treatment of postmenopausal vaginal atrophy.
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Aug 23rd, 2009
The dreaded belly fat that many middle-aged women develop appears to be associated with an increase in the level of active testosterone, and not a decline in estradiol (the primary form of estrogen) as once thought. Accumulation of belly fat, also known as visceral fat, is a concern because it is a significant risk factor for cardiovascular disease.
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Aug 22nd, 2009
In middle-aged women, visceral fat, more commonly called belly fat, is known to be a significant risk factor for cardiovascular disease, but what causes visceral fat to accumulate?
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Aug 10th, 2009
The latest news flash on hot flashes is that two herbal remedies that many women have used to help relieve this menopausal-related symptom are not effective when compared with hormone therapy and placebo. An important distinction to make here is that black cohosh and red clover did help decrease the average number of hot flashes, but not significantly better than placebo.
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Jul 30th, 2009
There are millions of women going through menopause who might not know exactly what is going on with their bodies and how it will affect different parts of their lives. In fact, many women, including my patients, only think of hot flashes, night sweats, and mood swings when they begin menopause, and their experience with menopause symptoms can have an overwhelmingly negative impact on every aspect of women's lives.
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Jul 16th, 2009
Taking hormones or not? Many women who experience the first symptoms of menopause are faced with this question. There is no doubt that hormones help relieve menopause symptoms, but recent studies have highlighted the potential risks that come with hormone therapy (HT).
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Jun 19th, 2009
Women and young girls who experience delays in diagnosing a premature, menopause-like condition face increased risk of low bone density.
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May 28th, 2009
The largest study of its kind to date shows that women may not be able to learn as well shortly before menopause, compared with other stages in their lives.
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May 21st, 2009
One-out-of-five women with postmenopausal osteoporosis (PMO) are retiring later than anticipated and nearly half (48 percent) blame the current economy.