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Midlife women need to calculate their lifetime heart disease risks.
By Selene Yeager
We can’t let American Heart Month pass without a discussion on one of the most vexing cardiovascular factors menopausal women face—the changes that happen to their lipid levels...
Being strong is a good enough reason for menopausal women to lift weights. But there’s more!
By Selene Yeager
We talk about muscle so much here at Feisty Menopause you could almost just call us Feisty Musclepause. That’s because muscle is your ticket to better...
Menopause is making headlines, but far too many are still suffering in silence.
By Selene Yeager
We talk about menopause all the time here at Feisty Menopause. It’s right in our name, after all. Plenty of other people are talking about it too, including women with mighty big...
Midlife and menopausal women still lag well behind men in cardiac awareness and care. Here’s how to make heart health a top priority.
By Selene Yeager
I’ve been writing this same story for years: millions of women are dying unnecessarily from heart disease. We...
Prolonged inactivity is especially bad for menopausal bodies.
By Selene Yeager
I sit. A lot. More than eight hours a day podcasting, researching, and writing books, articles, and blogs (ironically like this one!) on an average weekday, according to my Oura ring, which...
The menopause transition is a slippery slope for muscle loss. Here are some key reasons to lift weights to make and maintain as much muscle as you can.
By Selene Yeager
We talk an awful lot about lifting heavy sh*t here at Feisty Menopause. As active, performance-minded women we...
Your "vascular age" is key.
By Selene Yeager
Hormone therapy will increase your risk of heart disease! You need hormone therapy if you want to avoid heart disease! Confusion whiplash, anyone? If and/or when to start menopausal hormone therapy (MHT) is a subject of ongoing research and...
Heart disease is our #1 killer and we still don’t get the medical attention we need.
By Selene Yeager
Several years ago, my mom was having nearly debilitating, radiating shoulder, neck, and back pain, along with random panic attacks and general fatigue. She went to her doctor,...
Research shows body fat, especially in midlife, is not all bad.
By Selene Yeager
As active, performance-minded women, the body composition changes that come on as our hormones fluctuate and decline can be frustrating AF. I see that in our social media channels and our membership....
Recent research links vasomotor symptoms with cardiovascular health.
By Selene Yeager
Hot flashes and night sweats are a hallmark of menopause. These “vasomotor symptoms” occur because the vasomotor center in the brain, which helps regulate blood pressure and blood vessel dilation and...
