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8 Hot Takes from The Menopause Society 2023 Annual Meeting hormone therapy hormones menopause Oct 03, 2023

Nocturnal hot flashes get a hard look, MHT for health preservation still up for debate, and more from the annual meeting from the society formerly known as NAMS.

 

By Selene Yeager

 

In case you missed it, The North American Menopause Society (NAMS) officially rebranded itself as The...

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How to Keep Your Menopausal Joints Healthy and Happy bone health hormone therapy joint health Aug 29, 2023

Joint pain can rear its creaky head when you reach the menopause transition. Here’s how to keep moving pain free.

 

 

By Selene Yeager

 

 

Joint pain is one of those menopausal symptoms that flies under the radar…until you find yourself suddenly sidelined with...

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New Research Reports a Link Between MHT Use and Increased Rate of Dementia dementia hormone therapy mental health Jun 28, 2023

This new research doesn't mean menopausal hormone therapy causes dementia, just that we have a lot yet to learn.  

 

By Selene Yeager

 

The use of menopausal hormone therapy (MHT) is associated with an increased rate of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease in both long-term and...

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Your Menopause Transition Roadmap hormone therapy hormones hot flash menopause Apr 05, 2023

The journey through menopause can be challenging. Here’s a checklist to help smooth the way.

 

By Selene Yeager

 

Welcome to the menopause transition, a time when you travel from premenopause to postmenopause. The transition is the result of your reproductive system shutting down...

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How to Manage the Challenges of Surgical Menopause hormone therapy Sep 06, 2022

Surgical menopause can be especially rough. Hormone therapy can smooth the transition. Here’s what you need to know.

 

By Selene Yeager

 

Menopause can cause more than three dozen symptoms over the course of several years. Surgical menopause can send you headlong into a host of...

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Hormone Therapy and Heart Disease Risk: Help Or Harm? heart health hormone therapy Jun 15, 2022

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...

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Does Every Menopausal Woman Need Hormone Therapy? hormone therapy hormones Apr 20, 2022

Hormone therapy can be a lifesaver for some. Others don’t want it, need it, or can’t take it. Whatever our path, we're not deficient.

By Selene Yeager

 When we first started Feisty Menopause in 2020, many women were still afraid to take menopausal hormone therapy (MHT) because...

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This is Your Brain on Estrogen hormone therapy Mar 16, 2022

New research adds more evidence that estrogen protects against dementia, but MHT questions remain.

By Selene Yeager

 

“Greater lifetime estrogen exposure is generally associated with lower risk of dementia. The longer you have estrogen in your body, the stronger your brain is.”

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