Formally, menopause is a period that begins once a woman’s body is done having menstrual cycles. A woman is said to have entered menopause once her body has not menstruated for 12 months, as long as no medical conditions or surgeries can be identified as the cause for the absence of menstrual cycles. Most women enter…

Britain’s Information Commissioner, John Edwards, has asked Lancashire Police to clarify why they revealed to the public issues Nicola Bulley faced with alcohol and menopause. The police were also criticised by former Victims’ Commissioner, Dame Vera Baird, who said the disclosure was a “dreadful error.” Bulley, 45, has been missing since Jan. 27 when she…

Jill, a 54-year-old woman, began having symptoms of menopause at 49. At first, it was just a hot flash here and there, but things quickly changed with the passage of time. “Once I hit 50, I had full-on hot flashes, moodiness,” explained Jill. “As time progressed, I had really bad night sweats, I wasn’t sleeping,…

The dreaded hot flash—a sudden rush of incapacitating heat in the upper body, especially to the chest, neck, and face—sometimes accompanied by anxiety and rapid heartbeat. Hot flashes are an intense sensation that many women who are transitioning into menopause experience. Any woman who has experienced a hot flash, or its “cousin,” night sweats, knows…

Tips to Help Prevent Premature Ovarian Failure Premature ovarian failure (POF) is a common gynecological disease, and the incidence rate is increasing year by year with a younger trend. For young women, this not only affects fertility, but also has a great impact on physical and mental health. What behaviors can cause POF? How does…

A new study has found that extra protein in one’s diet is sufficient to reduce weight gain, a change many women around menopause experience due to declining estrogen levels and lifestyle factors. Researchers at the University of Sydney previously found that women are more susceptible to gaining weight because of hormonally-induced protein breakdown, increasing the…

For all the education, emphasis, and preparation regarding a girl’s first menstruation, so little seems to be understood and shared about what happens decades later when she stops menstruating. Perhaps it’s because perimenopause is much less a universal experience; in fact, it’s such an unpredictable period of transition that it can last months or up…

Women can look younger than their actual age through makeup or skincare, but the ovaries, which provide female hormones, may age prematurely. What behaviors can cause premature ovarian failure (POF)? How to prevent it from happening? Dr. Liao Wanrong, Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) practitioner from Yurong Chinese Medicine Clinic in Taiwan, explained in detail the…

Did your doctor or friends trick you into believing in “menopause”? It’s something EVERY woman must go through, or so the medical establishment tells you. Sure, there’s a transition where certain hormones like estrogen start to wane, but is menopause supposed to be accompanied by undesirable symptoms like hot flashes, night sweats, mood swings, drastic changes…

For nearly two-thirds of women, menopause comes with an undesirable change in memory. Despite great progress in understanding the medical aspects of menopause – a natural part of life that occurs when a woman has not had a menstrual period for 12 months – we are only beginning to recognise the experience and impact of…