Menopause is a natural part of aging for women, but there is no predictable pattern or timeline for the symptoms, doctors say. While hot flashes, irritability and weight gain are generally well known, symptoms like anxiety, hair loss, and incontinence can catch a woman by surprise and cause concern, even though they’re normal. Many myths… Continue reading 5 Signs That You’re Entering Menopause
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Confronting The Side Effects of A Common Anti-Cancer Treatment
A new treatment approach is needed to deal with the side effects of aromatase inhibitors, drugs that are commonly given to men and women to stop the recurrence of estrogen-positive breast cancer, researchers say. The therapy, though effective, has been linked with hot flashes, memory lapses, anxiety and depression. Sometimes the effects have been so… Continue reading Confronting The Side Effects of A Common Anti-Cancer Treatment
A Safe Alternative to HRT?
The drug oxybutynin works to reduce hot flashes in women, including breast cancer survivors who cannot take hormone replacement therapy, according to new research. Oncologists Robert Leon-Ferre, M.D. and Charles Loprinzi, both of the Mayo Clinic, presented their findings at the 2018 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium. Leon-Ferre said several factors contribute to the increased… Continue reading A Safe Alternative to HRT?
An Overlooked Condition: Perimenopause
Researchers have developed the first-ever guidelines on diagnosing and treating perimenopausal depression, the time immediately before menopause when hormones are in decline. According to a news release from the University of Illinois at Chicago, perimenopausal depression remains under-recognized and clinical recommendations on treating it have been lacking until now. The researchers published the guidelines simultaneously… Continue reading An Overlooked Condition: Perimenopause
Hot Flashes May Have A Genetic Link
Are hot flashes, the universal symbol of menopause, linked to genetics? A team of UCLA-led researchers may have found a clue in a first-of-its kind study: gene variants that affect a receptor in the brain that regulates estrogen release and is present across all ethnicities. It appears that women who have these variants are more… Continue reading Hot Flashes May Have A Genetic Link
The Menopause Map
According to Dr. Nicholas Sieveking, a Nashville-based, board-certified plastic surgeon and the founder of Ageless Solutions, “menopause can surely be a crazy time in a woman’s life. Not only does it signal the fact that she can no longer procreate, she will most likely suffer from some symptoms; physical, mental or both. As the body… Continue reading The Menopause Map
Taming Hot Flashes Without Hormones
Some three-quarters of North American women have menopausal hot flashes, but many cannot use hormones for medical reasons or choose not to. Numerous products and techniques are promoted for hot flashes, but do they work and are they safe? To answer these questions, a North American Menopause Society (NAMS) panel of experts weighed the evidence… Continue reading Taming Hot Flashes Without Hormones
When I’m 64, I’ll Still Have Hot Flashes?
The answer is “yes” for many women. Some 40% of women 60 to 65 years old still have hot flashes. For many, the hot flashes are occasional and mild, but for others, they remain really troublesome. That’s the finding of a study published in March 2015 in Menopause, the journal of The North American Menopause… Continue reading When I’m 64, I’ll Still Have Hot Flashes?
Breast Cancer Patients and Hot Flashes
Physicians aren’t adequately treating hot flashes in breast-cancer patients, and that could have a serious effect on the patients’ health-care decisions, according to new research. More than 70 percent of breast-cancer survivors have menopause-related problems, especially hot flashes. These can persist for more than five years after cancer treatment has ended. Experts say they affect… Continue reading Breast Cancer Patients and Hot Flashes
Kids Help Ease Menopausal Symptoms
Women enduring the menopausal characteristics of hot flashes and night sweats don’t suffer as much if young children live with them, according to new research from The Kinsey Institute and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. Of the 117 women who took part in the study, 69 were menopausal or post-menopausal at the time of… Continue reading Kids Help Ease Menopausal Symptoms
Are You Setting Off Your Hot Flashes?
By Gary Elkins
If you start taking note of your hot flashes, you may recognize some events, emotions, or activities that actually seem to contribute to, or “trigger,” the onset of a hot flash.
Scientifically speaking, while the physiology of hot flashes is associated with a decrease in estrogen level or an increase in gonadotropin concentrations, the actual physiological mechanism of hot flashes is not known.