How Smoking Can Increase Estrogen Dominance After Menopause
If you are a heavy smoker then you already know of the risks for chronic diseases such as cancer, cardiovascular disease and diabetes but this new one may also give you pause for thought. A recent...
View ArticleProgesterone Helps Flushes In Post Menopausal Women
This heartening news comes from Vancouver where the The Centre for Menstrual Cycle and Ovulation Research has just published their results of a trial of progesterone for hot flushes and night sweats...
View ArticlePost Menopause An Increased Risk of Breast Cancer With Hypertension Drugs
Long-term use of a class of antihypertensive drugs known as calcium-channel blockers may be putting post menopausal women at greater risk for developing breast cancer, according to a new study by a...
View ArticlePost Menopause – Does That Mean It’s All Over?
Unfortunately no, as a recent study has shown that a much higher proportion of ‘older’ women (average age 59 in this study) than was expected still suffer from hot flushes and night sweats, well after...
View ArticleWorried About Menopause? Survey Finds Women Are Happier After It
Menopause is stressful, with the fluctuating hormones, changing symptoms and general sense of anxiety and loss that can occur at this time of life. So it’s not surprising women do feel that life is...
View ArticleYour Health At Post Menopause
Post menopause it is assumed that many of the previous hormonal symptoms will be a thing of the past. But as a result of several factors, including continuing oestrogen dominance, stress and anxiety,...
View ArticleWhy Might You Have Postmenopausal Bleeding?
Women are subject to many types of bleeding both normal, regular and unusual throughout their hormonal lives. However if you’ve gone through menopause, whether natural or surgical as in a hysterectomy,...
View ArticleIs Postmenopausal Bleeding Usual?
I am hearing from an increasing number of postmenopausal women with hormonal symptoms, among which are hot flushes. However if there is also bleeding it can have a number of causes and always needs to...
View ArticleAre You Still Having Symptoms Post Menopause?
I have two frequent enquiries from women about bioidentical hormones: firstly from those who have been happily using them for years to control their symptoms and who wonder if they need to stop taking...
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