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Do you use herbal remedies for menopause support?
While we are on the subject of finding medications and supplements that can help us… a quick note about using herbal remedies to help alleviate the symptoms of menopause and/or to boost your flagging...
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Bad News for Smokers: More Reason to Quit!
About one in five women smoke. If you’re part of that 20 percent, I’m sure you’ve heard all the warnings and finger-wagging about the health hazards of smoking. Maybe you’re tired of hearing about all...
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Herbs to Manage Menopause. Maybe.
Humankind has relied on medicinal plants for thousands of years. From that perspective, treatments like estrogen therapy (ET) are a flash in the pan. And with insecurity about prescription oral ET...
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Nonhormonal Drugs for Menopausal Symptoms Nixed by FDA
So much for WISHes. Following the approval of Osphena, a nonhormonal drug for vaginal pain, or dyspareunia, an advisory panel for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) just voted against approving two...
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The Wrong Kind of “Hot”
Now that the FDA advisory panel has pulled the plug on two nonhormonal drugs to treat hot flashes and night sweats, what’s a grumpy, sleep-deprived, sweaty, menopausal woman to do? For most of us, hot...
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Q: No-estrogen options for symptoms of surgery-induced menopause?
You describe hot flashes and night sweats that began after a hysterectomy to reduce breast cancer risk. You’re right that the symptoms can be prompted by your sudden entry into menopause (through...
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Let’s Not Grin and Bear It
I’m an optimist by nature. And that’s a good thing. I saw an article this week headlined “Women are not getting treated for menopausal symptoms.” It outlines the research behind the statement, research...
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