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Whether it’s hot flashes, weight gain, mood shifts, sexual health, or preventing heart disease, iVillage Health Editor-at-Large Madelyn H. Fernstrom, Ph.D., CNS is here to help!
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The gradual decline in estrogen accompanying menopause produces many physiological and mood changes, including hot flashes, night sweats, trouble sl...
It’s perfectly normal to experience the sense of a “mental fog” during the perimenopausal years (the term for the transition to meno...
Hi there! Most women find weight gain an even bigger struggle at menopause. This whole "change of life" - which by the way is a normal part ...
Hot flashes are among the most frequently reported – and troublesome – symptom of perimenopause, the transition to the absence of periods ...
Many women make the natural transition to menopause with only minor symptoms. As periods become sporadic like yours, don’t be surprised if this ...
A: Perimenopause is a normal part of life, and every woman is different in how she feels during this period of time - which can be as long as a decade...