menopause

Taming Hot Flashes Without Hormones: What Works, What Doesn’t

Gettyimages 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 [...]

Motherhood Permanently Alters the Brain and Its Response to Hormone Therapy Later in Life

Hormone therapy (HT) is prescribed to alleviate some of the symptoms of menopause in women. Menopausal women are more likely to be diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease but not other forms of dementia, and HT has been prescribed to treat cognitive decline in post-menopausal women with variable degrees of effectiveness. New research by Dr. Liisa Galea, [...]

By |2015-06-04T21:53:39+10:00June 4th, 2015|Categories: Science & Research|Tags: , , , , , |0 Comments
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