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After decades of never experiencing seasonal allergies, you suddenly find yourself sneezing and sniffling along with the tens of millions of Americans who suffer from them. What happened? “People tend to think of allergies as a childhood thing” and not something they can get later in life, said Dr. Tolly Epstein, an adjunct assistant professor […]
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At Dr. Monica Christmas’s clinic these days, she sees two kinds of menopausal patients. The first, she said, is suffering from the symptoms associated with this life phase, but is also wary of hormone therapy because she’s heard there are health risks associated with it. The second kind of patient is almost the exact opposite: […]
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The 67-year-old woman slipped off her shoes before stepping onto her doctor’s scale. At her home, in Maplewood, N.J., the bathroom scale had documented the same 25-pound weight loss she and her internist now saw. It happened suddenly, over the past few months. Initially she blamed a bout of Covid-19 that she picked up during […]
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Women outlive men, by something of a long shot: In the United States, women have a life expectancy of about 80, compared to around 75 for men. This holds true regardless of where women live, how much money they make and many other factors. It’s even true for most other mammals. “It’s a very robust […]
Continue ReadingQ: I’ve heard that it’s bad for dinner to be your biggest meal of the day. Is that true? The maxim has been around for decades: “Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a pauper.” It’s not bad advice, experts say. It’s also the opposite of how most people in […]
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Five years ago, when Dr. Risa Kagan offered testosterone to postmenopausal women whose sex drive had vanished, the Berkeley-based OB-GYN had few takers. Women were wary of using what they thought was a male sex hormone, she said, and concerned about developing “masculine” traits, like body hair or a deeper voice. Now, she said, “every […]
Continue ReadingIain Tait is not obsessive about his health. He enjoys a drink and a party; he doesn’t wear a fitness tracker. But Mr. Tait, 50, does pay more than $20,000 a year for a membership to Hooke, a private health clinic based in London with an emphasis on longevity. Discovering he had high cholesterol, and […]
Continue ReadingMidlife, typically defined as ages 40 to 60, is an inflection point. It’s a time when our past behaviors begin to catch up with us and we start to notice our bodies and minds aging — sometimes in frustrating or disconcerting ways. But it’s also an opportunity: What our older years will look and feel […]
Continue ReadingBy the time a woman is considered six weeks pregnant, she would have had two weeks, at most, to realize it. That’s because the gestational age of a fetus is counted not from the moment that sperm fertilizes an egg or from the moment you have a positive pregnancy test, but weeks earlier, on the […]
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The nausea and vomiting that often define the first trimester of pregnancy are primarily caused by a single hormone, according to a study published on Wednesday in the journal Nature. Researchers said that the discovery could lead to better treatments for morning sickness, including rare, life-threatening cases of it. The study confirms prior research that […]
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An at-home menopause test kit from Clearblue, the maker of pregnancy tests, is now on store shelves across the United States. The company says the test, which became available in August, helps women determine which stage they’re in during the lead-up to menopause. Last week at a meeting of the nonprofit Menopause Society, the company […]
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There are several other factors that can also contribute to dyspareunia among menopausal women. The hormonal changes alter acidity levels of the vagina, Dr. Streicher said, which can lead to recurrent urinary tract infections among menopausal women, creating discomfort in the area whether or not they are having sex. And some common health conditions among […]
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