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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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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 ReadingFive 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 […]
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Midlife, 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 […]
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By 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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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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With a growing number of women approaching the age of hormonal changes — by 2025, approximately 1.1 billion women worldwide will have experienced menopause — the travel industry is catering to a new niche: Women who want help dealing with everything from hot flashes to mood swings, with perhaps some classic spa treatments thrown in. […]
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Another major factor in hair change over time is genetics, Dr. Guttman-Yassky said. “I always ask my patients about family history, and many times somebody with female-pattern hair loss will say, ‘Oh, yeah, my mother in her 40s or 50s had the same pattern of hair loss.’” Are there ways to manage these hair changes? […]
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Each day, around 6,000 women in the United States enter menopause, which officially starts 12 months after a woman’s last period. But perimenopause, the time leading up to menopause, can last anywhere from two to 14 years (the average is around four). “Many women enter into this transition without any information about what may occur,” […]
Continue ReadingMenopause costs American women an estimated $1.8 billion in lost working time per year, according to a Mayo Clinic study published this week. The paper examined how hot flashes, night sweats, mood swings and the myriad other symptoms associated with this time of life affect women in the workplace. It’s the largest study of its […]
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