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All Praise the Women of Menopause

For some women, menopause is no big deal. Some say they barely notice it. My mother, long ago, described her menopause this way: “My periods just started gettin’ lighter and lighter, and my harmones settled down, and then one day … pfft! It was over.”

Not me. Not only did menopause change my life, it changed me.

Before I was laid low by hot flashes, panic-inducing adrenaline rushes and the constant oscillation between morbid sadness and killer rage, I’d prided myself on being fearless. I’d screamed obscenities at the masochistic nuns at my Catholic school, kicked undercover cops in the groin and once threw a chair at my abusive fiancé’s head while Allen Ginsberg read poetry…

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This is the biggest health challenge women face in their 50s

Other cancer screenings and vaccinations become important, but this decade is dominated by menopause and falling levels of the hormone estrogen.

Are You There, God? It’s Me, Menopause

Menopause is essentially puberty in reverse—but there’s a huge lack of education around the transition. Jennifer Gunter, M.D., explains what to expect when you’re no longer expecting a period.

Menopause is having a moment. How a new generation of women are shaping cultural attitudes

By sharing their experiences on social media and adding to these new screen stories, celebrities are building a community that makes the menopausal journey less lonely and helps those on it remember their worth.

The end of menopause: would women be healthier and happier if they menstruated for ever?

The ovaries affect everything from metabolism to mood – so some scientists are on a quest to slow their ageing process.

Articles of Interest

How To Continue Having Great Sex After Menopause

So is there a way to still feel sexy when your body's grappling to adjust to menopause? Absolutely. Here's how to have great sex even as you go through menopause.

Menopause 'Freshman 20' All Over Again

While putting periods, cramps and PMS behind you may be a bonus, new challenges take their place. Beyond the hot flashes, insomnia, and irritability, you have another issue to consider — a thickening middle.

Menopause - No Flashy Answers

It's nearly impossible to make a decision about Hormone Replacement on your own. The data continues to conflict and so much of the decision is based on individual circumstances.

Menopause Is Finally Going Mainstream

But there are signs that menopause is finally going mainstream, as both the medical and business worlds get serious about the needs of the million-plus people in the U.S. who reach menopause every year.

Menopause Treatment: Everything You Need to Know

From lifestyle changes to the latest medical interventions, we've got you covered.

Of Course Gen X Is Doing Menopause Differently

I’ve been hoping, to be honest, that they’d do menopause differently than previous generations. I remember women my mom’s age talking about menopause, Suzanne Somers hawking hormone replacement therapy, and the cheery emphasis on femininity.

The oldest millennials will soon face menopause symptoms like hot flashes and vaginal dryness, but there are ways to combat the worst of it

Here are some things about delaying menopause and handling symptoms you should know right off the bat.

The Secret Power of Menopause

Why the end of fertility doesn’t mark the start of decline—and may even help explain our success as a species.

The Supplements You Should Try If You’re Going Through Menopause

While greater awareness of this key hormonal phase in a woman’s life is slowly growing, there is still a widespread lack of understanding of how to manage menopause symptoms. As well as HRT (or hormone replacement therapy), and regular exercise, one area to consider is your diet.

We Can Do Better by Women Experiencing Menopause

Until recently, the only thing as stigmatized as going through a menstrual cycle was losing the ability to have one. When it was acknowledged in popular culture, menopause was often the butt of a bad joke—like in this 2009 Jack in the Box commercial, which told menopausal women to drink smoothies during hot flashes so they don’t “go all street-rat crazy.”

Wellness Once a Taboo Topic, Menopause Is (Finally) Having Its Wellness Moment

It’s the venture capital community—not the medical community—that is causing what Javaid describes as a “huge revolution” in an untapped market worth an estimated $600 billion.

‘Menopause should be optional’: the doctor demystifying care for millions on TikTok

If you are a woman born in the 70s who has Googled “menopause” on an iPhone, you probably know who Mary Claire Haver is. Ever since the physician pivoted from focusing on her Houston area OB-GYN practice to menopause care in 2021, the fast-talking Texan has been flooding social media with advice about navigating the maladies of midlife.

"Doctors Are Failing Women": A New Approach to Menopause Care

Let’s face it. Doctors, even gynecologists and women’s health practitioners, don’t have all the answers about menopause and how to treat the myriad symptoms that come along with “the change”-- hot flashes, insomnia, depression and anxiety, sexual dysfunction, to name a few.

Can Menopause Be Reversed? Should It Be? Greek Doctors Claim To Have Done It In Woman Wanting A Baby

"It is potentially quite exciting," Roger Sturmey, an embryologist at Hull York Medical School in the United Kingdom, told New Scientist, calling Sfakianoudis's claim of reversing menopause "biologically plausible." "But it also opens up ethical questions over what the upper age limit of mothers should be."

For Women, Midlife Brain Fog Is Real. Here’s Why

Wondering why you keep forgetting things? One culprit for midlife women: perimenopause.

Hot flashes? Night sweats? Progesterone can help reduce symptoms of menopause

What I needed to keep these symptoms in check was the hormone progesterone. I took it for seven years because I needed it, it worked, and I believed it was safe.

Hot News Flash: Untreated Menopause Costs the Economy Millions

The failure to treat the hot flashes places a burden on not only the women, whose careers may be on upswing at this point in their lives, but also their employers, according to Philip Sarrel, a study co-author and professor emeritus in the Departments of Psychiatry and Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences at the Yale School of Medicine.

How To Lose Weight In Menopause And Keep It Off

The most common concerns expressed by my menopausal and postmenopausal patients are how easy it is to gain weight and how hard it is to lose weight. It's a real challenge, so much so that many women believe menopause causes a shift in the body that makes it impossible to lose weight. But is this really the case?

Is long-term weight loss possible after menopause?

Traditional behavioral treatments for obesity, focused on caloric intake, have had poor long-term results.

Meet the Super Flasher: Some Menopausal Women Suffer Years of Hot Flashes

“It flies in the face of the traditional wisdom that women have these symptoms for three to five years around the final menstrual period,” she said. “We now know for most women that is patently wrong.”

Menopause is having a moment

It used to be taboo to talk about. That’s starting to change.

Menopause Symptoms Aren’t “Just Hormones”: The Root-Cause Approach to Perimenopause, Estrogen Shifts, and Natural Relief

Menopause symptoms do not appear suddenly or randomly. In many women, they are the result of long-standing stress, mineral depletion, gut imbalance, impaired detox capacity, and nervous system dysregulation that become more visible as estrogen and progesterone fluctuate during perimenopause. Common symptoms include hot flashes, sleep disruption, anxiety, heart palpitations, brain fog, weight gain, and mood changes.

Muddled Guidance At Menopause

Summary judgment against HR is unfounded, misguided, and leads only to the perpetuation of a vintage mistake in new directions. I encourage the Task Force to reconsider this topic accordingly. In the interim, I advise a discussion with your provider about what’s right for you, to find a personalized path through the prevailing muddle.

Study Suggests Weight-Loss Becomes More Difficult After Menopause

A new study suggests that losing weight is substantially more difficult for women post-menopause. According to research by the University of Pittsburgh, maintaining weight loss is harder for ladies in this age group, due to natural declines in energy expenditure.

The Bitch Is Back

Are menopausal women mad, bad, and dangerous? Yes—but they’re really just returning to normal.

The Gift of Menopause

There are things I miss about being fertile. A waistline. Hair thick enough to hide my pink scalp and skin fitted enough to prove I have bones. Ovulation — those heady days each month when every cell was vibrating, when just the brush of my husband’s arm against mine could make unloading the dishwasher feel like foreplay. I truly miss ovulation.

The Link Between Menopause and Alzheimer’s

With Alzheimer’s afflicting more women than men, researchers are studying whether the hormonal changes that occur in menopause may affect the development of the disease.

The Menopausal Vagina Monologues

About half of menopausal women suffer from vaginal dryness and painful intercourse. Yet less than half of those women seek help.

The Menopause Belly Is Real - And It’s Not About Willpower

Here’s what I hear in my practice almost daily: “I’m doing everything the same as I always have, but the weight just keeps piling on around my middle. My jeans don’t fit. I look down and see this belly that wasn’t there before. What’s wrong with me?”

The Menopause-Alzheimer’s Connection

In the next three minutes, three people will develop Alzheimer’s disease. Two of them will be women. And yet research into “women’s health” remains largely focused on reproductive fitness and breast cancer. We need to be paying much more attention to the most important aspect of any woman’s future: her ability to think, to recall, to imagine — her brain.

The Origin of Menopause: Why Do Women Outlive Fertility?

New research sheds light on why women survive for decades when females in many other species die after they lose the ability to reproduce.

The Secret Power of Menopause

Why the end of fertility doesn’t mark the start of decline—and may even help explain our success as a species.

This Is How Doctors Treated 'The Menopause' in 1953

It’s nothing that a little explanation, reassurance, and mild sedation can't fix.

This is what happens to your brain during menopause

Menopause researchers are increasingly documenting changes in the brain, like shrinking brain volume and reduced blood flow, that may be behind these cognitive complaints. And they’re trying to connect these brain changes to the hormonal shifts that begin in the years before menopause, known as perimenopause, and continue after menstrual bleeding stops.

This Is What it's Like to Experience Menopause at 31

I struggle to feel sexy knowing that I have the hormone levels of an older woman.

What happens during menopause? Science is finally piecing it together

Every woman who lives to midlife eventually goes through the hormonal transition that is menopause. Yet this significant biological event has long been shrouded in secrecy, spoken of in hushed terms or referenced with euphemisms like “the change.”

What happens during menopause? Science is finally piecing it together.

All women who reach their 50s inevitably pass through menopause. Experts share the latest science and best ways to cope.

Why Menopause?

It seems, then, that there really is something remarkable about the lives of human females compared to other primates. But is menopause what makes them remarkable, or is it just the side effect of something else that evolved in our ancestors?

Women Have Been Misled About Menopause

Hot flashes, sleeplessness, pain during sex: For some of menopause’s worst symptoms, there’s an established treatment. Why aren’t more women offered it?

Resources

5 Things You Need To Know About Early Menopause

For some women, menopause is induced early because of treatments needed to save their lives, such as surgery, chemotherapy or radiation. For others, it’s genetic conditions, autoimmune disorders or even unknown reasons that bring about this change.

8 useful things to know about managing menopause (but no-one thought to tell you in advance)

So, maybe you’ve been hit by the perimenopause or menopause sledgehammer? It’s a menopausal minefield out there. One in four lucky women sail through menopause without suffering any symptoms. Maybe you’re one of the three in four experiencing one or more, of the sometimes-invisible signs and symptoms of menopause that can have a major impact on everyday life.

Five Menopause Myths and Top Tips

Menopause is still a taboo subject and in our youth-obsessed culture, it can often knock a woman’s confidence. It certainly knocked mine. But it really shouldn’t be that way. Menopause happens to all women if we live long enough and it can mark the start of an exciting new stage in our lives.

Gennev

Less than 7% of women get the help they need in menopause. So, we set our vision to be the go-to health and wellness solution for women in the second half of life...starting with menopause. We’re your source for menopause facts. No myths, scare tactics or hand waving here.

Menopause Matters

Menopausematters.co.uk is an award winning, independent website providing up-to-date, accurate information about the menopause, menopausal symptoms and treatment options. Here you will find information on what happens leading up to, during and after the menopause, what the consequences can be, what you can do to help and what treatments are available.

Positive Pause

It’s no longer about the time of the month, it’s now the time of your life!

Red Hot Mamas

Red Hot Mamas® is the leading provider of menopause education/ support programs in the US and in Canada.

Respin Health

Finally — a holistic, clinically-backed approach supporting you from perimenopause through postmenopause, rooted in evidence, powered by data, and tailored completely to you.

The Menopause Wiki

The official menopause wiki for Lemmy's c/menopause community, and its Reddit siblings, r/menopause and r/perimenopause. The following information is intended for educational purposes only, to provide a basis on which to further explore with your doctors. It is not a substitute for professional medical advice.

Early Menopause

EarlyMenopause.com is the leading support network for women experiencing early menopause and premature ovarian failure (POF/POI). We pride ourselves on our accessibility for women, whatever their situation, and work to accommodate all women including those experiencing menopause at a 'normal' age.

FitnChips

Amanda Thebe is a force of nature for women who are experiencing menopause hell and want to start feeling healthy and fit in their 40s and beyond. Through her very frank articles, hilarious social media posts and inspirational and entertaining talks, she’s here to help you find the tools to have more energy and zest for life, while making you laugh like a 20 year old throughout the process.

Menopause

Menopause published monthly, provides a forum for new research, applied basic science, and clinical guidelines on all aspects of menopause. The scope and usefulness of the journal extend beyond gynecology, encompassing many varied biomedical areas, including internal medicine, family practice, medical subspecialties such as cardiology and geriatrics, epidemiology, pathology, sociology, psychology, anthropology, and pharmacology.

Menopause Map

Are you going through some changes? Chances are you don't want to talk about them. You're not alone. Learn more about your personal journey with menopause. The Menopause Map™ will help you: •Understand the stages of menopause •Symptoms of menopause •Treatment options for menopause You don't have to suffer in silence any longer… Let's Talk About It!

MenoPro

MenoPro is a free mobile app from The North American Menopause Society (NAMS) to help clinicians and women work together to personalize treatment decisions based on a woman’s personal preferences (hormonal vs nonhormonal options), taking into account her medical history and risk factor status.

NewLifeOutlook

NewLifeOutlook has been dedicated to providing valuable information, insight, and support to our readers who live with chronic conditions. Whether you’ve just been diagnosed with Menopause, have had it for years, or are a caretaker, you’ll find expert advice, valuable resources, and a supportive community.

Post Reproductive Health

Aimed at all those involved in the field of post reproductive health study and treatment, it is a vital resource for all practitioners and researchers.

ProjectAWARE

A website by women, for women... offering objective and comprehensive health information, especially related to menopause, perimenopause, and postmenopause.

The Menopause Diet

Nutrition for hormonal balance & strong bones.

Australasian Menopause Society

The aim of the Australasian Menopause Society is advancement of knowledge about the menopause. The importance of the menopause can best be comprehended when it is realised that there are over 2 million post-menopausal women in Australia, and that every year about 80,000 new women join this group.

British Menopausal Society

The BMS is a registered charity and scientific society which is directed at the medical profession with membership open to healthcare professionals and others specialising in post reproductive health. It is dedicated to advancing education in all matters relating to the menopause.

Hormones in Harmony

Welcome to Hormones in Harmony where I shall share pearls of wisdom gathered over two decades of consulting with the hormonally challenged. As a holistic nurse practitioner specializing in neuro-immune-endocrinology, I have merged my western education with eastern philosophies, but the key to being a successful healer is to embody physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual wellbeing.

International Menopause Society

The aim of the IMS is to promote knowledge, study and research on all aspects of aging in men and women; to organize, prepare, hold and participate in international meetings and congresses on menopause and climacteric; and to encourage the interchange of research plans and experience between individual members.

North American Menopause Society

NAMS recognized a need to set essential standards for health providers, thereby assuring high quality care for women at menopause and beyond. To meet this need, NAMS developed a competency examination. All licensed healthcare providers are eligible to sit for this examination.

A.Vogel

The first use of the term “menopause” is said to have been in 17th Century France. However, it is only relatively recently that there has been general awareness of menopause as a concept — 100 years ago, life expectancy was much shorter and few women lived long enough to experience it. Those who did were most likely the wealthy elite who would never dream of speaking about such matters anyway.

eMedicine Health

Overview, definition and explanation of menopause.

Family Doctor

Discussion of hormone replacement therapy, trials, outcomes and more.

Marilyn Glenville

The menopause is not an illness. If you subscribe to the standpoint currently held by the conventional medical profession, you’d be forgiven for thinking it was. Women in many other cultures do not experience the menopause as a crisis demanding medical intervention. Many of them simply do not suffer the physical and emotional symptoms that women in the West are programmed to accept as inevitable. In our society the focus of the menopause is one of loss.