Women reaching menopause may experience a wide range of physical changes to the genitourinary system: the genitals and urinary tract. A recent article in the Mayo Clinic Proceedings reviewed the options for women experiencing genitourinary syndrome of menopause, a relatively new term that describes various menopausal...
Breast Changes and Menopause As you transition through menopause, you may experience a variety of related symptoms. Some may occur infrequently, and others daily. The intensity of your symptoms can also fluctuate from mild or moderate, to severe. All of these symptoms occur because of hormone imbalance....
Anxiety, Irritability and Mood Swings As you transition through menopause, you may experience a variety of related symptoms. Some may occur infrequently and others daily. The intensity of your symptoms can also fluctuate from mild or moderate, to severe. All of these symptoms occur because of hormone...
There are over 150 clinically defined symptoms signaling the end of menstruation. The following thirty-five menopause symptoms are indicators that a woman's reproductive capacity is declining and the cessation of her menstrual period is near. I've penned a hormonal guide for menopause for all my Naturopathic patients,...
Difficulty sleeping is one of the more common symptoms during the hormonal transition of peri-menopause and menopause. Here's what the research has to say about how hormones affect sleep. First off, progesterone. This hormone is responsible for our deepest sleep cycle, non-REM sleep, primarily by affecting...