Menopause: Symptoms, relief and treatment

by Pat Lunsford

Menopause was once believed to be the beginning of a fast downhill journey towards the end of sexual vitality for a woman. However, today's woman is learning a lot about menopause and is realizing the fact that menopause s...read more

by Kate Johns

It's the middle of winter and I've got the thermostat turned down to 64 degrees and I'm hot. No, I'm not talking about the Paris Hilton kind of hot, I'm talking about hot as in the menopause kind, where my face is red hot,...read more

by Diane K. Quinn

Menopause took a giant leap out of the closest in 1991 with Gale Sheehy's best selling book entitled, "The Silent Passage". Before its publication, menopause was an embarrassing topic, and women felt diminished by the men...read more

by Angeline Oppenheimer

Someone listed the Seven Dwarves of Menopause as Itchy, Bitchy, Sweaty, Sleepy, Bloated, Forgetful and Psycho. If you are a woman in the throes of Menopause, you may be tempted to make up your own list of woe-betides. Af...read more

by Erinn Soule

I never thought I would be discussing this topic, menopause, not yet at least, the sad true fact is...I am. Now some women take this single word and describe it as the end of their life as they know it, it does not have t...read more

by Kathy Downey

Earlier generations spoke in whispers about "the change," and blamed it for any health problems a middle aged woman might have. Although we discuss it more openly today, some women still worry about facing the "Big M." Act...read more

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by Jeanie Ledesma

Menopause is the time in a woman's life when her period stops.it is often called" the change of life." leading up to menopause, a woman's body gradually makes less and less of the hormones estrogen and progesterone.this ch...read more

by Catherine Morris

It is important to remember that no two people's experiences are ever exactly the same. That said there are obviously trends which are worthy of examination. Life is full of change and for women the menopause is commonly...read more

by Julianna Gwiszcz

What is menopause? Looking back a generation, menopause was widely considered a taboo topic. While it may be openly discussed today, the term remains contaminated by a host of misrepresented, negative connotations. Family...read more

by Pavi

Menopause-Females The term "menopause" comes from the Greek words meno (month) and pause (to end). Thus, the literal definition is the end of the cycle of monthly menstrual bleeding. Menopause is a reproductive milestone ...read more

by Emmanuel Osondu

The topic is MENOPAUSE and for the purpose of clarity, I would like to approach this topic from a "question and answer" perspective. This ensures that the subject matter is properly addressed and, more to the point, the re...read more

by Ann Miller

Menopausal women are the butt of many jokes, but for them, those years when the body is changing from fertile to infertile, it can be a living hell. About Menopause: True menopause is the complete cessation of re...read more

by Dorothy Hobson Cabrera

Menopause, like puberty, is a transition and a natural part of a woman's life. It is not a disease or an illness. Unlike puberty, menopause or the "change of life" was not discussed in grammar school and a "special talk" w...read more

by Robin Harp

As a woman of a "certain age" who has just survived "The Big M", I would like to know how, when, and why did the word menopause become such a negative, dirty, secret word. Menopause is usually only talked about in a negat...read more

by D Dupont-Day

Let me state right up front that while menopause is an undeniable reality for all women, men experience their own version of menopause as well. I will discuss male menopause later in this article. There are some people...read more