Category: Women
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What Does Estrogen Do? Your Guide to the Function and Uses
About 1% of women experience menopause before the age of 40. But for most women, the average age is 51.
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Ensure Long-Term Vaginal Health by Paying Attention to the Signs
Birth control pills debuted in 1960, revolutionizing women’s health and providing them with a new option to take control of their sexual health. For many, this medical breakthrough shattered years of stigma and opened up…
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12 Reasons to Seek Hormone Therapy for Menopause Support
About 6,000 women in the United States enter menopause every day. That’s over two million a year. If you’re one of these women, you know how much menopause can disrupt your life. From night sweats and poor…
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What You Need to Know About Female Hormone Imbalance
Blame it on the hormones. Moody, achy, sleep concerns, your menstrual cycle is off, can’t stop eating chocolate, teary and weepy, weight fluctuations, or perhaps you just can’t concentrate. These can all be symptoms of hormone…
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10 Telltale Symptoms of Hormonal Imbalance in Women
Have you noticed a change in your body such as increased stress, weight gain, or issues sleeping? If so, you may be experiencing symptoms of hormonal imbalance in women.
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Could Estrogen Therapy Prolong Your Life?
Middle-aged women the world over know the many discomforts that can arise during menopause. Due to plummeting hormone levels, everything from hot flashes, night sweats, and vaginal dryness to depression and other serious health concerns…
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Combating Depression By Treating Hormonal Imbalances in Women
Whether you’re a full-time mom or balancing both work and family responsibilities, you probably know what it’s like to feel burned out by a never-ending to-do list. At one time or another, most women grapple…
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Hot Flashes— How Many Years Do They Last?
Most women are familiar with one of the major symptoms of menopause, hot flashes, in which normal body temperature rises and an intense feeling of heat suddenly flushes over the body. Hot flashes are usually…
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Could You be Suffering from Birth Control-Related Depression?
If you’ve been feeling blue lately, you may want to think twice before refilling your birth control prescription. New research published in the journal JAMA Psychiatry suggests that all types of hormonal contraception come with an increased risk…
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How Many Menopause Symptoms Are There?
Many women look to the onset of menopause with dread, having heard horror stories from other women about all the different symptoms that can plague them during this major life transition. But it doesn’t have…