Category: Women’s Health
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Why Am I Tired After My Hysterectomy? There Is Hope for Recovering Your Energy
Angie couldn’t understand why she felt worse after the hysterectomy than she did before. At first, she assumed she was still recovering and just needed to give it a bit more time. But even seven…
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How to Prevent Osteoporosis After Menopause: Stay Strong As You Age
After years of warnings from doctors, public health campaigns, and loved ones, women know to be on their guard when it comes to osteoporosis. Too many of us have seen the toll that osteoporosis can…
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Hormone Replacement Therapy After Hysterectomy Can Help You Restore Balance
Billie struggled with painful periods throughout her adult years. She felt at the mercy of her monthly cycles, which were irregular, heavy, and came with crippling cramps. At age 23 her doctor finally put a…
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What Is Bioidentical Hormone Replacement Therapy? Understanding an Innovative Treatment Option
Bioidentical hormone replacement therapy (BHRT) is a powerful therapy made from plant-based hormones that are chemically identical to those produced by the body. BHRT is prescribed to treat a wide variety of hormone-related symptoms in…
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BHRT: A Natural Treatment for Postmenopause Symptoms
Menopause is a natural phenomenon that women experience as they age. But that doesn’t mean it’s easy. As your ovaries cease estrogen production, you’ve likely experienced some of your most significant bodily changes since puberty.…
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How Bioidentical Progesterone Benefits Women After Menopause
With the advent of menopause, women may experience a host of symptoms that can have a profound impact on both physical and emotional well-being. To address these symptoms, a growing number of women are turning…
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HRT and Weight Gain: Is It the Hormones, or Is It Menopause?
If you’ve stepped on a scale recently and been unpleasantly surprised by the numbers, you may be searching for a reason behind your unintentional weight gain. If you’ve recently started taking hormone replacement therapy (HRT)…
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3 Commonly Overlooked Symptoms of Hormonal Imbalance in Women
Are these hot flashes worth going to the doctor for, or is it nothing? Should I just wait for a few days and see what happens? So goes the typical internal self-bargaining dialogue after experiencing…
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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…