Written by Menopause Minute® Editors We’re in charge of the turkey this year. It’s really a tradition at this point. For several years now, we’ve been providing the turkey for our friends and family to feast on. At our gatherings, ...
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October's National Health Observances Targeted for Promoting Women's Health at Menopause
Written by Menopause Minute® Editors October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month (NBCAM) and it is difficult to believe it is merely a coincidence that World Menopause Day falls right smack in the middle of it! Every year, the International ...
Read More »The Friends of Dana-Farber Cancer Risk and Prevention Clinic, Boston, MA
Written by Katherine Corso, MPH, Dana Farber Cancer Institute Understanding Your Cancer Risk Every woman has some chance of developing breast or ovarian cancer in her lifetime, but some individuals have a higher risk than others. Risk factors include age, ...
Read More »Ten Best Tips for Surviving Your Wife's/Partner's Menopause
Written by Michael P. Goodman, M.D., FACOG, NCMP, CCD* 1. Give your partner Lots of Space. 2. Tell her often that you love her. Touch her, hold her, with no sexual innuendo. Separate touch and massage from sexuality. 3. Ask ...
Read More »Hot Flashes Team Up with Insomnia to Disrupt Sleep
It’s 11:00pm on a hot July night. Your day has been a particularly busy one including activities like working all day, walking the dog and an hour step-aerobics class. You watch exactly one episode of Sex in the City and ...
Read More »Beat the Heat
Summertime, and the living is easy for some people. For those Mamas who are already “red hot”, the dog days of summer can be their nemesis. The scorching heat and harmful rays are often the bane of the hot flashing ...
Read More »Walk for Your Life
By: Marie Demers, Ph.D. People now walk less than ever, and pedestrians have become an endangered species. Why has such a simple activity been so neglected in the last decades? Walking is so natural that we easily forget its importance ...
Read More »Reliability of Menopause Tests
Written by Menopause Minute® Editors It’s late at night. You’re tightly tucked in bed like a bug in a rug but you can’t stop tossing and turning. The sheets feel like they are stuck like saran wrap to your body ...
Read More »Fighting Menopause Fatigue
Written by Menopause Minute® Editors Summer is taking a break this year. The usual heat and sunshine we usually feel in July and August is hardly noticeable this year. Instead, cool temperatures, rain, rain and more rain has plagued most ...
Read More »Summer Sun Basics
Written by Menopause Minute® Editors Being a Red Hot Mama in the summer is not easy. If you’re like me, your fan is your best friend and doesn’t leave your side. It’s almost impossible to avoid the sun in the ...
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