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Take Charge of Your Menopause; Looking and Feeling Good

It is easy to concentrate strictly on health concerns as we age. Am I taking enough calcium? Am I eating right? Sleeping right? How’s my cardiovascular health? What about my cholesterol levels? These questions are great and very healthy ways ...

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Ooops!…Contraception

OOPS!…Babies at menopause are always a possibility, although it’s extremely unlikely that you will conceive at 51 years old. The occasional egg can be produced by the ovaries and put us at a potential risk of unwanted pregnancy. We must ...

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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 ...

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Menopause and Your Sexual Health

Due to fluctuating hormones characterized by menopause, some women notice changes in libido (a higher or lower than usual sex drive). However, it is a common myth that all women experience a decreased sex drive and decline in sexual activity ...

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Healthy Support with Soy

While soy is not a replacement for prescription medication, over fourteen clinical trials show that soy can help you manage midlife by reducing hot flashes and other common symptoms of menopause.(1-10) Soy consumption has been shown to significantly improve a ...

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Lifestyle Modifications

Consult with your healthcare provider about complementary and alternative approaches/therapies for your specific menopausal concern. If your healthcare provider is not familiar with these approaches or therapies, ask for a referral to find a qualified complementary and alternative medical healthcare ...

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People Are Talking About the RHM Program

Watch Nikki Goldade as she talks about how the Red Hot Mamas® program has benefited their hospital…. Or if viewing on a MAC… use this link Idaho-Testemonial-2014 Appl Nikki Goldade, Community Education Coordinator, Portneuf Medical Center, Pocatello, ID “Attendance has ...

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Supplements

The Calcium Connection Calcium is a very important mineral for the human body.  It is essential to maintain an adequate intake of calcium for healthy bones and teeth.  It is available in many forms and has many names (calcium carbonate, ...

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Osteoarthritis

What you need to know from the shoulder to the hip to the knee It creeps up as silently as a thief in the night: many baby boomers, those born between the years of 1946 and1964, are used to decades ...

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