By James A. Simon, MD, CCD Clinical Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology George Washington University, Washington, DC Nearly 6,000 women enter menopause every day in the United States. Though not all menopausal women will experience vasomotor symptoms such as hot flashes ...
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Take a Stroll to Improve Your Health with the Red Hot Mamas NOW
These boots were made for walking! The benefits of walking sound fantastic and you’d love to start… but how? Start by empowering yourself and friends with ways to motivate and take action! The entire month of May is nationally recognized ...
Read More »Treating Stress and Symptoms of Menopause with Massage Therapy
Are you overwhelmed with the stresses that have accompanied menopause? Does stress seem to be amplified now that you’re in your prime menopausal years? Menopause brings about physiological, psychological and social changes that may be extremely trying on your health, ...
Read More »Red Hot Mamas Promotes "Save Your Vision Month"
A message from the American Optometric Association: OPTOMETRISTS ANTICIPATE “BOOM” IN EYE DISEASES AS BABY BOOMERS TURN 60 Save Your Vision Month Promotes Regular Eye Exams March 1, 2006 – In a year where an estimated 2.8 million baby boomers ...
Read More »Red Hot Mamas and Orange Park Medical Center Draw Tremendous Crowd for February 9th Event: “Making Midlife Magic: Menopause and Beyond”
On the evening of February 9th, Red Hot Mamas founder, Karen Giblin and women’s health expert, Dr. Bruce Bekkar, spoke to an excited audience of over 375 Red Hot Mamas (and Papas!) at the Thrasher-Horne Arts Center in Orange Park, ...
Read More »Red Hot Ways to Look and Feel Good at Menopause
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 ...
Read More »The Visit to the Doctor: Top Mistakes Women Make
You’re smart and educated, you visit the doctor yearly, you’re healthy- so what’s the big deal? Many women commonly write off their annual exam when receiving a perfect bill of health. They leave the office as unassuming and unquestioning individuals. ...
Read More »Ten Best Tips for Surviving Your Wife/Partner’s Menopause
Give your partner Lots of Space. Tell her often that you love her. Touch her, hold her, with no sexual innuendo. Separate touch and massage from sexuality. Ask yourself what you can do to reduce her stress and anxiety–then Do ...
Read More »Hormones and Headaches
Headaches can really hit you like a ton of bricks without any warning whatsoever. For as many as 50 million people in North America, severe headaches can be completely debilitating and greatly interferes with their quality of life. Common types ...
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Karen Giblin and Mache Seibel MD answer your menopause healthcare questions. Dear Karen & Dr. Seibel, I am 46 years old and my periods lately have been very irregular. My gynecologist told me I am starting menopause. I am not ...
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