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Contributed by Dr. Verna Brooks Mckenzie, Red Hot Mamas® Medical Expert Osteoporosis, otherwise called brittle bone disease, is a disorder of the skeleton characterized by compromised bone strength which predisposes to an increased risk of fracture. There is deterioration in ...

Want to stop your hormone replacement therapy (HRT) but don’t know how? New research recently published in the Journal of Women’s Health found that certain methods appear to be more successful and your attitude about stopping matters. The study surveyed ...

“Feeling Hot, Hot, Hot“…   – Buster Poindexter Dear Red Hot Mamas, Well, it’s August and I certainly have received confirmation that I truly have earned membership into the Red Hot Mamas organization! As the outside temperature swelters, I see beads ...

Our experts Dr. Mache Seibel, Karen Giblin, Dr. Michael Goodman, Dr. Mary Jane Minkin and Dr. Verna Brooks McKenzie field questions from our members. Submit your question. Dear Red Hot Mamas Experts, I have been trying to take Venlafaxine for ...

Thousands of postmenopausal women have died prematurely over the past decade because they avoided estrogen therapy after hysterectomy, a new analysis of a landmark study showed. The most conservative estimates placed the total number of deaths at 18,601, and the ...

Some women with menopausal health problems never speak up about them as they are too embarrassed to bring up their questions to their doctors; or they think they will be viewed as wanting pity; or that they may be made ...

Are you the type of person who panics at every birthday that ends in a zero? I’ve always taken offense at that statement, “she’s on the wrong side of 50”. To me, growing older is a good thing. As a ...

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Have you ever walked out of your doctor’s office feeling confused about what he/she has told you? I must confess, it frequently happens to me. Mid life crisises are rare, but mid life confusion is a common malady, especially at ...