New study demonstrates women’s willingness to use vaginal estrogen despite fears of hormones; justifies use of local estrogen in addition to systemic hormone therapy CLEVELAND, Ohio (August 12, 2015)—Local vaginal estrogen (VE) appears to have escaped the shroud of doubt ...

The North American Menopause Society (NAMS) announces the June 2, 2015, online publication of its statement, “The North American Menopause Society Statement on Continuing Use of Systemic Hormone Therapy After Age 65,” and the accompanying editorial, “NAMS Supports Judicious Use ...

Contributed by Dr. Michael Goodman Red Hot Mamas Medical Expert In today’s world of corporatized healthcare, where a premium is paid on seeing as many patients in the shortest amount of time as possible, and most medical care- especially peri-menopausal ...

Contributed by Dr. Paul J. MacKoul, MD- Red Hot Mamas Medical Expert  Hormone Replacement Therapy is Not a One-Size-Fits-All Solution for Menopause HRT should be based on a patient’s personal decision from sufficient information provided by a specialist  Menopause brings ...

The North American Menopause Society Statement on Continuing Use of Systemic Hormone Therapy After Age 65 The 2012 Hormone Therapy Position Statement of The North American Menopause Society (NAMS) states that hormone therapy (HT) is the most effective treatment for ...

More Women Now Using Compounded Hormones without Understanding the Risks From 28% to 68% of women using hormones at menopause take compounded, so-called “bioidentical” hormones, but women don’t understand the risks of these unapproved, untested treatments, shows an analysis of ...

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 ...

I had the honor of making a presentation at the First Global Summit on Menopause-Related Issues held in Zurich, Switzerland March 29-30, 2008. My presentation was entitled “Perceptions From The Woman’s Point of View: Altered, Bewildered and Confused”. It covered ...