Written by Dr. Tee Villanueva- Guest Contributor Menopause is technically defined as a permanent cessation of menses for 12 months. (1)  Three to five years before menopause itself, perimenopause starts to occur. This is when a woman’s hormones become a ...

Source:International Menopause Society

We’d like to share some very interesting and important information from the NE Journal of Medicine. Source://https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapsychiatry/fullarticle/2668205 By Amy Orciari Herman Edited by Susan Sadoughi, MD, and Richard Saitz, MD, MPH, FACP, DFASAM Transdermal estrogen combined with oral progesterone lowers ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio (June 20, 2017)-A new position statement on the use of hormone therapy (HT) for menopausal and postmenopausal women from The North American Menopause Society (NAMS) has been published online today in the Society’s journal, Menopause. “The use of ...

Contributed by Dr. Barb DePree- Red Hot Mamas Medical Expert Between my menopause care practice and my website (MiddlesexMD.com), I talk to a lot of women who are experiencing the physical changes of menopause. One email I received a few weeks ...

Contributed by by Dr. Verna Brooks McKenzie- Red Hot Mamas Medical Expert The North American Menopause Society convened it’s 2016 Annual Meeting in Orlando Florida. It was an excellent meeting where participants networked and danced at the president’s reception while participating ...

Low-dose Estrogen Therapy Shown to be Very Effective on Vasomotor Symptoms CLEVELAND, Ohio (Tuesday, October 25, 2016)—For early postmenopausal women concerned about the effectiveness of low-dose estrogen therapy for alleviating menopause symptoms such as hot flashes, night sweats, insomnia, and irritability, data ...

Blood Clot Risk Lower for Estrogen-only, Transdermal, and Vaginal Estrogen at Menopause CLEVELAND, Ohio (Wednesday, March 30, 2016)—A Swedish population study is helping answer lingering questions about hormone therapy safety. Published online today in Menopause, the journal of The North ...

Dear Red Hot Mamas, We’ve come so far, so far, but there still exists a remaining deficit in how we traverse through menopause with little difficulty. It’s certainly not crystal clear for women, or for their clinicians. First let me ...

Contributed by Dr. Mache Seibel- Red Hot Mamas Medical Expert  I’d like to share a story with you about a book you need to know about called The Estrogen Window. Once you read it, you’ll understand why I wrote it ...