New Study Demonstrates Combined Impact of Smoking and Early Menopause On Mortality  Current smokers who experienced early menopause expected to die 2.6 years earlier CLEVELAND, Ohio (August 4, 2015) — Women may now have yet another reason to quit smoking ...

Contributed by Dr. Mache Seibel, MD- Red Hot Mamas Medical Expert If you’re noticing vaginal dryness, painful sex or vaginal infections, you may also be at increased risk for urinary tract infections or UTI’s. These symptoms typically are at least in ...

Contributed by Dr. Paul J. MacKoul, MD– Red Hot Mamas Medical Expert Aging well is a challenge we all face. Hormones play a leading role in how our bodies function, and can affect how healthy we feel. As doctors, we encourage all ...

Contributed by Mache Seibel, MD Red Hot Mamas Medical Expert Although 90% of women enter menopause between the ages of 45 and 54, for many women, the transition will happen much sooner. For 1/10,000 women, they will enter menopause by ...

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. Natalya Danilyants Red Hot Mamas Medical Expert   Menopause is a defining moment for many women. For some it is a massive relief of never having to have another period, while other women experience it as a ...

Did you know that two million broken bones occur every year in the U.S. due to osteoporosis? It’s true, but most people get their fracture fixed without ever realizing they have osteoporosis or low bone mass. Red Hot Mamas encourages ...

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 ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio (March 17, 2015)—Hormones may not protect women from heart disease or stroke after menopause, but when combined with cholesterol-lowering statin drugs, they may help protect women from these killers, shows a population study from Sweden to be published ...

“Winter is on my head, but eternal spring is in my heart”  ~Victor Hugo   Dear Red Hot Mamas, By now we all are looking forward to winter being over.  I personally wish for hot flashes to occur when I’m ...