If you are nearing menopause you have probably heard about the potential benefits of soy. In fact, many magazines, news outlets, and websites tell women that soy can help their menopause symptoms, help them avoid cancer, osteoporosis, and even heart disease. Many women have begun incorporating more soy into their diets as a result of [...]

Women suffering with menopause symptoms may not realize relief could come in the form of testosterone. Yes, testosterone! It seems unbelievable, but testosterone can actually effect the symptoms women experience during menopausal both directly and indirectly. The way testosterone has a direct effect on menopause is that it targets receptors in the brain, hair, and [...]

Have you ever wondered how menopause happens? Basically, it’s a simple part of the aging process. The ovaries produce hormones during the reproductive years however as a woman ages her ovaries gradually begin producing less and less of various hormones. As a result, women experience menopausal symptoms. Most women begin to experience a decline in [...]

As women age it is natural that the vaginal walls become less elastic, thinner, and dryer than earlier in life. The risk of infection also increases. As these changes occur women may find that it is uncomfortable to engage in sexual intercourse and that it might even be painful. Lubrication may help and the best [...]

The bones are weakened and can suddenly fracture as a result of the disease, osteoporosis. This means that the bone is literally “porous” and can result tin the bone mass and its strength being reduced significantly. Many times women will experience osteoporosis and have no idea because there is no pain or symptoms. In many [...]

When the ovaries stop producing estrogen then menopause is a result. Menopause may start naturally as the ovaries gradually shut down estrogen production or it might occur after the ovaries are surgically removed. When estrogen production is slowed or stopped then the rate of bone loss speeds up considerably. When bone mass is being reduced [...]

An interesting question is whether or not all women go through menopause. In general, all women do go through menopause and there is really no way around it. In a very rare case if a young girl had her ovaries removed before she went through puberty then there is the possibility that she would not [...]