Tag: Menopause
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Why are so many women told they're depressed or menopausal when it's actually their thyroid? And why are others prescribed drugs for the condition when they don't even need them?
It can be a common cause of weight gain, fatigue, as well as unexplained aches and pains – and an underactive thyroid has been linked to serious illness, including an increased risk of dementia. Yet, experts say, it can take years for the condition to be diagnosed – with patients, who are usually women, still…
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Revealed: What it REALLY means when you cheat on your partner in your dreams (and what you must do the next morning) – by a top neurosurgeon in a fascinating new book
For me, as a neurosurgeon and a research scientist, dreams hold a particular fascination. Having spent my life immersed in the brain, I am not only infatuated by its infinite complexity but captivated to the point of obsession by what remains one of its greatest and most mysterious features — dreaming. The source of dreams…
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Scientists in New York say they've developed a drug that can prevent menopause from ever happening
Campaigners have long called for a wider range of treatments for women experiencing the grueling symptoms of the menopause — hot flashes, brain fog and debilitating fatigue. While replacing the lost sex hormones with hormone replacement therapy is effective for some, it doesn’t curb all the symptoms. But what if you could delay — or even…
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How going to bed at 7.30pm could help you lose weight… and the mothers who have had startling results
It’s 8pm. After a long day juggling work and family duties, it’s finally time to flop on the sofa in front of the television. And for many of us this means indulging in a therapeutic glass of wine and a snack, too. Not so Sarah Shah, however, who is already tucked up in bed. She…
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Menopause 'isn't a disease and is over-medicalised': Experts accuse industry of 'hijacking' discussion about natural change to 'sell services and products' and say celebrities like Davina McCall have 'sensationalised' phenomenon by sharing 'horror stories'
Menopause is not a disease, according to researchers who say that industry has ‘hijacked’ an awareness movement to ‘sell services and products’. In a provocative paper published in The Lancet, academics claimed ‘commercial interests’ have led to the natural change that typically affects women between 45 and 55 of being ‘over-medicalised’. Experts reacting to the claims…
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Menopause 'isn't a disease and is now over-medicalised': Top experts claim issues attributed to 'the change' may just be down to ageing and stressful life events
Menopause is being over-medicalised and treated ‘like a disease’ rather than a healthy part of ageing, experts say. Once taboo, the UK is now in the grips of a ‘menopause moment’, they suggest, which is over-emphasising negative experiences. As a result, many high-income countries consider menopause a medical problem or hormone-deficiency disorder with long-term health…
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Doctors take a year longer to diagnose endometriosis in women than before the pandemic, report reveals
Women must wait almost a year longer to be given an endometriosis diagnosis than before the pandemic, a report reveals. It now takes an average of eight years and ten months for doctors to identify the painful disease, an increase of ten months since 2020. Most women made at least one visit to A&E and…
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I'm a dietician- here's what you should eat during each phase of your menstrual cycle to ease cramps and ward off mood swings
Craving, cramps and crying – every woman knows the experience of having her period and the rollercoaster she experiences during her menstrual cycle. Over roughly 28 days from when periods first begin in a lifetime – an average age of 12 – until a woman reaches menopause – an average age of 51 – she will…
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The reason your libido increases when you have your period- and why sex is more pleasurable during that time of the month
It’s no secret your emotions change during your period, causing you to become more irritable or sensitive. But there is another effect you may notice during that time of the month that is spoken about in hushed tones – you’re in the mood for sex more often. From an evolutionary perspective it doesn’t make the most sense…
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Hormone replacement… therapy? Review says mindfulness, meditation and CBT can help menopausal women overcome symptoms of the change
Meditation, yoga and talking therapies could be used alongside HRT to help relieve menopausal symptoms, a review of research suggests. The alternative therapies have been found effective in easing related mood symptoms, memory and concentration problems in women going through menopause. While hormone replacement therapy (HRT) remains the gold standard, doctors should consider suggesting these…
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Is menopause getting worse? How obesity, birth control and 'forever chemicals' in water are making hot flashes more intense
More recent generations of women experience menopause differently than those that came before them, including suffering more frequent hot flashes and a longer period of transition. Doctors and data researchers are now coming to the conclusion that a patchwork of factors – obesity, medication use, smoking history, and even environmental pollution – influences the way menopause…
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I thought I was menopausal but it turned out to be 'terminal' womb cancer. Now I've beaten the disease
A woman was diagnosed with terminal cancer after assuming her symptoms were down to the menopause. Carol Kernaghan, from Frome in Somerset, initially dismissed the blood spotting in her pants and pain in her hip, thinking she was ‘just menopausal’. But tests in January 2021 revealed the 63-year-old grandmother actually had stage four womb cancer.…
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Scandal of unlicensed midwives linked to deaths of hundreds of newborns – as mother tells DailyMail.com that 'fake' practitioner ignored signs baby's heart was failing
Danielle Yeager once believed she’d never be able to have children. In 2012 she was diagnosed with stage 1 cervical cancer and feared she may never get pregnant because of treatment and possible complications that could affect fertility. So, when the casino-worker became pregnant in 2013, she and husband Michael were overwhelmed with joy. She…
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How are YOU coping with the menopause? 10-question quiz about your symptoms gives you a score out of 50
A menopause expert has claimed to have developed a tool which determines how severe a woman’s symptoms are. Dr Adam Tonis, founder of New York-based clinic Femstrong, created a 10-point quiz that covers hot flushes, sleeping difficulties and mood swings. The results, which include a score out of 50, can help women understand where they are in…
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Why a menopause-beating diet is a 'myth' (even if experts agree that a new wonder regime WILL undoubtedly help women lose weight)
A supposedly menopause-beating diet was today debunked as a ‘difficult and expensive’ myth by experts. Hungarian scientists believe they have identified the precise diet that can slash the severity of symptoms suffered by millions of women experiencing ‘the change’. The recommendations — which urged women to steer clear of processed meat and cake and cut…
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From sense of direction to rationality, the subtle differences between men and women's brains that you had NO idea about – after a fascinating study proved the sexes are 'wired differently'
Men and women really are wired differently, a fascinating study revealed this week. Differences in brain activity that hadn’t yet been spotted by scientists was detected by artificial intelligence, revealing ‘hotspots’ that can be used to tell the sexes apart. The findings suggest there are key differences in the ‘default mode network’, a brain system…
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Grieving mother fighting back tears while gripping teddy in memory of her late daughter slams 'dehumanising' NHS erasure of terms like 'mother', saying it 'reminds me of how doctors only saw me as a body on the bed'
A grieving mother fought back tears in an impassioned plea for NHS medics to bin ‘dehumanising’ gender-neutral language. Addressing a group of Lords in the Preterm Birth Committee, Ciara Curran clutched a stuffed toy in remembrance of her unborn daughter Sinead, who died in the womb after just 24 weeks. Choking up, she recalled how…
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A handful of nuts, half a litre of milk and one meat-free day a week: The diet that scientists say will help women beat the menopause (and it still lets you have that glass of wine!)
Debilitating hot flushes and sleeping problems are suffered by millions of women going through ‘the change’. But now Hungarian scientists believe they have identified the precise diet that can slash the severity of menopause symptoms. It helps menopausal women shift the scales, with unintentional weight gain being a common complaint of those going through the biological…