Hormone Replacement Therapy

Not Sleeping Beauty: Dealing with Insomnia in Menopause

Ellen Dolgen | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Hot Flashes, Aging Gracefully, Depression, Sleeplessness, Perimenopause, Menopause, Hormones, Stress, Estrogen, Insomnia, Hormone Replacement Therapy, Hrt, Menopause Symptoms, Blood Pressure, Sleep Deprivation, Sleep, Fifty News
Ellen Dolgen

When I was young, I used to envy princesses like Snow White and Sleeping Beauty for their charm and singing voices. When I entered perimenopause, I started to envy them for a different reason.

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Menopause? There's A 'Map' For That

Huff/Post50 | Anthonia Akitunde | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Senior Health, Video, Losing Weight After 50, Health and Aging, Health Post50, Menopause, Health After 50, Hormone Replacement Therapy, Menopause Map, Fifty News, Fifty News

Hot flashes, uncomfortable dryness, insomnia -- we all know the myriad symptoms associated with menopause. But a surprising number of women aren’t ...

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Take the 'Bite' Out of HRT

Ellen Dolgen | Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: Estrogen, Women, Aging, Perimenopause, Menopause, Hormone Replacement Therapy, Menopause Symptoms, Hormone Replacement Therapy Research, Women's Health, Health News, Menopause HRT, Hrt, Menopause Hormone Replacement Therapy, HRT Research, Fifty News
Ellen Dolgen

Menopause is the great equalizer. It doesn't care which political party you identify with, what your religious background is or whether you're a member of the 1 or 99 percent.

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HRT and Breast Cancer: A Brief Primer

Mache Seibel, MD | Posted 05.19.2012

Read More: Prempro, Phytoestrogens, Perimenopause, Menopause, Low Estrogen, Mache Seibel, Pfizer, Hrt, Video, Healthy Living Health News, Hormone Therapy Menopause, Hormone Therapy, Hormone Replacement, Women's Health, Hormone Replacement Therapy, Cancer Hormone Therapy, Healthy Living News
Mache Seibel, MD

The recent Pfizer jury award is sure to scare many women. Whether or not to take estrogen and or progesterone is a very personal decision that needs to be individualized.

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HRT Questioned Again -- Really?

Susan M. Love | Posted 04.08.2012

Read More: Women's Health Initiative, Menopause, Women's Health, Hrt, Hormone Replacement Therapy, Dr. Susan Love, Dr. Susan Love Research Foundation, Hormone Replacement, Hormone Therapy Menopause, Hrt Breast Cancer, Hormone Therapy, Hormone Therapy Cancer, Breast Cancer, Healthy Living News
Susan M. Love

Once again we are returning to the question of whether menopausal hormone replacement therapy (HRT) increases breast cancer risk.

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Budgeting Your Energy in Menopause

Ellen Dolgen | Posted 03.20.2012

Read More: Energy, Hot Flashes, Perimenopause, Menopause, Self-Esteem, Motivation, Fifty News, Hormones, Estrogen, Positive Thinking, Aging, Health, Problem Solving, Insomnia, Hormone Replacement Therapy, Menopause Symptoms, Fifty News
Ellen Dolgen

When women enter menopause, several of their symptoms can work together to create a menopause monster. Weight gain and insomnia can partner with depression to make a tornado of negative thoughts and feelings that seems impossible to diffuse.

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Age of Gregarious

Ellen Dolgen | Posted 02.29.2012

Read More: Hot Flashes, New Year's Resolutions, Aging, Birthdays, Health, Menopause, Insomnia, Hormone Replacement Therapy, Memory, Weight Loss, Menopause Symptoms, Hormones, Fifty News, 2012, Estrogen, Fifty News
Ellen Dolgen

Now, I'm not saying you should go out and buy some coveralls and start braiding your hair again with a soggy stuffed animal in hand, but if you're going to focus on any one resolution, resolve to value yourself, not a number.

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Hormone Replacement Therapies Are Hot Again

The Huffington Post | Laura Paull | Posted 12.27.2011

Read More: Health Post50, Hormone Replacement Therapy, Estrogen, Women, Hormone Replacement, Hormone-Supplement, Female Hormone Replacement Therapy, Hormones, Fifty News

They're back: Estrogen supplements and hormone replacement therapies that women rejected en masse a decade ago when a major study reported significant...

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A Menopause Carol

Ellen Dolgen | Posted 02.20.2012

Read More: Holidays, Aging, Women's Health, Health, Perimenopause, Herbal Remedies, Menopause, Hormone Replacement Therapy, Memory Loss, Menopause Symptoms, Bioidentical Hormones, Fifty News, Hormones, Fifty News
Ellen Dolgen

If, as the saying goes, this is the most wonderful time of the year, why are you feeling like Scrooge? Don't let your menopause chain you down!

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Menopause Holiday Survival Guide

Ellen Dolgen | Posted 01.15.2012

Read More: Hot Flashes, Holidays, Menopause, Insomnia, Hormone Replacement Therapy, Memory, Weight Loss, Menopause Symptoms, Hormones, Breathing, Fifty News
Ellen Dolgen

Holidays are not about stress -- they are about being thankful and happy. Remember to breathe and repeat your mantra, and you might just hypnotize yourself to sleep.

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Can Hormones Keep You Young?

Marcelle Pick, OB-GYN N.P. | Posted 12.07.2011

Read More: Aging Gracefully, Hormone Replacement Therapy, Aging, Anti-Aging, Bioidentical Hormones, Hormones, Living Longer, Hormones Anti Aging, Healthy Living Body, Personal Health, Healthy Living News
Marcelle Pick, OB-GYN N.P.

I've been prescribing bioidentical hormones for years and can tell you miracles on both sides of the fence. For many of my patients, taking hormones is the answer to their prayers.

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What Science Stories Can You Really Believe?

Matthew Edlund, M.D. | Posted 07.13.2011

Read More: Long Slee, Bias, Causation, Nurses' Study, Science, Hormone Replacement Therapy, Correlation, Marker, Mortality, Association Versus Causation, Predictor, Sleep, Healthy Living Health News, Home News
Matthew Edlund, M.D.

Be careful when you read headlines about new miracle cures and the wondrous effects of supplements. Study results can be manipulated readily, even when people are trying to do very honest, scientific work.

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A Brief History of Hormone-Replacement Follies

David Katz, M.D. | Posted 06.13.2011

Read More: Hormone Replacement Therapy, Hormone-Female Replacement Therapy, Hormone-Replacement Therapy, Female Hormone Replacement Therapy, Hormone Replacement Therapies, Home News
David Katz, M.D.

Hormone replacement therapy at menopause is not good for all, nor bad for all. It clearly can confer benefit, but it depends how it is done, and for whom.

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Hormone Therapy and Breast Cancer: More Bad News

Patricia Yarberry Allen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Patricia Yarberry Allen, Estrogen, Wvfc, Breast Cancer, Hormone Therapy, Bio-Identical Hormones, Women's Voices for Change, New York Times, Hormone Replacement Therapy, Dr. Pat, Cancer, Million Woman Study, Home News
Patricia Yarberry Allen

The Million Women Study is a British observational study that began in May 1996 and ended in December 2001.

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A Screening 3 Times Better Than Mammograms?

Dr. Nalini Chilkov | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mammography, Breast, Hormone Replacement Therapy, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Breast Cancer Screening, Breast MRI, Molecular Breast Imaging, Mayo Clinic, Home News
Dr. Nalini Chilkov

If you are at high risk for breast cancer due to high breast density, you need to do more than have a mammogram to accomplish early breast cancer detection.

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Clearing Up The Facts About Hormone Replacement

Ricki Pollycove, M.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Female Hormone Replacement Therapy, Hormone Replacement Therapy Menopause, Hormone Replacement Therapy Facts, Estrogen Hormone Replacement Therapy, Hormone Replacement Therapy, Hormone Replacement Therapy Side Effects, Hormone Replacement Therapy Pros and Cons, Pros and Cons of Hormone Replacement Therapy, Personal Health, Breast Cancer, Home News
Ricki Pollycove, M.D.

With a steady stream of intelligent, clear, organized and useful evidence-based good information, a sense of a working knowledge of their basic biology and body science, women can understand their options.

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Why Hormone Therapy Could Save Your Life, Not Threaten It

Mehmet Oz, M.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hormone Therapy for Women, Menopause Hormone Therapy, Hormone Replacement Therapy, Hormone Replacement, Hormone Therapy, Women Hormone Therapy, Home News
Mehmet Oz, M.D.

If you're among the one in four women with menopausal symptoms, talk to your doc. Good bet the new hormones (plus aspirin) will bring you relief and you'll net hormone therapy's other benefits.

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Hot Flash Help Is on the Way...

Rebecca Booth, MD | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Perimenopause, Menopause, Womens Health, Hormones, Hot Flashes, Health, Women's Health, Hormone Replacement Therapy, Healthy Living News
Rebecca Booth, MD

Heidi Houston, the executive producer of the movie, "Hot Flash Havoc" wants you (yes, all of you) to understand menopause.

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Can Supplements Ease Menopause Symptoms?

Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Women's Health, Menopause Supplements, Hormone Replacement Therapy, Menopause Treatment, Menopause Symptoms, Health, Healthy Living News

An HT alternative? Hot flashes, insomnia, mood swings, and the other symptoms of menopause can be unpleasant and difficult to manage. Hormone therap...

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Menopause Survival Guide: 7 TIPS to Keep Your Sanity Intact

Debbie Robins | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Hormone Replacement Therapy, Menopause, Women's Health, Stress Relief, Health Advice, Healthy Living News
Debbie Robins

I went into menopause early. Although I believe that everything happens in life for our advancement, I'd really like to give the Almighty a piece of my mind for the challenges of the big "M."

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New Study Confirms HRT Helps Ward Off Colon Cancer On Yahoo! Health

health.yahoo.com | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Stroke, Cancer Prevention, Women's Health, Colon Cancer, Health, Hrt, Hormone Replacement Therapy, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Heart Disease, Cancer Risk, Bowel Cancer, Oral Contraceptives, Healthy Living News

Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) cuts a woman's risk of developing colon cancer, new research confirms....

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Experts: One-Third Of Breast Cancer Is Avoidable

AP | MARIA CHENG | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Estrogen, Health, Exercise, Hormone Replacement Therapy, Breast Cancer, Breast Cancer Prevention, Diet, Obesity, Healthy Living News

BARCELONA, Spain — Up to a third of breast cancer cases in Western countries could be avoided if women ate less and exercised more, researchers ...

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Hormone Replacement Therapy and a Middle Ground for Menopause

David Katz, M.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Women's Health, Menopause, Hormone Replacement Therapy, Estrogen Menopause, Dr. David Katz, Hormones, Estrogen Replacement Therapy, Progesterone Therapy Menopause, Healthy Living News
David Katz, M.D.

Hormone replacement therapy was never the panacea it seemed before the HERS and WHI trials, nor the poison it may have seemed after. There is potential for benefit and harm.

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Top 10 Women's Health Stories Of The Decade: Nothing Replaces A Woman's Wisdom

Christiane Northrup, MD | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Iodine, Premarin, Mammography, Women's Wisdom, Vitamin D, Menopause, Fish Oil, Provera, Pregnancy, Breast Cancer, Hormones, C-Section, Wellness, Progesterone, Dr. Northrup, Women's Health, Health, Stem Cells, Hormone Replacement Therapy, Healthy Living News
Christiane Northrup, MD

Technology has its place, but it doesn't replace a woman's wisdom. Here are some key stories from the last 10 years that highlight the innate wisdom and intelligence of a woman's body.

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Estrogen Does NOT Cause Breast Cancer: Debunking Common Myths About The Hormone

Rebecca Booth, MD | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Estrogen, Women's Health, Menopause, Hormone Replacement Therapy, Metabolism, Breast Cancer, Hormones, Bioidentical Hormones, Verbal Memory, Goddess, Health, Healthy Living News
Rebecca Booth, MD

While the attempt to objectify the effects of hormone replacement therapy is admirable, inappropriate interpretations have resulted in unprecedented fear of "all things estrogen."

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