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Menopause

5 Steps To Hormone Happiness In Menopause

Ellen Dolgen | Posted 05.15.2013 | Fifty
Ellen Dolgen

Here are my five steps for safe deployment to menopause.

Things I'm Noticing During Menopause

Laurie Ember | Posted 05.10.2013 | Fifty
Laurie Ember

I'm noticing that my friends mean more to me than they ever did. My children are now my best friends. My husband is still the love of my life. My dogs make me laugh on even the worst day.

The Best Lesson I Learned From My Mother

Ellen Dolgen | Posted 05.08.2013 | Fifty
Ellen Dolgen

My mother was always trying to teach me the best ways to approach life's challenges. She used the finest tools available to her. But she came from a very different generation. She was brought up when women were not taught to speak up.

How To Keep From Getting A Fat Belly During Menopause

Posted 05.08.2013 | Fifty

During menopause, even the most physically active women experience unbalanced shifts of weight from their buttocks to the abdomen. Luckily there are a...

Can You Eat Your Way Out of Hot Flashes?

Ayala Laufer-Cahana, M.D. | Posted 05.07.2013 | Healthy Living
Ayala Laufer-Cahana, M.D.

A new study looked at the connection between hot flashes and what women eat, and offers some support for the notion that diet may help relieve these very annoying menopause symptoms.

3 Easy Meditations To Help You Through Menopause

Ellen Dolgen | Posted 05.05.2013 | Fifty
Ellen Dolgen

So now that you are motivated to meditate, here are three quick and easy meditations for finding menopausal bliss.

My 13-Year-Old and I Are Both in Hormone Hell!

Susan Stiffelman | Posted 05.08.2013 | Parents
Susan Stiffelman

Your daughter's moods will even out, your hormones will stabilize and you will get through this rough patch.

5 Natural Ways to Improve Your Health and the Environment

Ellen Dolgen | Posted 04.30.2013 | Fifty
Ellen Dolgen

Think your hot flashes are bad? Take a look at Mother Nature's thermostat!

Am I Menopausal or a Powerful Werewolf?

Donna Highfill | Posted 04.23.2013 | Fifty
Donna Highfill

Maybe real life has gotten so boring for those constantly entertained by television that we're sure we must have magical powers, because checking in and out of a mind-numbing job is just a little too depressing to accept.

3 Things Every Man Should Know About Menopause

Ellen Dolgen | Posted 04.22.2013 | Fifty
Ellen Dolgen

Women aren't the only ones who need to understand menopause.

Menopause: Is There an App to Turn Drab Into Fab?

Stephanie Bender | Posted 04.17.2013 | Fifty
Stephanie Bender

In the next five years, 32 million women, the tail end of the baby boom population curve, will begin to sweat. Not in anticipation of some looming, sci-fi apocalypse, but as they reach the transition from perimenopause to menopause, with flushes of heat by day and drenching sweats by night.

5 Reasons I'm Happy About Short-Term Memory Loss

Donna Highfill | Posted 04.14.2013 | Fifty
Donna Highfill

My short-term memory has taken some unapproved vacation time. As its boss, I am not pleased. However, I don't blame it for leaving. Maybe it's concluded there are some things going on during my menopausal 50s that should not be remembered.

What Made This Woman Feel 'Empty Beyond Measure'

Linda Wolff | Posted 04.13.2013 | Fifty
Linda Wolff

I had no idea how much my identity was tied to you or the wave of emotion I would feel after you were gone.

3 Tips To Make Menopause Less Stressful

Ellen Dolgen | Posted 04.12.2013 | Fifty
Ellen Dolgen

Women with the highest levels of stress were more than five times (I repeat, five times!) more likely than normally stressed women to report hot flashes.

Book Review: The Hormone Cure by Sara Gottfried, M.D.

Dr. Nalini Chilkov | Posted 04.09.2013 | Healthy Living
Dr. Nalini Chilkov

According to Dr. Sara, hormones are not the enemy, they are the solution. Getting your hormones back on track is a major component of lifelong health and wellbeing.

The Absolute Best Thing About Being An Empty Nester

Ellen Dolgen | Posted 04.08.2013 | Fifty
Ellen Dolgen

For years I tried to stay respectably covered up. Not anymore.

7 Simple Yoga Poses To Relieve Symptoms Of Menopause

Posted 04.05.2013 | Fifty

Aging gracefully isn't always easy, especially when the uncomfortable symptoms of menopause set in. Between nightly hot flashes, heightened anxiety an...

Daily Pill Approved For Painful Sex During Menopause

AP | Posted 04.01.2013 | Fifty

WASHINGTON -- The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday approved the first pill-based drug for women who experience pain during sex because of menop...

New Formula May Help Predict Woman's Last Menstrual Cycle

Posted 03.26.2013 | Fifty

A new method for predicting a woman's last menstrual cycle could have broader implications for menopausal women's health by helping fight bone loss an...

5 Ways To Shed Extra Menopausal Pounds

Ellen Dolgen | Posted 03.23.2013 | Fifty
Ellen Dolgen

Here are my five steps to help you shed those extra menopausal pounds.

How to Age Gracefully Through Menopause

Ellen Dolgen | Posted 03.22.2013 | Fifty
Ellen Dolgen

During menopause, many women become self-critical, striving to look like the prepubescent teen models you see in glossy magazines. Instead, I focus my efforts on my health and wellbeing.

It Takes a Tribe: Surviving our 50s With a Little Help and a Sense of Humor

Claudia Cevenini and Sue Wildish | Posted 03.21.2013 | Fifty
Claudia Cevenini and Sue Wildish

We laughed a lot, slept little, mixed bursts of tourist activities with complete inertia, all along chatting away, as women do. Here are a few snippets from the "Real Italians of Miami Beach" reality show.

How Baby Boomers Can Survive Zombie Attacks

Donna Highfill | Posted 03.20.2013 | Fifty
Donna Highfill

Luckily, the Internet is filled with zombie survival guides. I have written my own version to accommodate both the person dealing with the zombiism as well as those impacted by him or her. Here are my tips.

50+ Women's Bodies -- From Eden to a Garden

Gina Barreca | Posted 05.15.2013 | Fifty
Gina Barreca

From age 16 to age 20, a woman's body is a temple. From 21 to 49, it's an amusement park. From 50 on, it's a terrarium.

5 Skin Care Tips For Post 50 Women

Dara Kennedy | Posted 05.14.2013 | Fifty
Dara Kennedy

Dara Kennedy, the founder of Ayla, has 5 skin care tips for post 50 women.