For some women, the transition through menopause is seamless. However, up to 50% experience menopause symptoms, including sleeplessness, mood swings, hot flashes, loss of sex drive, and vaginal dryness [link]. The transition into menopause is also associated with an increased incidence of...
Dr. Liz Lyster is an MD and Hormone expert on the Advisory Board at Club menopause [link]. We asked her to share a real-life patient story with our Club Menopause members. She shared, "One of my patients recently cracked me up when she told me she is known among her family as the one whose brain...
It is beyond frustrating when you know you are eating right, exercising enough, and trying to manage your stress and you STILL cannot achieve your weight loss goals [link]. What if this year can be a year of reaching (and even surpassing) your weight loss goals instead of another year of...
Women reach peak bone density at about age thirty. And we only reach a good peak bone density if we’ve had all the best opportunities to develop good bone density, such as good nutrition, exercise and good genes [link].
One out of two Americans over the age of 50 either has or is at risk of...
Menopause Symptoms are beginning to be noticed at work. Signs include hot flashes, mood swings, brain fog, a lack of focus, and memory lapses. Many menopausal women experience embarrassing heavy flows that have them rushing to the restroom. They have their own Christina Aguilera moment....
Is your man showing signs of a midlife crisis? The red Corvette in the driveway is always an indicator. Joking aside, male menopause can reveal itself in several ways. The male hormone, testosterone may be low. If testosterone is low, he could be experiencing erectile dysfunction which leads to a...
Are you experiencing changes in your menstrual cycle after getting the Covid-19 vaccine? [link] The CEO of Club Menopause (CM), Dr. Leslie Hewitt who is a retired Chiropractor says, “I don’t like hearing that post-vaccine symptoms are being normalized”.
A new study in the...
The holidays can overwhelm anyone, and menopausal women are no exception. The extra demands of family dynamics, searching for gifts, mailing cards or sending holiday emails, socializing more than usual, and the abundance of alcohol and food consumption can put you in overload and overwhelm. As if...
Anxiety and depression during menopause can drive you insane and make you lose track of yourself. The quote by Coco Chanel is evidence that women throughout history have undergone sad times. Coco Chanel was a fashion designer known for such classic innovations as the woman's suit,...
This review of emerging research is evidence supporting the immuno-physiological approach to COVID-19 by Yanuck, Pizzorno, Messier, Fitzgerald. Program on Integrative Medicine, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of North Carolina School of Medicine. The Abstract...
Over 60% of menopausal women report cognitive difficulties such as problems thinking, reasoning and remembering, also called brain fog. Brain fog isn’t a psychological or medical term, but a lay term that describes the fogginess experienced by many women during menopause. Finding the right...
Menopausal women may notice changes in their skin as one of the first symptoms of aging. Your body produces an abundance of collagen as a young woman which is the main protein that keeps your skin supple and hydrated. Studies show that women lose about 30% of their skin’s collagen during...
