About 13 million Americans experience urinary incontinence, and women are twice as likely as men to have this problem.
If you’ve experienced hot flashes or other menopausal symptoms, you may have considered hormone replacement therapy (HRT). But HRT isn’t right for everyone.
While this may feel like you’re closing one chapter of your life, you can stay vital, healthy and sexually active.
Many women find themselves wondering a similar question: “If I already have a gynecologist, why would I need a urologist?”
For years, many people have believed that a woman’s sex life ends after menopause. That simply isn’t true.
Menopause is a major turning point in a woman’s life. But as many women know, it isn’t just one moment of change; it’s a long process with various health considerations along the way.
Pain all over. Exhaustion. Brain fog. What is going on here? It could be fibromyalgia, a condition characterized by widespread pain in the upper and lower body lasting more than three months.
Most women are not doing everything they can to find breast cancer in its earliest stages, when survival rates may top 98 percent.
Menopause. It’s the “change of life” that all women experience. The time leading up to menopause, when women start to experience menopause-related changes, is called perimenopause.
As people age, organs can shift. For many women, pregnancy, childbirth and obesity can stretch and weaken the muscles that support the pelvic organs.
No matter your age, it’s always important to establish a dialogue with your gynecologist and get answers to your sexual health questions. But when you’re on the cusp of, or currently experiencing menopause, you may need to modify those questions for your healthcare provider.
Hormone fluctuations can cause sleep disruptions at any stage of life, but for women in perimenopause, they’re especially common: As many as 50 percent experience problems with sleep, according to the National Sleep Foundation (NSF).
Menopause introduces certain changes to life as you know it. Another health condition to be aware of during this time of flux is uterine prolapse.
Research on vitamin D shows that “the sunshine vitamin” may play a more important role in your health than initially thought.
Research on vitamin D shows that “the sunshine vitamin” may play a more important role in your health than initially thought.
Think you could be going through perimenopause—the transition to menopause—earlier than normal? Learn what to expect.
