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Perimenopause and Thyroid Problems—common and confusing

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When a perimenopausal woman feels tired, gains weight and has frozen-cold hands and feet, how can she tell if the cause is a low thyroid or perimenopause? Read more...

Perimenopause: The Ovary’s Frustrating Grand Finale

Women in midlife increasingly hear the words “estrogen deficiency” spoken as the ultimate in bad news. “Everyone knows” that low estrogen levels cause heart Read more...

Perimenopause is a time of “Endogenous Ovarian Hyperstimulation”

“Perimenopausal endogenous ovarian hyper-stimulation” is the exact opposite of “The Myth of the Shriveling Ovary”: High estrogen levels during Read more...

Estrogen Deficiency: The Wrong Idea About Menopause

The largest and best-controlled trial testing whether hormone “replacement” therapy prevented heart disease was stopped three years early in July 2002. The Read more...

Progesterone Therapy for Menopause

“Bio-identical” is the trendy term for therapies we've used for a long time. Bio-identical therapies include Prometrium ® , Estrace ® , Estradot ® , Androgel Read more...

Perimenopause and night sweats

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I am 49 years old, very healthy, and starting to feel better as I’m skipping periods in perimenopause. Read more...

Hot Flushes in Menopause

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I’m 55 years old now and 10 years since my last period yet I continue to have night sweats most nights. I thought I would outgrow it. Why haven’t I? Read more...
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