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Author Blog PostsMenopause Mondays: Happy Nutritious Holidays! from Ellen and Guest Nutritionist, Keri Glassman
This week, preparation for the Thanksgiving feast is in full swing, and then the holiday parties will begin with all of the sweet indulgences that go with them. With everything going on, friends to see, places to go, gifts to buy, and treats to eat, you m
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Menopause Mondays: Women and the Prevention of Heart Disease
I am living proof that a heart-healthy lifestyle and the effective use of preventative medicines are as important as hereditary predispositions. Did you know that heart disease is the #1 killer of women in the United States? In the United States, a woman
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Menopause Mondays: Ellen’s 5 Steps to Hormone Happiness, Step 5: Stay on the Path
We’ve come to the end of our journey and finally arrived at Step 5. After weeks of being diligent, opening up, finding a specialist, tracking your symptoms, and getting the right tests for a complete evaluation of the treatment options available to you, t
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Menopause Mondays: Ellen’s 5 Steps to Hormone Happiness, Step 4: Menopause and Testing
Tests....the mere word conjures memories of long-ago school days, folding myself uncomfortably into a tiny desk, preparing to wrangle with a grueling standardized test, my number two lead pencil cracking under the pressure of my intensity. Fortunately for
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Menopause Mondays: Ellen’s 5 Steps to Hormone Happiness, Step 3: Chart Your Menopause Symptoms
Are you awake at 3AM? Forgetting the names of your own children? Suddenly losing your keys, your temper and your mind? There is help! Jump aboard our 5-step program to hormone happiness. This week, we are going to help you prepare for your doctor's appoin
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Menopause Mondays: Do You Know About Vaginal Atrophy?
Got a Vagina? Know someone who does? Is your vagina going through troublesome changes? If it was, would you be aware of it? Would you speak about it to anyone? Would you talk to your partner, lover, husband, or even your doctor about it?
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Menopause Mondays:Through The Looking Glass to a New Vision of You!
On the last Menopause Monday of Menopause Awareness Month, we arrive at a subject that can be used either to denigrate or empower ourselves. On top of everything else a woman has to face during perimenopause and menopause, there is an issue that I refer
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Menopause Mondays: A Different Kind of “Change”
“Women always try to tame themselves as they get older, but the ones that look best are often a bit wilder. Thinking about age all the time is the biggest prison women can make for themselves.” ~ Miuccia Prada
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Menopause Mondays: What’s New, Hot Flash?
Eighty five percent of women experience hot flashes during their menopausal journey. Hot flashes leave you feeling miserable: soaking wet in the middle of a meeting, during a romantic dinner, or in the middle of a good night's sleep. What's a woman to do
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Menopause Mondays: Happy Menopause Awareness Month – Be Your Own Caregiver!
Menopause Awareness Month! We’re so glad there’s a month to bring attention to the needs of perimenopausal and menopausal women.
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Menopause Mondays: Designing Your Life/Style with Jessica Cline, Riviera Magazine San Diego
Last week I had the tremendous pleasure of interviewing Jessica Cline, Publisher of Riviera Magazine San Diego. I anticipated that our conversation would be a fun opportunity to explore the current trends in fashion and lifestyle...
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Menopause Mondays: A Menopause Crash Course with USF Dr. Barry Verkauf
Today, we talk to Dr. Barry Verkauf, professor in the University of South Florida Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and director of the USF Menopause Center.
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Menopause Mondays: Menopause is the New Puberty™
If you’re in your 40s or 50s and you have kids in the house, you’re probably familiar with what I like to call “dueling hormones.” I’ve also seen this referred to as a “hormone house” or, my favorite, “mother nature’s practical joke.”
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Menopause Mondays: Fifty Shades of Menopause
Everyone has fantasies. Normally, we women keep them quiet, which has created the myth and lead many men to believe that women do not fantasize.