Bone Health for Women Over 50
Studies suggest that half of women age 50 and older will break a bone due to osteoporosis, a condition in which bone density is...
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Purely Menopause
- Mar 13
- 3 min
Reducing Stress is the Key
Reducing stress is a key component to feeling and performing your best through menopause. Anxiety is a common symptom of menopause....
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- Mar 6
- 4 min
The Weight-Loss Plateau
The weight-loss plateau is basic biology. When your body registers something threatening its survival, it automatically triggers a series...
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- Feb 27
- 5 min
Talk About Sex & Menopause - Part 3
In the first two parts (here and here) of our series entitled Let's Talk About Sex & Menopause, we discussed a woman's anatomy, the...
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- Feb 20
- 3 min
Talk about Sex & Menopause - Part 2
In the first part of our series entitled Let's Talk About Sex & Menopause, we discussed a woman's anatomy, the sexual response cycle,...
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- Feb 13
- 6 min
Let's Talk About Sex & Menopause
As women age, they are two to three times more likely than men to be affected by a decrease in sexual desire. We'll spend the next few...
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- Feb 6
- 1 min
Dry, itchy eyes and menopause
Some menopausal women report chronically dry and scratchy eyes, sometimes with light sensitivity, blurred vision, or swollen or reddened...
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- Jan 30
- 2 min
Hot Flashes and Night Sweats
Menopause plays havoc with a woman's temperature control system. Studies have shown that as many as 80% of women report moderate to...
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- Jan 23
- 2 min
Is Menopause Hormone Therapy (MHT) For Me?
Menopause affects every woman a bit differently, but few escape without a few bothersome symptoms and some suffer debilitating symptoms....
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- Jan 16
- 3 min
Menopause and The Marketplace
Menopause marks a time of dramatic hormonal and social change for women. And if you are one of them, know that you are far from alone....
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- Jan 9
- 3 min
Sleep Disruption in Menopause
One of the most common complaints I hear from peri- and menopausal women is that they don't sleep well anymore. The inability to sleep...
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- Jan 1
- 3 min
Menopausal Weight Gain
No, you are not imagining it. Your body composition begins to change at peri-menopause, and those changes persist throughout the rest of...
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- Dec 26, 2022
- 3 min
Vaginal Dryness and Itching During Menopause - What Can I Do?
Vaginal dryness and itching are common symptoms for menopausal women. Some doctors disregard the problems as simply being annoying and...
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- Dec 18, 2022
- 2 min
Say No To Keto
Most trends are not well supported by science and the keto diet as a solution to manage unwanted weight gain in menopausal women is no...
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- Dec 14, 2022
- 2 min
What's Up With My Guts?
Menopause results in many changes within a woman's body, including disruptions in the gut. Evidence shows that reduced estrogen in...
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- Dec 11, 2022
- 2 min
What No One Told You About Estrogen
Women are led to believe that menopause is a time of decreasing estrogen. And although that may be true in one sense, it's not completely...
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- Dec 4, 2022
- 2 min
Oral Contraceptive Use During Peri-Menopause
Taking birth control pills (oral contraceptives) can mask symptoms of peri-menopause. Once you're in your mid to late 40s, talk to your...
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- Nov 27, 2022
- 2 min
Practical Exercise Advice for Menopausal Women
Practical Exercise Advice
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- Oct 16, 2022
- 2 min
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Hi. I’m Rochelle Bernstein, a board-certified OBGYN with over 20 years of experiencing helping women navigate their health. I’m...
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