Symptoms & Treatments

Hot flashes at 65…

Hot flashes at 65…

Susan Davis, MBBS, PhD | November 8, 2016

I am a 65-year-old woman who still has hot flashes and night sweats. Is something wrong?  

Hops for Hot Flashes

Hops for Hot Flashes

Andrew Rubman, ND | September 29, 2016

If you’re a woman going through menopause, you may be tempted to reach for a beer (or something stronger). Too…

Rethinking Hormone Therapy

Rethinking Hormone Therapy

Owen Montgomery, MD | July 5, 2016

“Would you like hormones with your menopause?” Once upon a time, taking pills that contain estrogen—or later, estrogen plus progestin—was…

A Pollen That Banishes…Hot Flashes

A Pollen That Banishes…Hot Flashes

May 27, 2016

For women going through the menopausal transition, there’s no better discovery than a safe, natural, nonhormonal treatment for hot flashes…

Natural Cures Tailored to Your Sleep Problem
Sleep

Natural Cures Tailored to Your Sleep Problem

Laurie Steelsmith, ND, LAc | March 31, 2016

Let’s say you have trouble sleeping. You want to avoid prescription and even over-the-counter sleep drugs, which can be habit-forming…

No More Hot Flashes!…and No Hormones Needed
Wellness

No More Hot Flashes!…and No Hormones Needed

JoAnn V. Pinkerton, MD | March 9, 2016

Imagine trying to function in the world when, at any moment, you can be randomly dropped into a self-generating sauna.…

Imagine Snow: How Hypnosis Prevents Hot Flashes

Imagine Snow: How Hypnosis Prevents Hot Flashes

Gary Elkins, PhD | October 19, 2015

This is cool. Learning how to visualize being near a lake or a mountain where you feel a cool breeze, a…

Understanding Heavy Bleeding
Women's Health

Understanding Heavy Bleeding

Holly Lucille | March 11, 2015

Bottom Line/HEALTH: All right, I’m going to get icky for a second, and I’m sorry. But women, for years it…

Neroli Oil Soothes Menopausal Symptoms

Neroli Oil Soothes Menopausal Symptoms

October 2, 2014

Are menopausal symptoms—the hot flashes, night sweats, insomnia and moodiness (including even anxiety and depression) among all else—cramping your style…stressing…

Hot Flashes? Avoid These “Yang” Foods
Food

Hot Flashes? Avoid These “Yang” Foods

Laurie Steelsmith, ND, LAc | June 2, 2014

When in the throes of a menopausal hot flash, we should rightly be given permission to strip naked and jump…

Nerve Block Injection Helps Reduce Hot Flashes

Nerve Block Injection Helps Reduce Hot Flashes

David R. Walega, MD | May 2, 2014

It's like an inner inferno suddenly erupts, leaving you drenched in sweat and red in the face from heat and…

Help! My Mouth Tastes Salty All the Time

Help! My Mouth Tastes Salty All the Time

Natasha Mirza, MD | February 6, 2014

Three days before Thanksgiving, I suddenly developed a constant salty taste in my mouth that didn’t go away…

Blame Menopause for Your Burning Mouth

Blame Menopause for Your Burning Mouth

Gary D. Klasser, DMD | December 19, 2013

I have a weird, nearly constant burning sensation on my tongue that I first noticed around the time I turned…

Vaginal Discharge? What’s Normal, What’s Not
Women's Health

Vaginal Discharge? What’s Normal, What’s Not

Cherie A. LeFevre, MD | November 1, 2013

Have you ever sat on the toilet, peeked at your panties and said, "Yuck"? Join the club -- because vaginal…