Women are occasionally still told that menopause symptoms are ‘all in their head’ but a study provides the first new insights into how they may indeed arise in the brain. You can’t think them away, but bioidentical hormones can help.
With menopause, and possible solutions for symptoms, prominent in the media this week Dr Jeffrey Dach explains why bioidentical hormones are so important for womens health.
Women have a greater risk of a stroke than men and bioidentical natural progesterone helps protect women from heart disease – but so too can citrus fruit.
You may know how helpful progesterone is for your hot flushes, or mood swings, but do you also know what else it helps you with?
We can all suffer from some ‘brain fog’ at menopause due to fluctuating hormones, but when might it be something more serious?
The same two-pronged approach can help both moods and maintaining and building strong, healthy bones.
A good night’s sleep is essential for your body to heal itself, repair any damage and balance your physical, emotional and hormonal state. Memory and the ability to function are both affected, but help is at hand.
Why this is such a common symptom at menopause is not really known, but the changes in the levels of hormones that occur at this time could be a factor.
Bioidentical progesterone helps relax you and improve your sleep, but if you need some extra help then Dr Mercola has some suggestions for you.
It can be a confusing time as hormones change and various symptoms start to appear. Is it pre/perimenopause or menopause itself?