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Eat Healthy and Avoid Hot Flashes
An Australian study suggests that women who eat diets full of fruit, vegetables, red wine, and pasta are less likely to experience hot flashes and night sweats during menopause. This...
5 Simple Solutions for Immediate Relief of Hot Flashes
Hot flashes are such an uncomfortable body reaction that most women experience when they go through the process of menopause. During this time, their estrogen levels drop causing changes in...
4 Most Problematic Menopause Sleep Disorders
Menopause certainly comes with some inconvenient symptoms, but the sleep issues that accompany this transition can often become the most tiresome (literally). Fortunately, there are some things you can do...
How Massage & Meditation Can Help Hot Flashes
Bodywork can help ease women's hot flashes. However, massage therapists who incorporate mindfulness-based stress reduction training into their practice can give menopausal clients with this symptom an additional tool for...
Behavioral Therapy May Help Ease Hot Flashes
Therapy can help sleep issues. A few sessions of behavioral therapy -- even a self-help" version -- may help some women find relief from , a recent study suggests. The...
Can Perimenopause start in my 30's and 40's?
Many women are familiar with the term menopause, but this period of life doesn’t just start overnight. Perimenopause (also called the menopausal transition) is the term used to describe the...
12 Symptoms oF Menopause: A Naturopathic Approach
Menopausal symptoms are related to a dramatic decline of estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone.  These symptoms include: Hot flashes, usually worst during the first 1-2 years Night sweats Skin flushing Insomnia...
Can Exercise Help Menopausal Symptoms?
For women experiencing menopausal hot flashes, we can offer a helpful preventive approach.  Researchers found that most women who exercised had fewer hot flashes for 24 hours afterwards. "For women...
Hot Flashes Don't Signal Poor Heart Health for Most Women
The hot flashes that bedevil so many women as they enter menopause don't appear to be linked to poorer heart health, new research suggests. The exception to that finding may...
Is Sleep A Necessity?
Research has shown time and time again that Americans are getting less sleep each and everyday. A bigger issue involves recent reports that show children are getting less sleep during...