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The latest on cannabis for menopause relief

It’s going to be interesting, looking back years from now when there is some sort of body of research on how cannabis works to improve our peri/menopause experience.

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2022 North American guidance on HRT treatment

In the summer of 2022 we were treated to new guidance from the North American Menopause Society for the use of menopause hormone therapy, aka MHT, aka HT (aka the treatment formerly known as but still often called HRT).

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The problem with anti-depressants and perimenopause

The menopause transition is getting more and more press these days, but too often that coverage casually – and, it can be argued, irresponsibly – talks about antidepressants as a routine treatment option for mood issues.

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Starter kit for wrapping your head around menopause

I interviewed the famous makeup artist and businesswoman Bobbi Brown the year she was turning 50 (I was 37). When I asked her how she felt about it, and expecting dread, or something negative, there was a long pause.

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Why frozen shoulder is the signal symptom you don’t want in perimenopause

Frozen shoulder, also known as adhesive capsulitis, is a condition caused by a stiffening of the adhesive cap that covers the shoulder joint, causing pain, stiffness and immobility in one or both shoulders. It is a painful and movement-limiting condition, with three stages – freezing, frozen and thawing – that all told can add up to a two year arc.

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Show me the science: how estrogen reduction is impacting your metabolism (and what to do about)  

Wendy Kohrt knows a thing or two about our estrogen: she’s been studying its impact on metabolism for 30 years.  When she started out the common belief was that estrogen therapy was so effective that every menopausal woman should be on it – to the point that she had to justify the ethics of randomizing women to a placebo during her clinical trials. 

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