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Having Regular Sex Can Delay Menopause

Women who have sex more than once a month go into menopause later.

Having regular sex during the perimenopausal and menopausal period can also help make sex less painful with time because it helps keep the vagina open, she points out — so sex sessions on the regular certainly can’t hurt.

More women affected by perimenopause and menopause at younger ages

The Centre for Longitudinal Studies presented findings from more than 50,000 women participating in nine studies worldwide. The results showed women who have never given birth or been pregnant have twice the odds of…
Most mammals go through the menopause – if they live long enough

Only humans and a few toothed whales undergo the menopause, many sources will tell you. But a paper by Ivana Winkler and Angela Goncalves at the German Cancer Research Center claims that the menopause is, in fact,…
How does menopause affect the brain?

In post-menopausal women, the earliest change in the brain appears to be a fall in the amount of glucose used by the brain, indicating reduced brain activity. This is due to falling estrogen levels,…
Could hot flashes be an indicator of Alzheimer disease?

Hot flashes during sleep may be an early marker of a woman’s risk for developing Alzheimer disease (AD), according to the results of a study presented at the 2023 Annual Meeting of the Menopause…
Lupron, Brain Function, and the Keto Diet

In the absence of estradiol, brain glucose transport diminishes significantly. This effectively starves the brain for energy inducing severe bioenergetic deficiencies with all of the concordant neuronal damage one might expect. The reduction in…
HRT linked to higher risks of acid reflux

Women who have used hormone therapy for menopausal symptoms may be more likely to develop gastroesophageal reflux disease, or GERD, a new analysis suggests. The study, published online June 27, 2023, by the journal Menopause,…
Sleep apnoea symptoms in post-menopausal women linked to low oestrogen

Reduced levels of oestrogen and progesterone seem to be what makes post-menopausal women more likely to have symptoms of sleep apnoea, including snoring, irregular breathing or gasping at night. Middle-aged women who have lower…
Pregnancy and breastfeeding linked to lower risk of early menopause

People who have been pregnant or have breastfed a baby are less likely to experience an early menopause. This may be because ovulation is temporarily stopped during pregnancy and slowed down during breastfeeding, maintaining…
Social stress linked to bone density loss in postmenopausal women

Social stress may release hormones that affect bone loss, a finding that might be linked to the higher incidence of bone fractures after the menopause. In a study of more than 8000 women aged…
Meet the Super Flasher: some menopausal women suffer years of hot flashes

What kind of hot flasher are you? The hot flash — that sudden feeling of warmth that can leave a woman flushed and drenched in sweat — has long been considered the defining symptom…
Blood test can predict when women will have their last period

For some women, reaching the menopause can be one of life’s milestones, but when it will happen is a big unknown. Now a blood test can help predict when a woman’s last menstrual period…
Why women and weights are a healthy fit

I am sick to death of hearing women should focus on cardio exercise and leave strength training to men, says Dr Bernadine Jones. Rose George writes about women’s exercise plummeting (Pandemic knocked you off your…
Tank Estradiol and Lose Metabolic Flexibility: Pitfalls of Lupron and Oophorectomy

Steroid hormones regulate metabolic flexibility at the level of the mitochondria. Estradiol, the most frequently studied among the steroid hormones, plays a pivotal role in determining how food fuel is converted into cellular fuel…
Surviving perimenopause: ‘I was overwhelmed and full of rage. Why was I so badly prepared?’

..Sometimes my own perimenopausal moods are more rage than anxiety. I woke up the other day and noticed that my husband had placed a couple of champagne corks on top of a picture frame.…
Having Regular Sex Can Delay Menopause

Women who have sex more than once a month go into menopause later. Having regular sex during the perimenopausal and menopausal period can also help make sex less painful with time because it helps…