For many women and men, use of Bio-Identical Hormones results in dramatically improved quality of life, particularly
around menopause for those who exhibit severe hormonal imbalance symptoms.
Not exact matches
The lead researcher
for the study, Professor Gita Mishra, Professor of Life Course Epidemiology and Director of the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health at the University of Queensland, Australia, said: «If the findings from our study were incorporated into clinical guidelines
for advising childless women from
around the age of 35 years who had their first period aged 11 or younger, clinicians could gain valuable time to prepare these women
for the possibility of premature or early
menopause.
Yet the selection pressure
for menopause must have been strong: there are no known pockets of women
around the world who do not go through it.
The average age
for menopause is
around 51.
Current guidelines suggest that women only take hormone therapy
for a short period
around menopause to alleviate symptoms of hot flashes and night sweats.
For many women, use of bioidentical hormones results in dramatically improved quality of life, particularly
around menopause.
The first menstrual cycle, called the menarche, represents the beginning of the reproductive years, and continues until the beginning of
menopause,
around the age of 51
for most women.
I think the double whammy of hypothyroidism which I bet has been brewing
for years and the onset of
menopause has gotten me in this miserable situation, which also includes heavy weight gain I can't lose
around the abdomen and thighs and lots of concentration and brain fog issues.
Whether you're just starting out or you've been trying
for a while to lose weight (especially the stubborn belly weight that slowly crept up
around menopause) one thing is really clear, the time is now to make some major changes and get your body back.
Few of us stop to ponder the other huge transitions that happen as we get older: our hormones fluctuate, causing changes in the flow of our periods, childbirth puts our cycles on hold
for months, and
menopause shifts everything
around significantly.
The triggers or risk factors
for depression do appear to vary across the life course, and the postnatal period and the period
around menopause are times of particular risk of depression among women.