Menopause - hot flashes

hot flashes Hot flashes are sudden sensations of flushing and heat that some women feel when they are going through menopause. They are one of the most common and earliest signs of menopause.

Estrogen-progestin linked to breast cancer risk The potential benefits of taking hormone replacement therapy beginning at menopause are many, ranging from relief from hot flashes to lowering the risks of heart disease and the brittle-bone disease osteoporosis...

Hormone Regimen Raises Concerns Less than three weeks after one major study found a greater increase in the risk of breast cancer among postmenopausal women taking both estrogen and progestin than among those taking estrogen alone...

Soy doesn't help women with hot flashes Women going through menopause or having chemotherapy for breast cancer often suffer from severe hot flashes...

The Truth About Menopausal Depression Several friends are warning me that I'll probably get depressed when I reach menopause, like they did...

Breast Cancer Treatment May Trigger Depression While it`s common for cancer patients to go through bouts of depression, some women with breast cancer may be at particular risk for major depression due to their cancer treatment, research suggests...

Rodale`s Healthy Living: Can Herbs Ease Menopause? Will herbal products really take away the hot flashes, vaginal dryness, night sweats, mood swings or other symptoms that can make menopause seem like such a hassle? menopause...

Estrogen Therapy May Improve Postmenopausal Sleep Disorder Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) with a true estrogen may help improve the sleep disorders and hot flashes that accompany menopause, while an estrogen receptor modulator as HRT may aggravate the situation...

Hormones And Alcohol Equally Risky Women who drink two bottles of beer a day should be just as worried about increasing their breast-cancer risk as those on hormone replacement therapy...