Tweet Know Your Numbers: Factor Goal Total Cholesterol Less than 200 mg/dL LDL (“Bad”) Cholesterol Less than 100 mg/dL (OPTIMAL) 100 to 129 mg/dL (NEAR OPTIMAL/ABOVE OPTIMAL) 130 to 159 mg/dL (BORDERLINE HIGH) 160 to 189 mg/dL (HIGH) 190 mg/dL and above (VERY HIGH) HDL (“Good”) Cholesterol 50 mg/dL or higher Triglycerides <150 mg/dL Blood [...]

Tweet Obesity is one of the foremost causes of heart disease among Americans – and women who have never battled weight gain may find their health compromised by obesity as they age. In fact, during the menopause years, women’s bodies begins to change in shape, largely due to unwanted weight gain. Ways to Fight Obesity [...]

Tweet As you approach menopause, you may notice new vaginal symptoms that arise. Because of the body’s declining and fluctuating hormones during menopause, the vaginal tissues begin to atrophy in a condition known as atrophic vaginitis. Though women may feel embarassment to openly discuss vaginal changes during menopause, the majority of women will experience vaginal [...]

Tweet For many years, hormone replacement therapy (HRT) was the treatment of choice for the many uncomfortable symptoms of menopause. These hormones, frequently derived from the urine of a pregnant mare, offered relief from hot flashes and were believed to prevent osteoporosis. In 2002, however, the Women’s Health Initiative published findings that indicated significant and [...]

Tweet Natural menopause remedies have gained popularity in recent years — and soy menopause supplements have been no exception. When conventional hormone replacement therapy was shown to carry unacceptable health risks by the Women’s Health Initiative in 2002, women began to look for more natural menopause supplements. Soy became one of the most popular remedies [...]

Tweet When estrogen levels begin to descend during menopause, the vaginal tissues and muscles become affected. In particular, women experience vaginal atrophy, largely due to the loss of moisture, elasticity and muscle strength in the vagina itself. While vaginal atrophy remains one of the least talked about menopause symptoms, it affects countless women during their [...]