http://www.menopausedomain.com We Research Menopause, So You Don't Have To. Thu, 12 Oct 2006 14:34:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The symptoms of perimenopause can begin ten or fifteen years before menopause begins. There are many symptoms that you could experience during this time. Perimenopause usually begins after the age of 50. Some common symptoms include: • Shorter or longer periods each month. Some women may also miss a few periods. Since ... http://www.menopausedomain.com/2006/08/15/perimenopause/ For many women, getting a restful sleep when they are going through menopause can be difficult. Night sweats, hot flashes, and anxiety are just a few things that can keep you up at night in addition to all the other things in your life that may be bothering you. Getting enough ... http://www.menopausedomain.com/2006/08/11/menopause-getting-enough-sleep/ Exercise is important in every phase of your life. Not only will you help your body stay limber, your heart work more efficiently, you will feel better emotionally. When you enter menopause, exercise is still just as important. For many women, taking control of their menopause through physical activity has ... http://www.menopausedomain.com/2006/08/07/menopause-and-exercise/ There are many myths when it comes to menopause. One of these is depression. While you will get depressed during menopause, chances are it will be because of something unrelated. Studies have been conducted that confirm that women who are going through menopause are no more depressed than those who ... http://www.menopausedomain.com/2006/08/03/menopause-and-depression/ Of the many changes that you will go through when you begin menopause, perhaps the most embarrassing is the loss of bladder control. While this condition is common during the beginnings of menopause, it should not continue for a long period of time. When your body undergoes menopause, estrogen is ... http://www.menopausedomain.com/2006/07/31/menopause-and-bladder-issues/ For some women, a hysterectomy is necessary to remove a cancerous tumor or stop the pain caused by endometriosis. If you have had a hysterectomy, but did not have your ovaries removed, then you will still go through menopause. Even though you do not have a monthly period, the ovaries ... http://www.menopausedomain.com/2006/07/27/hysterectomy-and-menopause/ For many years, the debate on whether to use estrogen and progesterone to replace hormones lost during menopause has seemed to have finally cooled. Although many studies were conducted that said that HRT not only helped calm the effects of menopause, but would also reduce the risks a Alzheimer’s disease, ... http://www.menopausedomain.com/2006/07/24/hormone-replacement-therapy/ Maintaining a healthy diet is important at any stage in life. But during menopause, it may be even more important. Since you will be losing estrogen, it is essential to get enough vitamins and minerals throughout the day to improve overall health. Losing calcium is another factor women have to ... http://www.menopausedomain.com/2006/07/21/healthy-diet-during-menopause/ Even though you may still be having menstruation periods on you middle stage of your life, you will undergo various kinds of discomfort such as hot flashes and sweating at night, you may feel frequent irritability, mood swinging, bone loss density and others: the clear signs toward menopause process. On ... http://www.menopausedomain.com/2006/07/04/what-you-need-to-know-about-gaining-weight-during-menopause/ Basically, menopause symptoms start to appear when there is an intermittent and erratic changing of your hormone production. The transition of menopause starts at this stage where your ovary fails to secrete enough hormones causing your estrogen to likewise fail gradually. Menopause symptoms, their kinds and levels, may vary on ... http://www.menopausedomain.com/2006/06/28/menopause-symptoms-%e2%80%93-how-do-they-appear/