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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Laura Ungar

Can't take hormone therapy for menopause? There are other options

Be Well-Non-Hormone Treatments - (© 2011 Houston Chronicle)

Shilpa Gajarawala struggled with hot flashes, night sweats, sleep problems and brain fog. But given her history of breast cancer, treating these menopausal symptoms with hormone therapy wasn’t an option.

“For two years, I tried to kind of power through,” said the 58-year-old physician assistant from Jacksonville, Florida.

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