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Why Joints Feel Different in Menopause and What Supports Them

Researchers now call the joint changes many women feel during menopause the musculoskeletal syndrome of menopause. Here's what's happening to cartilage and how to support it.

Medical Daily · Sep 24

How does the menopause drug Veoza work? And how is it different to hormone therapy?

Hot flushes and night sweats – collectively called vasomotor symptoms – are among the most common and disruptive symptoms of menopause. They affect almost 40% of women in the lead up to menopause, known as perimenopause.

The Conversation · Sep 15

Why Do Women Get More Migraine? Doctors Explain the Truth

A migraine can turn an ordinary day into hours of pain, nausea and sensitivity to light or sound. But there is another question many women quietly ask: why does migraine seem to return so often? The answer is not simply stress or a busy lifestyle. Hormonal changes, particularly fluctuations in…

MyLifeXP · Sep 10

Your Cardiovascular Risk Rises Fast in the First Year After Your Periods Stop, Here Is What Menopause Does to Your Heart

The estrogen drop is not gradual, it is a cliffMost women expect menopause to arrive slowly. Perimenopause does take years, but the final cessation of periods marks a sharp hormonal discontinuity. Estrogen, which had been actively protecting arterial walls, drops to levels that stay low for the rest of life.…

Times Life · Aug 29

6 Habits Every Indian Woman Needs to Protect Bone Density Before Menopause Hits

Start Tracking Calcium Like You Track Everything ElseThe average Indian woman gets roughly 400 mg of calcium a day from food. She needs 1,000 mg. That gap doesn't show up on any test until the bone is already thinner. Dairy is the obvious fix, but absorption is the real variable.…

Times Life · Aug 28

Why Indian Women Hit Menopause Earlier and Feel It Differently Than Western Women

The age gap is real, and it mattersThe average age of natural menopause in Indian women is 46.2 years, compared to 51 in the United States and most of Western Europe. That figure comes from a large-scale study published in the Journal of Midlife Health, drawing on data from women…

Times Life · Aug 28

8 Perimenopause Symptoms That Indian Women Commonly Mistake for Thyroid Problems

Why the Confusion Happens in the First PlaceThyroid dysfunction and perimenopause both peak in Indian women between the ages of 38 and 52, and both produce symptoms so similar that even experienced physicians routinely conflate them. A 2021 study published in the Journal of the Association of Physicians of India…

Times Life · Aug 28

Estrogen Patch Supply Still Falls Short of Demand While the Product Stays Off the Federal Shortage List

Manufacturers say the supply of estrogen patches cannot meet demand, but the FDA has not listed estradiol patches as in shortage. Here is why that gap matters.

Medical Daily · Aug 25

Hormone Therapy Is Still Not a Dementia Prevention Tool Under Current Guidance Despite New Autopsy Findings

Global and US guidance still says menopausal hormone therapy is not for dementia prevention, weeks after new autopsy findings drew wide attention.

Medical Daily · Aug 23

How Cortisol Dysregulation Quietly Wrecks Hormones and Sleep in Indian Women in Their 40s

The cortisol pattern that gets missed most oftenCortisol follows a curve. It peaks sharply in the first hour after waking, this is the cortisol awakening response, then drops steadily through the day, reaching its lowest point around midnight. In a woman whose stress system is functioning normally, this rhythm holds.…

Times Life · Aug 17