Understanding and treating PMADs (perinatal mood and anxiety disorders)

For many years, people have been aware of perinatal mood disorders (PMADs), which refer to mood changes that mothers experience during and after childbirth. The challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic have brought more attention to this issue. New guidelines now provide advice on understanding and treating PMADs more effectively and even preventing them from occurring […]

Uterine Cancer Is on the Rise

Several reports have been published in the past few months saying that the rate of uterine cancer has risen significantly over the past decade in the US. More importantly, the death rate in women diagnosed with this cancer has also increased. As reported in the New York Times in June 2022, the incidence has risen […]

World Breastfeeding Week

Last week was World Breastfeeding Week (WBW), it is held every year at the beginning of August as an annual celebration to promote breastfeeding for newborns for at least the first six months of their lives. The evidence is that this yields many health benefits, provides critical nutrition, and protects them from diseases such as […]

Menopause is not a Disease

Most women don’t look forward to menopause, and it’s easy to see why. When women pass beyond their age of fertility into menopause, the alterations in body chemistry can produce profound and sometimes uncomfortable changes in their bodies and even their brains. Around 80% of women experience unpleasant symptoms during this time, like hot flashes, […]

How are Sleep Apnea and Menopause Related?

Once upon a time – this is not a fairy tale – any woman in menopause (who had stopped having her monthly periods regularly) was regarded as “old-aged”. But that misconception should have been put to bed a long time ago. For most women, menopause starts in the early to mid-forties, and the great majority […]

Women’s History In Medicine

Women’s History Month in the United States, as designated in 1987 by the US Congress, occurs in March each year “in recognition of women’s many accomplishments throughout history…consistently overlooked and undervalued”. It can be traced back all the way to the early twentieth century, having been nurtured by the growth of the movement for equality, […]

What Are the Benefits of Vagifem?

Vagifem® is a treatment for the effects of menopause, which lowers the body’s natural levels of estrogen, an essential hormone. As the female body ages, generally from the age of 45 (although it can vary in each individual), the body produces less and less estrogen. Unless the levels are supplemented through medication, the person will […]

All About Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT)

Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) is a treatment for relieving the effects of hormone changes during and after menopause. As the female body ages, hormone levels usually undergo a substantial change, around the mid-40s. As a result, some or all of the symptoms begin to show. HRT is not a cure, since this is a natural […]