By Chris Woolston From Health magazine There’s a prescription pill (or three) for just about everything these days—and many of them work like magic. But the latest science suggests that a handful of natural remedies can also make your symptoms disappear.
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Check out these smart and sneaky ways to chill your next hot flash. View the slideshow.
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By Lambeth Hochwald From Health magazine “Whoa, is it hot in here?” If that sounds like you talking, welcome to the club: There are 37 million American woman (ages 40 to 60) in the perimenopause and/or menopause years. Officially, perimenopause is the
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By Lambeth Hochwald From Health magazine When the National Institutes of Health shut down a hormone study in 2002 because women who were taking estrogen and progestin had higher incidences of breast cancer and other problems, women stopped taking hormones
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We tackle that question and others about menopause with Lauren Streicher, MD, clinical assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University in Chicago and author of The Essential Guide to Hysterectomy. Q.
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From Health magazine Hot flashes can last from 30 seconds to five minutes and may occur once a day to several times an hour. They can start in perimenopause and, for some women, continue past menopause. While researchers are exploring new treatments—including
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Want to know what it’s like to survive—and thrive—during menopause? Here, four women share their tips and successes dealing with their journey. “I spent six years in perimenopause” Margo Spellman, 53, a marketing executive in Seattle, spent years
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Insomnia Take a bath and/or sip relaxing teas with valerian or chamomile before bed. Make your bedroom a shrine, including blackout shades, and skip the exercise right before bed. An over-the-counter sleep aid like Tylenol PM is OK occasionally, but see
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These exercises from Mary Beth Janssen, author of Rejuvenation: Spa Secrets for Menopause will help you relax—and may even help keep hot flashes at bay. View the slideshow.
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From superfresh local produce to on-site dietitians, these 10 standout supermarket chains are leading the way to healthier food shopping. And surprise: Many are the traditional, affordable grocers close to your home!
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With just 71 stores in the mid-Atlantic, Wegmans wasn’t big enough to make the America’s Healthiest Grocery Stores list. (We only judged the 35 largest U.S. chains; see the winners here.) But our experts still raved about its large selection of fresh
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Tone your arms and legs, trim your waistline, and knock out all that holiday stress with this boxing-and-kickboxing workout designed by Anthony Briganti, creator of Equinox Fitness’s popular 639 Kick class. To lose up to 6 inches in a month, do the 15-minute
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By Rachel Crawley From Health magazine Hilary Andreas didn’t want to settle for her postpregnancy shape—so she dropped 70-plus pounds.
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(PHOTO: DAVID MARTINEZ) It’s happened to the best of us: You wave to a friend and your upper-arm flab flaps away. While batwings may make you want to spend all winter under wraps, there’s no need to avoid sleeveless tops and holi­day dresses. Instead,
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From Health magazine Dr. Roshini Rajapaksa answers our most uncomfortable questions–providing straight talk about blushing, sweaty workout clothes, and more.
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By Susan Hall From Health magazine Finally! Permission to raid the sugar bowl—but not for your morning cereal or coffee. Learn how the sweet stuff naturally does wonders for dry skin, scrapes, etc. View the slideshow.
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