Consuming 10 milligrams (mg) daily of S-equol delivered via a new fermented soy-based nutritional supplement alleviated menopausal symptoms, particularly the frequency of hot flashes and severity of neck or shoulder muscle stiffness, without...

More than half of middle-aged women who still have regular cycles have hot flashes. Asian and Hispanic women are less likely to have them than white women, but compared with previous studies, the figures are surprisingly high, showed a survey of...

Depomed Inc's formulation of gabapentin for menopausal vasomotor symptoms fails to win FDA approval. FDA Approvals

One of the funniest scenes I've seen about menopause is from the movie “Sex in the City Two”. The oversexed character Samantha is determined to stop her body from entering menopause. After customs confiscates her herbal supplements for...

When women enter a mid-chapter in their lives, a very large majority of women between the ages of 40-60 will experience unpleasant flashes or bursts of heat. According to Breastcancer.org, more than "eighty-five percent of the women in the United...

From Associated Press (March 4, 2013) WASHINGTON -- Shares of Depomed slid Friday after a panel of advisers to the Food and Drug Administration overwhelmingly voted against its drug to treat hot flashes and other symptoms of menopause. The FDA...

When night sweats, hot flashes and other signs of menopause come to call, many women find themselves desperate to soothe their symptoms. For some, the search for relief will lead them to consider bioidentical hormone therapy, a treatment that has...

If you’ve ever had a hot flash, you know they are no fun. I found out the hard way at age 42 after my complete hysterectomy. Suddenly, my body had no way to produce many of the hormones it needed and my health went into a downward spiral. After...

SATURDAY, APRIL 13 -- For menopausal women who can't make it to the gym, higher levels of routine physical activity during the day may help relieve sleep problems caused by hot flashes or night sweats, a small new study suggests. Exercise improves...

Topical Hormone Replacement – Relief and Safety at Last! Unfortunately, it’s a fact of life that most women eventually have to deal with hot flashes, and a host of other symptoms, related to hormone deficiencies brought on by menopause and...

Women who have hypertensive diseases during pregnancy seem to be at higher risk of having troublesome hot flashes and night sweats at menopause, report researchers from the Netherlands in an article published online in Menopause, the journal of The...

A new article recommends a dramatic shift in treating metastatic prostate cancer. Hormone therapy has been shown to extend the lives of patients, but it causes unpleasant side effects in men like moodiness, hot flashes, bone loss and sexual...

Perimenopausal women who took a Chinese herbal formula called EXD (Er-xian decoction) experienced a significant reduction in the number of menopausal hot flashes, researchers from the University of Hong Kong reported in Menopause. (Perimenopausal...

Getting a good night's sleep isn't always easy for women at menopause. Exercise may help, but women can have a tough time carving out leisure time for it. The good news from a study published online in Menopause, the journal of the North American...

For women enduring hot flashes and other symptoms of menopause, a new model could better estimate the timing of the final menstrual period, according to a recent study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical...

Getting a good night’s sleep isn’t always easy for women at menopause. Exercise may help, but women can have a tough time carving out leisure time for it. The good news from a study...

For women enduring hot flashes and other symptoms of menopause, a new model could better estimate the timing of the final menstrual period, according to a recent study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical...

I have had hot flashes, difficulty sleeping, but my sex drive with my boyfriend is threw the roof. Is there any herbal or homeopathis remedies i can take to calm my body? thank you

Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay: Non-Hormonal Drugs for Hot Flashes Rejected by FDA Panel Two drugs being proposed as alternatives to hormones to treat hot flashes in...

From Associated Press (March 4, 2013) WASHINGTON -- Shares of Depomed slid Friday after a panel of advisers to the Food and Drug Administration overwhelmingly voted against its drug to treat hot flashes and other symptoms of menopause. The FDA...