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Menopause and Your Risk for Other Health Concerns
Menopause is the point in your life when you permanently stop having menstrual periods. After 1 year of having no periods, you've reached menopause. In most cases, menopause happens around age 50. But everyone's body has its own time line. You may stop having periods in your mid-40s. Or you might have them well into...
Menopause: Should I Use Hormone Therapy (HT)?
Guides you through the decision to use hormone therapy (HT) for menopause symptoms. Explains what menopause is and what to expect. Lists risks and benefits of HT and other treatments to try. Includes interactive tool to help you decide.
Menopause: Managing Hot Flashes
Discusses options for managing hot flashes during menopause. Explains what hot flashes are. Discusses lifestyle choices that may help hot flashes. Looks at prescription medicines.
Primary Ovarian Insufficiency
What is primary ovarian insufficiency? Primary ovarian insufficiency (sometimes called premature ovarian failure) occurs when your ovaries-which store and release eggs-stop working before age 40. You may have no or few eggs. Depending on the cause, primary ovarian insufficiency may develop as early as the teen years, or...
Women's Health
Provides links to info on common concerns of women's health. Includes info on birth control, hormone therapy for menopause symptoms, abnormal pap tests, and fertility problems. Also looks at pregnancy, labor, delivery, and the postpartum period.
Ovarian Cancer: Should I Have My Ovaries Removed to Prevent Ovarian Cancer?
Guides you through decision to have your ovaries removed (oophorectomy) to prevent ovarian cancer. Discusses risk of getting ovarian cancer. Covers benefits and risks of surgery. Covers early menopause. Includes interactive tool to help you decide.
Vaginal Dryness
You may have vaginal dryness around the time of menopause. Or if your ovaries were removed during a hysterectomy (oophorectomy), you may have vaginal dryness from low estrogen levels. If sex is painful because of vaginal dryness, there are steps you can take to make it more comfortable. Use a vaginal lubricant. Try...
Black Cohosh (PDQ®): Integrative, alternative, and complementary therapies - Patient Information [NCI]
Black cohosh is a plant in the buttercup family that grows in eastern and midwestern North America (see Question 1). Black cohosh was first used by American Indian or Alaska Native people. It is now often used in Europe (see Question 1). Black cohosh is given by mouth as a powder, liquid, or dried extract in pill form...
Hot Flashes and Night Sweats (PDQ®): Supportive care - Patient Information [NCI]
Hot flashes and night sweats are common in cancer patients and survivors. A hot flash is a sudden warm feeling over your face, neck, and chest that may cause you to sweat and your face to turn red. Sweating is your body's way of lowering body temperature by causing heat loss through your skin. Hot flashes combined...
Abnormal Uterine Bleeding: Should I Have a Hysterectomy?
Guides through decision to treat abnormal uterine bleeding. Explains symptoms that doctor would look for before recommending treatment. Covers benefits and risks. Includes an interactive tool to help you make your decision.
Dilation and Curettage (D&C)
Dilation and curettage is a type of procedure. It is often called a D&C. It removes tissue from inside your uterus. The doctor may do this to find out if the tissue is not normal. Or it might be done to stop severe bleeding. During a D&C, the cervix is opened gently so that tissue can be removed, usually with a scraping...
