Menoguides
Here’s what you need to know about menopause
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Symptom Guide: Menopause Dry Skin
It’s oily. It’s dry. You’re red. You’re itchy. Perimenopausal and menopausal skin can be the definition of haywire.
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Symptom Guide: Menopause and Digestive Issues
Experiencing weird changes to your digestive system during perimenopause and menopause? Here's the poop on how to deal with it.
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Symptom Guide: Night Sweats During Menopause
Night sweats can make it hard to fall and stay asleep at night, perpetuating a cycle of sleep deprivation, stress, and — you guessed...
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Symptom Guide: Hot Flashes During Menopause
Is it hot in here or is it just us? We're talking about hot flashes, a common symptom of menopause. Here are tips and advice...
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Muscle & Joint Pain During Menopause: How to Make It Easier
The good news is that there are ways to help and even improve pain caused by a lack of joint lubrication.
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Symptom Guide: Menopause and Urinary Issues
Ever pee when you sneeze? Urinary issues are a common indicator that you’re entering or in menopause.
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Symptom Guide: Vaginal Atrophy and Dryness During Menopause
So dry, you wanna cry? Though it’s much more common after menopause, dryness and thinning of the vagina is...
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Symptom Guide: Thinning Hair and Brittle Nails During Menopause
There are definitely ways to keep your hair and nails looking better and less dry and brittle. A little care and kindness can go...
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Symptom Guide: Irregular Periods During Perimenopause
You may start missing your period here and there, or what the heck, you get two periods a month. What’s the deal? We explain.
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Symptom Guide: Breast Pain During Menopause
The hormone fluctuations that plague us during our menstrual years are the same ones that can cause perimenopausal mayhem: weight gain, fluid retention, and,...
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Symptom Guide: Weight Gain
If you're a child of the 1970s through the 1990s, you've probably been immersed in weight loss culture since you can...
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Menopause and Gut Health 101
Got a gut feeling that something has changed with your digestive health since entering into midlife? It's time to pay attention to your digestion.
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