Frying eggs on your belly every night? Gynecologist Dr. Pat Allen talks about nighttime sweats and hot flashes, and what you can do about them.

As the icy wind howls (for many of us) and we all get back into our weekly routines, it can be hard to believe the resolutions we made in the [...]

New Year’s resolutions are made and broken by most people soon after the list is made. It is often difficult to imagine how to make a resolution that will change [...]

Dear Dr. Pat,
I enjoy the medical blogs on WVFC. I am concerned about the use of one drug for my reflux disorder because it could hurt my bone density.
I am 54, [...]

I began to focus on the menopausal transition in 1991, when Gail Sheehy asked me to consult with her on her book The Silent Passage. What an incredible and unique [...]

This has been a summer of constant work. No other distractions or crises— just work, seven days a week. Long days, often beginning at seven and then phone calls, emails [...]

Dear Dr. Pat,
I am 48 years old, in excellent health and in great shape.  I had my last period just over a year ago and had a very uneventful menopausal [...]

Dear Dr. Pat,
I read your medical advice to menopausal women, and I have a sense that you are not a big fan of hormone therapy. I am now forty-nine years [...]

Dear Dr. Pat,
I am 58 years old and live in a rural area, about 100 miles from a regional hospital in the Southeast. I don’t want to identify the area [...]

Dear Dr. Pat,
I am 44 years old and know that the symptoms that I am having are really related to menopause.  I am having less frequent bleeding ranging [...]