Tons of laughter, and the secret behind all those fairy tales.

Dermatologist Dr. Michael Reed answers a reader’s question: what to do about a menopausal symptom that’s more common than you might think.

Many of us remember the day we first ran across Our Bodies, Ourselves, as something of a revelation; perhaps you even picked up the more recent edition of the same [...]

Is your cholesterol on the rise?
As if some women didn’t already have enough problems with symptoms of menopause — such as hot flashes, insomnia, decreased libido and mood swings — [...]

The following post first appeared on Dr. Allen’s Huffington Post blog, as an urgent message to her fellow physicians. — Ed.
Patients with menopausal syndrome are flocking to infomercial doctors. They [...]

Writer, commentator and humorist Julie Danis is a Chicago-based strategic marketing professional, and a consumer insights lecturer at Northwestern University. She’s worked for Frito-Lay, Inc. and held senior level [...]

All the doctors sang the same tune, “You’re getting older.” Generally, I didn’t think I looked or felt like I was approaching 50, whatever that is suppose to look and [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]