By Patricia Yarberry Allen, M.D.

The good news: Sex and the City 2 isn’t afraid of the ‘M’ word. The bad: the male director substitutes easy gags and dangerous product placement for real humor and an honest portrait.

Love it or hate it, Sex in the City 2 has everyone using the M word this week. Watch below as two power women, Meredith Vieira and Kim Cattrall, talk about how life past 50 can really be the best of times.

WVFC publisher Patricia Yarberry Allen, M.D., weighs in on the New York Times‘ take on hormone therapy.

by Patricia Yarberry Allen

A gynecologist on sexual activity and good vaginal health after menopause.

By Patricia Yarberry Allen

Dr. Allen, director of the New York Menopause Center, outlines the options for perimenopausal women faced with exceptionally heavy menstrual flow.

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.

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.

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 book focused on menopause. But have you wished your voice was in there too? Now, thanks to former WVFC editor Chris Cupaiolo at Our Bodies, [...]

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 — now they can add one more to the list. According to a recent study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, [...]