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For Weight Loss Management in Perimenopause,
a Personalized Plan Works Best

By Patricia Yarberry Allen, M.D.

Recognize that you are in a transition that is not just a hormonal one, but a transition into that second half of life where your wisdom and determination to find and achieve your personal best is certainly attainable.

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Hot Flashes, Night Sweats and Sleep Disruption Before Menopause

By Patricia Yarberry Allen, M.D.

Hot flashes are the most frequent symptom of menopause and perimenopause. More than two-thirds of North American women who are heading into menopause have hot flashes.

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Surgical Menopause

By Patricia Yarberry Allen, M.D.

Dr. Pat offers advice to a woman on how to thrive in the second half of life after she had surgical menopause from a hysterectomy and removal of the ovaries in her early forties.

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Early Menopause and Depressive Mood Disorder

By Dr. Patricia Yarberry Allen and Megan Riddle, Ph.D., M.S

Women who experience menopause at a young age, as studies show, seem to be at a slightly increased risk of developing depression.

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Menopause is Never Old News

By Patricia Yarberry Allen, M.D.

A frank discussion about making the right choices in the menopausal transition and the belief that management of symptoms is certainly possible are great life lessons that mothers can give their daughters.

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Lichen Planus and Menopause:
Diagnostic and Treatment Differences

By Patricia Yarberry Allen, M.D.

I am writing because I feel that my symptoms were never taken seriously by my primary care health care provider. Because I was in “menopause,” I think my symptoms were attributed to hormonal change and not evaluated properly.

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What Causes Midlife Weight Gain
and Strategies To Control It

By Patricia Yarberry Allen, M.D.

We respond to a reader's questions: "Did menopause make me gain this weight? And, what can I do to get back to my former shape?"

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Is It Depression or Menopause?

By Dr. Patricia Yarberry Allen and Megan Riddle, Ph.D., M.S

Dr. Megan Riddle provides a thoughtful discussion of depression and the menopausal transition that will be helpful for women who need more than just a lifestyle change, meditation, exercise, or even hormone therapy for control of depression.

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Crisis Management of Hot Flashes and Flushes Without Hormone Therapy

By Patricia Yarberry Allen, M.D.

Hot flashes are the most frequent symptom of menopause and peri-menopause. More than two-thirds of North American women who are heading into menopause have hot flashes.

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Menopause and Eating Disorders

By Megan Riddle, M.D. Ph.D. MS

Both hormonal change and the stress of transition into a new life stage may affect women in midlife negatively. Early-onset menopause and its association with depression were discussed last month. Another unexpected mental health problem affecting women in midlife is the spectrum of eating disorders.

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Suddenly, Menopause: Dealing With the Psychological Impact

By Cecilia M. Ford, Ph.D.

A large-scale study conducted in Britain in 2008 concluded that “women who undergo hysterectomy at a young age are a defined group who may require more support than other women to maintain good psychological health.”

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Menopause: Getting It Right

By Patricia Yarberry Allen, M.D.

It is often frightening for women who had mothers who were such poor role models for the management of midlife to think about and plan for the menopausal transition.

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Ask Dr. Pat: How Can I Avoid My Mother’s Menopause?

By Patricia Yarberry Allen, M.D.

History does not have to repeat itself. That old film "Menopausal Madness" does not have to begin with you in the starring role. There are many things that you can do now to get your life back on course.

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Ask Dr. Pat: Help! My Ob-Gyn’s Treatment Isn’t Helping My Menopause Symptoms

By Patricia Yarberry Allen, M.D.

The patient-doctor relationship is part of the healing process. This relationship requires both a “a good fit” and takes time to develop. Doctors need to listen to the patient’s story and understand that not all gynecological problems are diagnosed by ordering tests or doing procedures.

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Ask Dr. Pat: In Her 40s: Menopausal Symptoms After an Endometrial Ablation

By Patricia Yarberry Allen, M.D.

If you’re convinced that you’ll be tortured by hot flashes and temperature disruptions, then you certainly will be. But if you’re disciplined about taking the steps described, you’ll have non-medical tools to diminish the impact of the hot flashes.

Women's Voices For Change

Articles onMenopause

For Weight Loss Management in Perimenopause,
a Personalized Plan Works Best

Hot Flashes, Night Sweats and Sleep Disruption Before Menopause

Surgical Menopause

Early Menopause and Depressive Mood Disorder

Menopause is Never Old News

Lichen Planus and Menopause:
Diagnostic and Treatment Differences

What Causes Midlife Weight Gain
and Strategies To Control It

Is It Depression or Menopause?

Crisis Management of Hot Flashes and Flushes Without Hormone Therapy

Menopause and Eating Disorders

Suddenly, Menopause: Dealing With the Psychological Impact

Menopause: Getting It Right

Ask Dr. Pat: How Can I Avoid My Mother’s Menopause?

Ask Dr. Pat: Help! My Ob-Gyn’s Treatment Isn’t Helping My Menopause Symptoms

Ask Dr. Pat: In Her 40s: Menopausal Symptoms After an Endometrial Ablation

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