Recently I had a question of whether or not a supplement, called Sex Essentials, was causing a women who has not had a period for 14 months to experience severe hot flashes.  One way to find out whether a supplement, or anything else that is injested, is causing unwanted side effects is to stop the supplement to see if the symptoms stop, then start it again to see if they return, then stop

forget, for a second, what you've been told about menopause before.  imagine, if you will, that the discomforts of the menopausal transition aren't due to *low* estrogen levels,  rather they are due to the *spikes* of estrogen that are occuring against a backdrop of the cessation of menses?

i am excited to attend a lecture tonight with dr. jerilynn prior, a renowned UBC professor of endocrinology.  she will be discussing her experience and research with menopause, particularly the important role that progesterone plays in the transition of menopause.  also speaking tonight will be my colleage dr.

a new patient of mine's youngest child just started university away from home, and she is feeling some fairly serious sadness about it.  she is also transitioning into her second spring, her periods are coming very irregularly now, her last one was about 7 months ago and it was "very light" in flow.  when i asked her what, exactly, she was feeling sad about, she me