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A picture—or in this case 128 pages of illustrations—is worth hundreds of thousands of words.

By Selene Yeager

A lot of books, articles, and stories about menopause cross our desks here at Feisty Menopause headquarters. Most have great advice for managing your symptoms and navigating what can b...

Our menopause faces are badass and beautiful, no insecurities (or fixes) necessary.

By Selene Yeager 

A while back, someone reposted a clip from The Doctors (a long-running syndicated talk show reportedly featuring the latest health headlines), which aired earlier this year. The tweet from t...

A plant-based, soy-rich diet can reduce hot flashes by 84 percent, a study shows.

By Selene Yeager

When it comes to symptoms, the average duration of menopause-related hot flashes and night sweats is lowest for Japanese American women at 4.8 years. Chinese American women can expect symptoms to las...

The race is on to slow down ovarian aging.

 By Selene Yeager

The average age of menopause in the U.S. is 51. What if we could push it off to 65 or 70? Companies like Bia-Echo and Celmatix are making it their mission to do just that—pump the brakes on ovarian aging, expand women’s window of f...

Recent research links vasomotor symptoms with cardiovascular health.

By Selene Yeager

Hot flashes and night sweats are a hallmark of menopause. These “vasomotor symptoms” occur because the vasomotor center in the brain, which helps regulate blood pressure and blood vessel dilation and constriction...

The changes that come with perimenopause are largely temporary, study finds. (And if they’re not, there may be ways to help.)

By Selene Yeager

For many women, navigating through the menopause transition can be a little like having your head in the clouds…just not in a way that is all carefree, day...

Research shows warming feet may help menopausal women improve their sleep.

 By Selene Yeager

Every menopausal woman knows the power of the mighty foot. Too hot at night? Just poke that foot out from under the covers. Too cold? Tuck that foot in. Now research shows that submerging your soles in a f...

Getting 3 to 4 grams per meal can help make muscle, even when protein is relatively low.

by Selene Yeager

When it comes to getting enough protein, the struggle is real. Highly active, menopausal women need a lot of protein—about 30 grams per meal and 15 to 20 grams per snack—spread throughout t...

Cookies and milk may have been a fine bedtime treat when you were a kid, but it’s probably not the best pre-slumber snack as an adult, especially if you’re a postmenopausal woman, according to recent research showing that eating too much food that spikes your blood sugar may also wreck your sleep.

In any given week, a lot of research crosses my desk. Much of it I skim through and let slide on by. But two headlines caught my eye that I thought were worth a deeper look:

A good night’s sleep could do wonders for your sex life (well, no shit, Sherlock…but go on…)

And

Weight Gain Aroun...