Midlife comes with a whole host of new stresses, raising children and attending to family matters, working outside the home. It can be exhausting and it doesn’t help when hormone change fatigue sets in. Staying in touch with your sensuality can be a challenge when other priorities take front and center stage. Time out from the pressures of life can be a libido life-saver, to relax and enjoy the moment with your partner. If vaginal dryness is an issue for you, there are a multitude of products...

One of the most commonly reported symptoms of menopause is sleep disturbances. Women going through menopause may experience difficulty falling asleep, staying asleep, and waking up feeling rested. These sleep disturbances are thought to be related to changes in the body's circadian rhythm, which is the internal "biological clock" that regulates our sleep-wake cycle. Research has shown that menopause is associated with changes in circadian rhythm that can disrupt sleep. For example, studies...

I have a friend who just turned 40. Not long after, she discovered she had triple negative breast cancer. That means her breast cancer cells do not have receptors for estrogen or progesterone or for the HER2 protein. Those receptors are often targeted for breast cancer medical treatment, but not in her case. Unfortunately, her cancer is less common than the other breast cancers and more aggressive but it is thought to be very responsive to diet. My friend is not overweight; nor does she have...