Menopause

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Feeling a little under the weather? Try these 'remedies'

Many people in the United States now have no health insurance, and many more are under-insured or have very high deductibles, which require them to pay significant amounts of cash for medical services before any insurance coverage kicks in.

As our current health care crisis continues to unfold, more people will be using the Internet to make their own diagnoses and to figure out their own treatment plans before even considering entering the medical system.

Antidepressants new treatment for hot flashes

More and more doctors are prescribing antidepressants for menopausal women.

The medicine isn't being prescribed for depression, however, but for hot flashes.

A study published in a January issue of The Journal of American Medical Association shows that women who were in the transition to menopause experienced a reduction in the frequency and severity of hot flashes with the use of the antidepressant medication Lexapro, compared with women who received a placebo.

Hot flashes at menopause may signal lower risk for heart attacks, stroke

LOS ANGELES -- Hot flashes and night sweats at menopause are uncomfortable and annoying to many women. But they are also associated with a reduced risk of future heart attacks and strokes, researchers reported Thursday.

Hot flashes, which doctors call vasomotor symptoms, are a major issue in women's health because there are so few effective remedies to relieve them. In recent years, however, some studies have suggested that hot flashes and night sweats may also be a sign of potential cardiovascular problems. The idea is that hot flashes may be a response to some type of dysfunction in blood vessels that could also raise the risk of heart attack and stroke.

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