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Social Connectedness in Midlife is Healthy

Relationships are not only rewarding, but they could extend your life “Evidence strongly suggests that social connection qualifies as a protective factor for chronic disease and premature mortality.” — Julianne Holt-Lunstad, PhD There is robust evidence from decades of interdisciplinary science documenting the protective effects of social connections on health and well-being, with the…

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Undermining The Power Of Hot Flashes To Ruin Sleep

“For a lot of women, behavioral strategies can provide hot flash relief and restore sleep quality.” — Rebecca C. Thurston, Ph.D., FABMR At the Translational Science Symposium on Midlife Wellbeing held in advance of the 2021 Annual Meeting of the North American Menopause Society, expert Dr. Rebecca C. Thurston, Professor…

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The Very Early Perimenopause — a Talk by Dr. Jerilynn Prior

Women Living Better founder Nina Coslov wrote a blog post for Our Bodies Ourselves to tee up a presentation that WLB advisor Dr. Jerilynn Prior gave at Tufts Medical School about perimenopause. In it, Nina shares her personal story, how it led her to create Women Living Better and Dr. Prior’s…

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Menopause and Alzheimer’s

Dr. Lisa Mosconi, Ph.D., Director of the Women’s Brain Initiative and Associate Director of the Alzheimer’s Prevention Clinic at Weill Cornell Medical College is interviewed by Deborah Copaken. They cover many topics in the interview, but two of particular interest are what is and isn’t known about women’s brain health and…

Almonds to prevent osteoporosis

Almonds — Good for Bone Health

In this article, Dr. Michael Greger from nutritionfacts.org talks about almonds and the benefit they provide for improved bone health. He explains that bone is living and it is constantly in a state of growth and at the same time being depleted. The rate of depletion increases beginning when hormones…

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Drink More Water to Prevent Recurrent Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs)

A study was conducted in premenopausal women to look at the effects of increased water intake in women with recurrent urinary tract infections (UTIs).

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