Blog
Written content from the Evernow medical team covering menopause, its symptoms, and its treatments.
Articles
Hormone Guide: Estrogen
Learn about estrogen, the effects of low estrogen in your 40s and 50s and all the available treatments.
Symptom Guide: Hot Flashes
Learn why you're experiencing hot flashes, the medical treatments to reduce them and some simple lifestyle changes you can make to manage them.
Symptom Guide: Night Sweats
Learn why you're experiencing night sweats, the medical treatments to reduce them and some simple lifestyle changes you can make to manage them.
Symptom Guide: Brain Fog
Learn why you're experiencing brain fog, the medical treatments to reduce it and some simple lifestyle changes you can make to manage it.
Symptom Guide: Vaginal Dryness
Vaginal dryness is pretty much what it sounds like - feeling not well lubricated, itchy and irritated, and even “too tight.” It can make sex anything from uncomfortable to extermely painful.
Getting the Most From Your In-Person MD: A Q&A with EverNow Medical Director Emily Hu
For the first half of our lives, there are clear marching orders for women’s health appointments: Time for your pap? Go to your OBGYN or your PCP. Having a baby or want one? See an OBGYN or a reproductive endocrinologist and they’ll put you on an appointment schedule. But into our 40s, it can feel like someone forgot to hand out the memo.
Infinity Mirror
With menopause, what comes to mind for me are infinity mirrors you see at fun houses. They’re the ones that show you reflections of yourself receding into infinity.
The Truth About Your Post-Menopausal Body
Going through menopause means a lot of things to a lot of women. While many parts of the “transition” are individual (for instance, my sister suffered nary a hot flash while I was continually bathed in sweat), one universal truth is this: our bodies change.
How Menopause Messes With Your Sleep
The hormonal, physical and psychological ramifications of menopause are not just limited to things like hot flashes, mood disorders and weight gain. They're lurking in the evening hours, too, when all you want to do is sleep.
Menopause and Vaginal Dryness
Why not get right to the point? Menopause brings many changes, with one of the peskiest being the way your vagina feels, including itchiness, dryness, irritation (even bleeding) and trouble with intercourse.
Seven Effective Ways to Deal With Menopause
The thing is, menopause is a relief. But the other thing is, menopause is a passage into a new phase of life, and it ushers in a new set of challenges in exchange for its presence.
Is it ok that my pap smear might be delayed several months this year?
Many health maintenance services are on hold right now as we all shelter in place. You may be wondering how worried you should be about certain health care services that you’re having to skip, and one of those may be a pap smear.
How do I keep my immune system healthy?
With coronavirus on the loose, many women may be wondering what they can do to protect themselves.
Is it ok if my mammogram is postponed this year?
Among the many other services that are being delayed due to Covid-19, you may be told that your routine screening mammogram will be delayed this year.
