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Hormones got a bad wrap following data from the Women’s Health Initiative or WHI Study, one of the largest clinical trials, over 160,000 subjects in the US looking primarily focused on primary care prevention in women.  The study was conducted in the 90’s and had a hormone-therapy arm that included over twenty-thousand women, ages 50-79, […]

Menopause has several transitional phases associated with the journey, and it is multifaceted when it comes to individuals, symptoms and their unique experience.  At Coastal Well Woman, our comprehensive approach includes screening and assessment of genitourinary syndrome of menopause (GSM).  Unfortunately, because GSM is not openly discussed or understood, it often goes under-treated. Untreated GSM […]

Challenges and Solutions in Menopause Weight Management & Cardio-Metabolic Risk Reduction Looking good and feeling good in our younger years seemed so easy! I remember eating 1/2 a pizza or two hamburgers and easily maintaining my girlish figure.  But as I aged and moved into the menopause transition, so did my body fat!  It moved to […]