Everything you need to know
Cooking your favourite foods may be causing more harm than you think. Grilling, smoking, and frying produce carcinogenic chemicals like PAHs, HCAs, LOPs, and acrylamide that increase cancer risk. Studies show a significant rise in cancer rates with high consumption of these cooked foods. Let’s look at the risks posed by these toxins and how you can reduce your risk.
Bread. It’s a delicious staple of our diet. For convenience, most of us pick it up from a supermarket. But is this mass-produced bread ultra-processed? Does that mean it’s bad for us? The Pocket Doctors delve into bread additives and look for healthy choices.
Being clear about whether you have entered perimenopause is important to explain any symptoms you may be experiencing. Menopause is also a pivotal phase of life when your body’s needs change. Meeting those changing needs can help you live a long and healthy life. Should you self-diagnose, or do you need a doctor to know for sure?
Everywhere you look, you’ll read that the average age for menopause is 51. But what happens if you’re in your mid-50s and there’s still no sign? Is something wrong? Will there be health implications from late menopause? Read on for everything you need to know.
You might’ve inherited your mother’s eyes or your father’s sense of humour, but when it comes to the menopausal journey, can we predict its path by looking at our family tree? To what degree is menopause hereditary?
Why does menopause happen, especially when life already feels like a whirlwind? Unravelling the mystery isn’t just about biology but understanding the complex dance of hormones and how they shape this pivotal phase in a woman’s life.
Let’s take a few minutes to dig into the biology and understand why women experience menopause.
Confused by the stages of menopause terminology? From perimenopause to postmenopause, here’s a clear breakdown of what those terms mean.
Menopause can be really tough on your bone health.
The fall in oestrogen and testosterone levels leads to a loss of bone mineral density. Unchecked, it can lead to osteoporosis and a marked increase in your fracture risk. The good news is that you can do plenty to prevent bone loss and even increase bone density.
Half of all women will experience symptoms of depression during the period leading up to menopause. Will you be one of them? How can you reduce your risk, and what should you do if you’re affected by depression?
Many women are troubled by menopausal urinary symptoms, like needing to pass urine frequently and in the night, burning and stinging, and bladder leaks. It’s due to low estrogen and is often neglected. Here’s why it happens and what you can do about it…
