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Perimenopause – women’s misunderstood, confusing, and long midlife transition.
Dr. Prior presenting at the Fraser Health Wellbeing Guest Speaker Series where she discussed Perimenopause – women’s misunderstood, confusing, and long midlife transition. This presentation was recorded at the Surrey Memorial Hospital, BC in December 2023.
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How Can I Tell I Am in Perimenopause?
What’s going on? Why can’t I sleep normally, why am I so grumpy or suddenly anxious, why am I abruptly hot and sweaty? Could I be in perimenopause? CeMCOR believes that if: —our experiences have changed (see the Table of characteristic changes) —our hormone levels have changed (scientific evidence says that perimenopausal estrogen levels are…
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Perimenopause Frequently Asked Questions
Dr. Jerilynn C. Prior answers FAQ’s from Perimenopausal Women 1. My doctor has prescribed Clonidine 50mg and Prometrium 100mg daily to treat my hot flushes. Should I start both? In general, it is important to do ‘one at a time’ when trying out medications or any intervention for a symptom or a problem. If you…
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Ovarian Hormone Therapy for Women with Early Menopause
We hear a lot of things about hormone therapy (often wrongly called Hormone Replacement Therapy or HRT) (1). Most of the time when “HRT” is used it is referring to the treatment of women who had natural (not surgical) menopause at a normal age. Before about 1998 we believed that estrogen made everything better, but…
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Estrogen’s Storm Season Book
**UPDATE** The 2017 Edition of Estrogen’s Storm Season is now available as an Ebook (in both Amazon Kindle and ePUB formats)! Please see below for purchase details. For those who have purchased or received earlier paperback editions, we have created an insert with updates that relates to CeMCOR’s unique but evidence-based view of the phases…