Symptoms can begin years ahead

From: USA Today | Date: October 1, 2001| Author: Anonymous | Copyright information

MENOPAUSE

If you're a woman, do you subconsciously turn off when you hear the word "menopause"? Do you think you're too young to worry about the symptoms, that menopause is years away?

"Many women are not familiar with the term 'perimenopause,' or with the physical and emotional changes that can occur during this time," says Lila Nachtigall, a menopause expert, board-certified gynecologist, and medical advisor to the Vagisil Women's Health Center, an online health information ...

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