Menopause
noun
The time in a woman's life when she stops having periods and is no longer able to get pregnant naturally.
The doctor told her that she had reached her menopause.
Often appears as...
- premature menopause
- early menopause
noun
The time in a woman's life when she stops having periods and is no longer able to get pregnant naturally.
The doctor told her that she had reached her menopause.
Often appears as...
- premature menopause
- early menopause
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Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Weight
The term can evoke emotional responses due to its association with aging and fertility.
When Aunt May said she was going through menopause, the room fell silent, recognizing the sensitive nature of the topic.
Pro Tip 2/3Medical Condition
Used in medical or health-related contexts, often alongside other clinical terms.
Regular health check-ups are important for women approaching menopause.
Pro Tip 3/3Life Stage
Refers to a natural stage in a woman's life, not a disease or illness.
Menopause is just another stage of life, like puberty.
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The happy secret to...
But I had no idea how to console poor Bobo because he had just gotten over an entire week of menopause. We're finding it's not necessarily the reality that shapes us, but the lens through which your brain views the world that shapes your reality. And if we can change the lens, not only can we change your happiness, we can change every single educational and business outcome at the same time.
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The happy secret to...
just gotten over an entire week of menopause see what we're finding is not necessarily the reality that shapes us but the lens to which your brain views the world that shapes your reality if we can change the lens not only can we change your happiness we can change every single educational and business outcome at the same time when I applied
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Why does your voice...
But for people who have experienced the hormonal effects of menopause, the higher pitch is countered and outweighed by swollen vocal folds. The folds' increased mass slows their vibrations, resulting in deeper voices. All these symptoms are further complicated by having fewer healthy laryngeal nerve endings,
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What really happens to...
We continue to make vital contributions to society after menopause. It's not your dotage. Your worth has nothing to do with your ovaries. So let's say you're in the menopause transition. What are the best things you can do? If you're suffering, there's almost always some kind of help.
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Andrea Berchowitz: The...
They talked about things I balancing a serious job, teenagers and caring for elderly parents. But in a few instances, close friends opened up. They talked about how their bodies and their minds were changing and the impact of menopause on many aspects of their lives, including work.
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Finding happiness in...
But it really didn't begin there. It began with a conversation with a woman. We were having a conversation about menopause, and we got onto the subject of her vagina, which you'll do if you're talking about menopause. And she said things that really shocked me about her vagina --
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What happens to your...
or why people’s migraine patterns sometimes change over their lifetimes. Hormonal fluctuations are thought to have a role in some of these some women experience a significant reduction in migraine frequency after menopause, when sex hormone fluctuations are fewer.
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Safari Live - Day 384 PIPE...
yeah you see that swelling on the right I would say that she's pregnant again I used to say that elephants go into menopause they don't of course we know that now it's possibly a sort of year or two before they die they're unable to
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The Bias behind Your...
and there's a hormonal influence to a variety of chronic pain conditions. At puberty, rates of chronic pain rise faster in girls than boys. And as females approach menopause, sex differences in chronic pain begin to disappear.
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How menopause affects...
which is a slow and pretty much symptom-free process, of course. Women's estrogens, on the other hand, start fading in midlife, during menopause, which is anything but symptom-free.
Video examples
The happy secret to...
But I had no idea how to console poor Bobo because he had just gotten over an entire week of menopause. We're finding it's not necessarily the reality that shapes us, but the lens through which your brain views the world that shapes your reality. And if we can change the lens, not only can we change your happiness, we can change every single educational and business outcome at the same time.
Video examples
The happy secret to...
just gotten over an entire week of menopause see what we're finding is not necessarily the reality that shapes us but the lens to which your brain views the world that shapes your reality if we can change the lens not only can we change your happiness we can change every single educational and business outcome at the same time when I applied
Video examples
Why does your voice...
But for people who have experienced the hormonal effects of menopause, the higher pitch is countered and outweighed by swollen vocal folds. The folds' increased mass slows their vibrations, resulting in deeper voices. All these symptoms are further complicated by having fewer healthy laryngeal nerve endings,
Video examples
What really happens to...
We continue to make vital contributions to society after menopause. It's not your dotage. Your worth has nothing to do with your ovaries. So let's say you're in the menopause transition. What are the best things you can do? If you're suffering, there's almost always some kind of help.
Video examples
Andrea Berchowitz: The...
They talked about things I balancing a serious job, teenagers and caring for elderly parents. But in a few instances, close friends opened up. They talked about how their bodies and their minds were changing and the impact of menopause on many aspects of their lives, including work.
Video examples
Finding happiness in...
But it really didn't begin there. It began with a conversation with a woman. We were having a conversation about menopause, and we got onto the subject of her vagina, which you'll do if you're talking about menopause. And she said things that really shocked me about her vagina --
Video examples
What happens to your...
or why people’s migraine patterns sometimes change over their lifetimes. Hormonal fluctuations are thought to have a role in some of these some women experience a significant reduction in migraine frequency after menopause, when sex hormone fluctuations are fewer.
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 384 PIPE...
yeah you see that swelling on the right I would say that she's pregnant again I used to say that elephants go into menopause they don't of course we know that now it's possibly a sort of year or two before they die they're unable to
Video examples
The Bias behind Your...
and there's a hormonal influence to a variety of chronic pain conditions. At puberty, rates of chronic pain rise faster in girls than boys. And as females approach menopause, sex differences in chronic pain begin to disappear.
Video examples
How menopause affects...
which is a slow and pretty much symptom-free process, of course. Women's estrogens, on the other hand, start fading in midlife, during menopause, which is anything but symptom-free.
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Mel Gibson
Actor
Acting feels different. I'm not sure exactly what that is, but it used to mean a lot more. Maybe that sounds like I'm throwing it away and I'm not, I'll still do the best damn job I can, but it doesn't mean the same thing. I'm going to get the answer for myself one of these days. It's the male menopause, that's what it is.
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Sandra Tsing Loh
American Writer
The literature of menopause is the saddest, the most awful, and the most medical of all genres. You're sleepless, you're anxious, you're fat, you're depressed - and the advice is always the same: take more walks, eat some kale, and drink lots of water. It didn't help.
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Roland Orzabal
English Musician
Mad World' hasn't dated because it's expressive of a period I call the teenage menopause, where your hormones are going crazy as you're leaving childhood. Your fingers are on the cliff and you're about to drop off, but somehow you cling on.
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Konnie Huq
British Celebrity
A problem shared is a problem halved, but as with so many problems affecting women - periods, menopause, post-natal depression - we often feel embarrassed, as if we're moaning or just plain wrong to air them.
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Katha Pollitt
American Poet
Women who have abortions are people you know. Because that is the truth! One in three American women will have an abortion by menopause.
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Kathy Burke
English Actress
I didn't want to go anywhere because I hated being a woman during my menopause. I was like 'why am I a woman?' I couldn't bear it.
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Emily Atack
British Actress
You are taught about puberty and the menopause and how tough they can be, but a quarter-life crisis, you're not prepared for.
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Valerie Harper
American Actress
It's really important that we don't hang up the membership to the human community at menopause.
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Omar Sharif
Egyptian Actor
Women know when they've got the menopause but men don't quite know. They know it afterwards.
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Lisa Lampanelli
American Comedian
I don't like any of it. I'm sick and tired of menopause.
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Mel Gibson
Actor
Acting feels different. I'm not sure exactly what that is, but it used to mean a lot more. Maybe that sounds like I'm throwing it away and I'm not, I'll still do the best damn job I can, but it doesn't mean the same thing. I'm going to get the answer for myself one of these days. It's the male menopause, that's what it is.
Quote examples
Sandra Tsing Loh
American Writer
The literature of menopause is the saddest, the most awful, and the most medical of all genres. You're sleepless, you're anxious, you're fat, you're depressed - and the advice is always the same: take more walks, eat some kale, and drink lots of water. It didn't help.
Quote examples
Roland Orzabal
English Musician
Mad World' hasn't dated because it's expressive of a period I call the teenage menopause, where your hormones are going crazy as you're leaving childhood. Your fingers are on the cliff and you're about to drop off, but somehow you cling on.
Quote examples
Konnie Huq
British Celebrity
A problem shared is a problem halved, but as with so many problems affecting women - periods, menopause, post-natal depression - we often feel embarrassed, as if we're moaning or just plain wrong to air them.
Quote examples
Katha Pollitt
American Poet
Women who have abortions are people you know. Because that is the truth! One in three American women will have an abortion by menopause.
Quote examples
Kathy Burke
English Actress
I didn't want to go anywhere because I hated being a woman during my menopause. I was like 'why am I a woman?' I couldn't bear it.
Quote examples
Emily Atack
British Actress
You are taught about puberty and the menopause and how tough they can be, but a quarter-life crisis, you're not prepared for.
Quote examples
Valerie Harper
American Actress
It's really important that we don't hang up the membership to the human community at menopause.
Quote examples
Omar Sharif
Egyptian Actor
Women know when they've got the menopause but men don't quite know. They know it afterwards.
Quote examples
Lisa Lampanelli
American Comedian
I don't like any of it. I'm sick and tired of menopause.
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