Ask the Menopause Experts

This column is brought to you by the National Women's Health Resource Center and Workman Publishing in recognition of National Menopause Awareness Month. Each week health journalists Pat Wingert and Barbara Kantrowitz, authors of Is It Hot In Here? Or Is It Me? The Complete Guide to Menopause, will answer a menopause-related question and provide practical tips to feeling great and looking beautiful for the next half of your life.

While the column is meant to provide women with credible, accessible information so that they can make better decisions concerning their health and well-being, it is not meant to be a substitute for regular checkups or as a replacement for individual medical care.

To learn more about Pat Wingert and Barbara Kantrowitz, authors of Is It Hot In Here? Or Is It Me? The Complete Guide to Menopause, click here.

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