Menopause & Women’s Health Articles for Women 40+ | Botavive

Symptoms of low testosterone in women: why desire is the only one the trials back

Fatigue, weight gain and brain fog top every list of low testosterone symptoms in women. Only one symptom has trial evidence behind treatment. Here is what the 2019 global consensus...

Symptoms of low testosterone in women: why desire is the only one the trials back

Fatigue, weight gain and brain fog top every list of low testosterone symptoms in women. Only one symptom has trial evidence behind treatment. Here is what the 2019 global consensus...

Perimenopause test: why a single urine stick misses most early cases

Two lines on a perimenopause test do not mean you are in perimenopause, and one line does not mean you are not. A 2026 study run by the maker of...

Perimenopause test: why a single urine stick misses most early cases

Two lines on a perimenopause test do not mean you are in perimenopause, and one line does not mean you are not. A 2026 study run by the maker of...

Menopause divorce: what a Mayo Clinic study of 1,884 women found

Searches for menopause divorce keep climbing, and the gray divorce rate in the US doubled in 20 years. The data behind that headline never measured menopause. A Mayo Clinic study...

Menopause divorce: what a Mayo Clinic study of 1,884 women found

Searches for menopause divorce keep climbing, and the gray divorce rate in the US doubled in 20 years. The data behind that headline never measured menopause. A Mayo Clinic study...

Phantom period: why you get every PMS symptom and no bleed after 40

Cramps, sore breasts, a short fuse, then no period. In perimenopause, a second estrogen wave or a skipped ovulation runs the premenstrual script without the bleed. Here is what a...

Phantom period: why you get every PMS symptom and no bleed after 40

Cramps, sore breasts, a short fuse, then no period. In perimenopause, a second estrogen wave or a skipped ovulation runs the premenstrual script without the bleed. Here is what a...

Ocular migraine symptoms: the estrogen spike behind zigzag lights after 40

The zigzag lights start in the brain, not the eye, and the estrogen surges of perimenopause are linked to triggering them. Here is what ocular migraine symptoms look like, what...

Ocular migraine symptoms: the estrogen spike behind zigzag lights after 40

The zigzag lights start in the brain, not the eye, and the estrogen surges of perimenopause are linked to triggering them. Here is what ocular migraine symptoms look like, what...

How to handle health anxiety: why perimenopause turns new symptoms into constant worry

Women who were calm before perimenopause had up to 61% higher odds of high anxiety once the transition began. Add a body producing new sensations every month and health anxiety...

How to handle health anxiety: why perimenopause turns new symptoms into constant worry

Women who were calm before perimenopause had up to 61% higher odds of high anxiety once the transition began. Add a body producing new sensations every month and health anxiety...

Blurry vision in perimenopause: the tear, lens and vitreous changes behind it

Women on estrogen alone had 69% higher odds of dry eye than women on no hormones, and dry eye is the most common reason vision blurs and clears. Here are...

Blurry vision in perimenopause: the tear, lens and vitreous changes behind it

Women on estrogen alone had 69% higher odds of dry eye than women on no hormones, and dry eye is the most common reason vision blurs and clears. Here are...