Menopause & Women’s Health Articles for Women 40+ | Botavive
Costochondritis turned up in 30% of chest pain patients in one emergency department study, and 69% of them were women. Here is what inflames the cartilage between your ribs and...
What causes costochondritis: the chest pain that sends women to the ER
Costochondritis turned up in 30% of chest pain patients in one emergency department study, and 69% of them were women. Here is what inflames the cartilage between your ribs and...
Heel pain that feels like walking on bone often comes from the fat pad, not the plantar fascia. The cushion under your heel stiffens after 40, and no study has...
Fat pad atrophy: why the cushion under your heel loses its spring after 40
Heel pain that feels like walking on bone often comes from the fat pad, not the plantar fascia. The cushion under your heel stiffens after 40, and no study has...
Most advice on sagging jowls treats them as a skin problem. CT scans show the jawbone itself gets shorter with age, and estrogen loss thins the collagen sitting on top...
Sagging jowls after 40: why your skin is only half the story
Most advice on sagging jowls treats them as a skin problem. CT scans show the jawbone itself gets shorter with age, and estrogen loss thins the collagen sitting on top...
Back pain climbs from 56% to 65% of women as perimenopause begins, and an MRI study of 2,948 adults found that after menopause, women's lumbar discs degenerate faster than men's...
Perimenopause back pain: the disc change that flips after your final period
Back pain climbs from 56% to 65% of women as perimenopause begins, and an MRI study of 2,948 adults found that after menopause, women's lumbar discs degenerate faster than men's...
Berberine works on three clocks. In one 2008 trial, blood sugar dropped within 7 days, cholesterol and waist size moved by week 5, and weight barely moved at all. Here...
How long does berberine take to work: the week-by-week timeline from the trials
Berberine works on three clocks. In one 2008 trial, blood sugar dropped within 7 days, cholesterol and waist size moved by week 5, and weight barely moved at all. Here...
DIM is sold as an estrogen balancer, and it does change how your body breaks estrogen down. A 2025 study of 1,458 women on estradiol patches found DIM users had...
DIM supplement for women: what it does to estrogen, and what changes if you wear an HRT patch
DIM is sold as an estrogen balancer, and it does change how your body breaks estrogen down. A 2025 study of 1,458 women on estradiol patches found DIM users had...
Magnesium is the supplement midlife women hear about most for weight. Across 32 randomized trials, it did not change body weight, waist size or body fat. Here is what menopause...
Magnesium and menopause weight gain: what 32 trials found
Magnesium is the supplement midlife women hear about most for weight. Across 32 randomized trials, it did not change body weight, waist size or body fat. Here is what menopause...