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You are washing your hair less, using gentler shampoo, and still finding hair in the drain and an itch you cannot reach. The scalp changes in menopause for the same...
Itchy scalp in menopause: why the itch and the shedding arrive together
You are washing your hair less, using gentler shampoo, and still finding hair in the drain and an itch you cannot reach. The scalp changes in menopause for the same...
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Heavy periods, sore breasts, bloating, mood swings and worse PMS in your 40s often get labelled "estrogen dominance." The term is popular but loosely used. Here is what the evidence...
Estrogen dominance symptoms in perimenopause: what's real, what's hyped, and what the evidence supports
Heavy periods, sore breasts, bloating, mood swings and worse PMS in your 40s often get labelled "estrogen dominance." The term is popular but loosely used. Here is what the evidence...
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Heartburn that arrives out of nowhere at 45 is not a new sensitivity to tomatoes. Falling estrogen loosens the valve above your stomach, slows how fast it empties, and shifts...
Perimenopause acid reflux: why heartburn arrives after 40 and what the evidence supports
Heartburn that arrives out of nowhere at 45 is not a new sensitivity to tomatoes. Falling estrogen loosens the valve above your stomach, slows how fast it empties, and shifts...
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Your mouth can feel scalded with nothing to show for it, and a doctor might tell you nothing is wrong. Burning mouth syndrome has a real mechanism tied to estrogen...
Burning mouth syndrome in menopause: causes, and what actually works
Your mouth can feel scalded with nothing to show for it, and a doctor might tell you nothing is wrong. Burning mouth syndrome has a real mechanism tied to estrogen...
Cholesterol does not creep up gradually through midlife. For most women it climbs in the single year around the final period, and a new 2026 study says perimenopause is the...
What the research actually says about cholesterol in perimenopause
Cholesterol does not creep up gradually through midlife. For most women it climbs in the single year around the final period, and a new 2026 study says perimenopause is the...
Your skin feels like something is moving under it, but nothing is there. It is called formication, and it affects roughly one in five women during the menopause transition. Here...
If you're over 40 and your skin feels like it's crawling, here is what formication means
Your skin feels like something is moving under it, but nothing is there. It is called formication, and it affects roughly one in five women during the menopause transition. Here...
Hot flashes get the headlines, but the largest global study of perimenopause found something else entirely. Fatigue and exhaustion topped the list for over 90 percent of women who identified...
Perimenopause symptoms list: the gap between what women expect and what a global study found
Hot flashes get the headlines, but the largest global study of perimenopause found something else entirely. Fatigue and exhaustion topped the list for over 90 percent of women who identified...
The FDA points to a 1996 study showing hormone therapy cut Alzheimer's risk by 35 percent. A larger, newer study found the opposite in women who started therapy the same...
Why the FDA's hormone therapy and Alzheimer's claim is only half the story
The FDA points to a 1996 study showing hormone therapy cut Alzheimer's risk by 35 percent. A larger, newer study found the opposite in women who started therapy the same...
Calcium blocks iron. Vitamin D needs fat. Magnesium works best at night. This guide covers how to time and combine your menopause supplements so they do their job properly.
Menopause supplements: what to take, when to take them, and which combinations to avoid
Calcium blocks iron. Vitamin D needs fat. Magnesium works best at night. This guide covers how to time and combine your menopause supplements so they do their job properly.
erimenopause supplements are not all built the same. Estrogen fluctuates erratically in this phase, not steadily declines, and a formula that ignores that volatility rarely satisfies. This article breaks down...
Supplements for perimenopause: causes, what the research supports, and how to choose
erimenopause supplements are not all built the same. Estrogen fluctuates erratically in this phase, not steadily declines, and a formula that ignores that volatility rarely satisfies. This article breaks down...
