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

Hair thinning at the temples: 3 causes in women over 40

Recession at the frontal corners showed up in 37 percent of postmenopausal women in one survey, against 13 percent before menopause. Three separate conditions produce it, they look nearly identical...

Hair thinning at the temples: 3 causes in women over 40

Recession at the frontal corners showed up in 37 percent of postmenopausal women in one survey, against 13 percent before menopause. Three separate conditions produce it, they look nearly identical...

Telogen Effluvium: How Long the Shedding Lasts After 40

Scalp biopsies from 355 women with long running shedding and 412 with pattern hair loss found almost the same number of hairs. What separated them was thickness, not count. This...

Telogen Effluvium: How Long the Shedding Lasts After 40

Scalp biopsies from 355 women with long running shedding and 412 with pattern hair loss found almost the same number of hairs. What separated them was thickness, not count. This...

Smelling cigarette smoke when there is none: the age curve that peaks in your forties and fifties

Phantom odor perception does not climb steadily with age in women. It peaks between 40 and 59, then falls, which is the opposite of what an aging nerve would produce....

Smelling cigarette smoke when there is none: the age curve that peaks in your forties and fifties

Phantom odor perception does not climb steadily with age in women. It peaks between 40 and 59, then falls, which is the opposite of what an aging nerve would produce....

Hair, skin and nails vitamins after 40: why biotin is the weakest ingredient in most formulas

Most hair, skin and nails formulas are built around a biotin dose 167 times the daily requirement, and biotin deficiency is rare. A November 2025 dermatology review looked at what...

Hair, skin and nails vitamins after 40: why biotin is the weakest ingredient in most formulas

Most hair, skin and nails formulas are built around a biotin dose 167 times the daily requirement, and biotin deficiency is rare. A November 2025 dermatology review looked at what...

Perimenopause diarrhea: the stress pathway that predicts it better than your hormone levels

Loose stools and sudden urgency arrive for a lot of women in their forties, and most assume falling estrogen is the cause. The longest study of bowel habits through the...

Perimenopause diarrhea: the stress pathway that predicts it better than your hormone levels

Loose stools and sudden urgency arrive for a lot of women in their forties, and most assume falling estrogen is the cause. The longest study of bowel habits through the...

Magnesium for muscle twitching: why the supplement aisle answer is only half the story

Muscle twitches turn up in 43% of healthy adults, and they get more common with age. Magnesium is the first thing most women reach for, and the supplement aisle skips...

Magnesium for muscle twitching: why the supplement aisle answer is only half the story

Muscle twitches turn up in 43% of healthy adults, and they get more common with age. Magnesium is the first thing most women reach for, and the supplement aisle skips...

Menopause skin rash: the hives pattern that peaks in your fifties

Most articles about a menopause skin rash describe dry, itchy skin. That misses the other pattern: raised welts that come and go, worst in the years around the final period....

Menopause skin rash: the hives pattern that peaks in your fifties

Most articles about a menopause skin rash describe dry, itchy skin. That misses the other pattern: raised welts that come and go, worst in the years around the final period....