A growing library of plain-language education on the treatments women most often discuss in menopause and perimenopause care. Written and reviewed by a Doctor of Nursing Practice, Family Nurse Practitioner.
New topics are added regularly.
Estrogen that circulates through the whole body — most often discussed for moderate to severe hot flashes and night sweats, and for bone loss prevention.
ReadSECTION 2The partner to systemic estrogen for women with a uterus — and a distinct conversation of its own in perimenopause, cycle changes, and sleep.
ReadSECTION 3A small amount of estrogen delivered directly to vaginal and nearby urinary tissue — the treatment most often discussed for GSM and recurrent urinary symptoms.
ReadSECTION 4A growing set of non-hormonal options for vasomotor symptoms — a category that has changed more in recent years than in the previous two decades.
ReadSECTION 5What the evidence actually supports — and the pellet question, answered.
ReadSECTION 6What changes, why it happens, and what actually helps — muscle, metabolism, and the cardiometabolic conversations worth having earlier.
ReadSLEEP & MIDLIFE HEALTHUnderstanding insomnia, night sweats, sleep disruption, hormones, and practical approaches to better sleep during midlife.
ReadGENITOURINARY & SEXUAL HEALTHHow declining estrogen affects the vulva, vagina, bladder, urethra, and pelvic floor — and evidence-based options to discuss with your clinician.
ReadBRAIN HEALTH AFTER 35Understand brain fog, memory changes, sleep, hormones, and the difference between common midlife symptoms and signs that deserve further evaluation.
ReadHEALTHY LIVINGAn evidence-informed approach to nourishing your body during midlife — for cardiovascular, metabolic, bone, digestive, and brain health.
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