perimenopause

Dr. Laura Zucker and Dr. Parra Tomkins talk about menopause care, including the program they created called the Hot Flash Café to support their patients.

Researchers find that air pollutants can worsen menopause symptoms by causing estrogen to decline faster.

U.S. law, government, and employers offer few accommodations for menopause symptoms in the workplace.

Dr. Emily Lau discusses how menopausal changes can affect our heart health, including how early assessment can help prepare us for the changes in our bodies that will happen during menopause.

Health care journalist Gary Schwitzer critiques recent media messages around menopause. He integrates his perspective with that of researchers and experts, including OBOS co-founder Judy Norsigian and OBOS partner Nina Coslov.

This article discusses concrete ways we can make a plan to protect our heart health, including how to calculate our risk and recognize the often different signs of heart disease in women during menopause.

Neuroscientist Lisa Mosconi discusses how the hormones associated with menopause affect women's brains, especially in relation to Alzheimer's Disease.

Why don’t we celebrate the transition to menopause? Melanie Faranello explores this question while reflecting on the stigma and shame surrounding both menstruation and menopause.

A three-part series on menopause hormone therapy (MHT) that examines the similarities and differences between bioidentical, FDA-approved, and compounded hormones.

Most women assume that menopause-related changes will happen at age 50 or later. But for many, the changes begin long before that, while periods are still coming monthly.

What is a hormone? How do estrogen, progesterone, FSH, and LH govern the menstrual cycle? What else do hormones do?

Many women don’t know that the symptoms normally associated with the menopause transition can begin early, well before menstrual irregularities occur. Learn about hormonal patterns and how they change over the course of perimenopause and menopause.