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Now at least YOU KNOW the criteria for a perimenopause diagnosis, but how do you get your healthcare provider to give you the help and support you need?

How Hormone Therapy Went from Routine to Risky Overnight For decades, doctors had been prescribing estrogen and progesterone for “menopause transition” symptoms. Then in 2002, a study by the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI), funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) - the largest, most expensive women’s health study ever conducted shared its findings: •The combined estrogen + progestin group showed a small absolute increase in breast cancer •The estrogen-only arm (wo

Hippocrates & Hysteria Menopause, the “cessation of menses,” was recognized in medical texts as far back as Hippocrates. Its symptoms and the transition leading up to it, weren’t recognized until the 1930’s. Women suffering from mental, emotional, or physical symptoms were diagnosed with “Nervous Disorders,” “Moral Weakness,” or “Hysteria.” (1) In 1821, a doctor in France coined the term “ménopause” and described it as an “event” (not a transition or phase of life). That w