Category: Women’s Health

For centuries, menopause was viewed as a natural transition that women navigated with varying degrees of support. Today, however, it can sometimes feel as though the pendulum has swung in the opposite direction. Social media is flooded with menopause influencers, celebrities are openly discussing hormone therapy, and many women are hearing the message that they simply need hormones to feel like themselves again. While hormone replacement therapy (HRT), also called menopausal hormone therapy (MHT), can be life-changing for some women,

I hear it all the time. A woman in her 40s comes to me feeling like she’s going through puberty again. She’s irritable at the smallest things and feels like she’s PMS-ing half the month. Her sleep and energy are all over the place and she’s having a hard time concentrating at work. Is this perimenopause? Like any concerned individual, she goes to her doctor to see if they can figure out what’s going on. After a quick visit, she leaves

July is Graves’ Disease Awareness Month, which makes it the perfect time to shine a light on this autoimmune thyroid condition. Even though the thyroid is a small gland at the base of your neck, it has a big job — helping to regulate your metabolism, energy levels, temperature, mood, and more. When something goes wrong with the thyroid, your whole body can feel it. And that’s definitely the case with Graves’ disease, where the immune system starts attacking the