A federal study followed the same women’s test scores through the menopause transition and found something specific: it isn’t that memory gets worse, it’s that it stops improving the way it should. Here is what that distinction means and when it ends.
Frozen shoulder in menopause peaks between 40 and 60, and the idea that it clears up on its own is now contested. What helps, and the two blood tests to ask for.
Joint pain in perimenopause is estrogen, not age, and 40% have nothing on a scan. What a 2024 orthopedic paper named it, and the morning test to take to a doctor.
Hot flashes at work last a median 7.4 years and are linked to real work outcomes. Why concealing them is the expensive part, and the 5-day trigger log.
HRT explained without hype: what it replaces, what the evidence supports, and the informed-question list to take to your appointment.
Bladder changes in menopause are the symptom that does not settle with time. What the research says is happening, and the sentence that gets it treated.
Menopause sleep at 3 a.m. is a temperature problem, not a discipline problem. What the thermoregulation research found, and the one nightly move to try.
The afternoon energy crash is a scheduled dip in alertness that shows up in the lab with no lunch and no clock in the room. What it is, and what helps.
