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The background pieces: what perimenopause actually is, when it starts, what the full symptom picture looks like, and the things that matter for the decades after it.
Bone health in and after menopause
Bone loss accelerates sharply around the final period, and most of it happens without symptoms. What actually protects bone, when to be scanned, and which of the popular recommendations hold up.
Hormone therapyIs HRT safe now? What the FDA actually changed
In November 2025 the FDA removed the boxed warnings from hormone therapy labelling. Here is precisely what changed, what did not, and what it means for a decision you are making today.
The basicsPerimenopause symptoms: the full list, and what they mean
More than thirty changes are attributed to the transition. Here is the honest version: which are well established, which are commonly reported, and which are widely repeated online without much behind them.
Food and fitnessStrength training after 40: the highest-leverage thing you can do
Of everything discussed in midlife health, resistance training has the strongest evidence and the widest effect. What the research supports, and how to start if you never have.
The basicsWhen does perimenopause start?
The typical age range, how much variation is normal, what shifts it earlier, and when starting early is a medical finding rather than a variation.
The basicsWhat is perimenopause?
The years before periods stop, when hormones fluctuate rather than simply decline. What is happening biologically, how long it lasts, and why most women reach it without anyone having explained it.
The questions to ask your doctor
A one-page guide built from what women told us their appointments were missing. Free, and we will not sell you anything in it.
One email to deliver it, then a weekly note you can leave whenever you like. We never sell your address, and we never attach it to anything you type into the check or the assistant.