When most people think about hormone replacement therapy, they think about hot flashes and night sweats. But mood disturbances during the menopause transition affect up to 68% of women. Depressed mood. Anxiety. Irritability. Mental exhaustion. And for most of those women, nobody has connected tho... View Post

A study just published in the Journal of Sexual Medicine in August 2026 out of Baylor College of Medicine and Newson Research is one I want every woman on hormone therapy to read. Because it directly addresses one of the most common and most frustrating clinical scenarios I see: the woman who is... View Post

Most conversations about hormone therapy start the same way: a patient is miserable from hot flashes, night sweats, or mood swings, and hormone therapy comes up as a way to feel better. That conversation is important — but it's incomplete. A growing body of research suggests that hormone therapy ... View Post

If you're in menopause and gaining weight despite eating the same way you've always have, exercising consistently, and doing everything you've been told to do — you're not failing. The advice is failing you. The standard guidance around diet and exercise was largely developed in research populati... View Post

If you have been researching hormone therapy online or have friends who are on hormones, there is a good chance you have heard about testosterone pellets. They are heavily marketed, they have enthusiastic advocates, and the pitch sounds appealing — a small implant inserted under the skin every fe... View Post

A new 2026 study confirms perimenopause doubles your cardiovascular risk — but the researchers left out one important intervention. Here's what the evidence actually says. If you're in perimenopause and no one has talked to you about your heart health, this is your sign to start that conversatio... View Post

For decades, women were told the same thing: hormone replacement therapy was a short-term fix. Five years maximum. Get through the worst of it and then get off. The goal was the lowest dose for the shortest possible time. That guidance shaped an entire generation of medical practice — and left mi... View Post

One of the most common misconceptions we encounter at The Lee Clinic is this: women who are still having periods — regular or irregular ones — believe they have to wait until menopause is complete before hormone therapy is an option. They're still cycling. So they white-knuckle their way through ... View Post