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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
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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
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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
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It's Not Just Hot Flashes and Night Sweats: The Full Picture of Perimenopause and Menopause Symptoms
When most people think of menopause, they think of two things: hot flashes and night sweats. And yes, those are real and they are common. But they represent a tiny fraction of what the hormonal transition of perimenopause and menopause can actually do to the human body. Every week at The Lee Clin... View Post -
When women start learning about hormone therapy, estrogen gets most of the attention. And testosterone is finally having its moment. But progesterone? It quietly sits in the background, underloved and underappreciated — even though for many women, it's the first hormone to decline and the one who... View Post
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Testosterone is not a male hormone. It's a human hormone — and women make it their entire adult lives. It plays a quiet but critical role in how you feel, think, move, and function. And like estrogen and progesterone, it declines with age. Most women lose testosterone gradually through their 30s... View Post
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When most people think about hormone replacement therapy, they think about the decision to take it or not. What doesn't get nearly enough attention is the decision that comes right after: how you take it. Because it turns out that the delivery method — specifically whether estrogen goes through y... View Post
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Here's something most women in their 40s have never been told: the most rapid bone loss of your entire life doesn't happen in old age. It happens in the two years leading up to your final menstrual period — and in the first few years after. By the time you've been through menopause for a decade,... View Post