Midlife weight gain can start long before menopause—but you can take steps early on
You're in your mid-40s, eating healthy and exercising regularly. It's the same routine that has worked for years.
Dec 29, 2025
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Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure: Hormone Replacement Therapy
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Trying to improve your health and wellness in 2026? Keep it simple
The new year is a time when many try to start new good habits and commit to improving health and wellness.
Dec 29, 2025
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Menopause hormone therapy does not appear to impact dementia risk
A major review of prior research has found no evidence that menopause hormone therapy either increases or decreases dementia risk in postmenopausal women, in a new study led by University College London (UCL) researchers.
Dec 22, 2025
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Combined oral contraceptive use among people with migraine with aura persists, despite cautions
Current medical guidelines discourage the use of combined oral contraceptives (COCs) among people who experience migraine with aura—a type of migraine accompanied by temporary neurological symptoms—due to a heightened risk ...
Dec 19, 2025
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Menopausal hormone therapy may not pose breast cancer risk for women with BRCA mutations, analysis suggests
Using menopausal hormone therapy (MHT) was not associated with an increased risk of breast cancer in women with inherited mutations in the BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes, according to the results of a matched prospective analysis presented ...
Dec 12, 2025
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How to talk with your doctor about HRT now that the black box warning has been removed
Hot flashes and night sweats are miserable, as anybody going through menopause can tell you.
Dec 8, 2025
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Some women start menopause after surgery or medical treatment: Here's how it's different
For most women, menopause occurs naturally around the age of 49. In the lead up to menopause, the quality and quantity of eggs declines over time. Then the ovaries stop releasing eggs completely.
Nov 17, 2025
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Can't take hormone therapy for menopause? There are other options
Shilpa Gajarawala struggled with hot flashes, night sweats, sleep problems and brain fog. But given her history of breast cancer, treating these menopausal symptoms with hormone therapy wasn't an option.
Nov 16, 2025
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FDA lifts major warnings on hormone replacement therapy
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is eliminating the prominent "black box" warnings on many hormone replacement therapy (HRT) medications, signaling a major shift in how the treatment is viewed for menopausal women.
Nov 15, 2025
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What's a 'black box' warning? A pharmacologist explains how these labels protect patients
A "black box" warning on a health product sounds pretty scary—maybe even more so when it's suddenly being taken off the packaging.
Nov 13, 2025
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