Brain fog is real, and it usually lifts

Dr. Lauren Streicher on why words go missing in perimenopause and what helps. Four minutes, cut from a longer interview, with a link to the whole thing.

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Is hormone therapy safe after the 2002 scare?

Four sources that, read together, explain what the Women's Health Initiative found, what it got wrong, and what specialists recommend now.

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  1. Book
    The Menopause Manifesto

    Dr. Jen Gunter · Start here for the history and how the study was reported

  2. Podcast
    The Dr Louise Newson Podcast

    Dr. Louise Newson · How body-identical hormones differ from what was studied

  3. Book
    The New Menopause

    Dr. Mary Claire Haver · Framing a conversation with your own doctor

  4. Guidance
    The Menopause Society hormone therapy statement

    Clinical guidance · The document many clinicians follow