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You’re eating well. You’re exercising. You’re doing your best to manage stress. But something still feels off. You’re waking up exhausted even after a full night’s sleep. Your brain feels foggy during meetings. Your joints ache for no obvious reason. You’re more irritable than usual, and the workouts that once made you feel strong now […]

Women are often told that menopause causes muscle mass to suddenly “fall off a cliff.” The newest research suggests a more interesting and more useful story. Menopause does not appear to trigger a catastrophic, irreversible loss of muscle. Aging explains a meaningful part of the differences seen between younger and older women. But longitudinal research […]

Perimenopause can feel unpredictable. One month your period arrives right on schedule. The next it is late, unusually heavy, or barely there. You may start waking up at 3 a.m., feeling more irritable before your period, or wondering why symptoms that never bothered you before suddenly seem amplified. One hormone that often comes up in […]

You’re lying in bed when suddenly your heart feels like it skips a beat. Then it pounds. Maybe it races for 20 seconds and settles down. Or you feel a strange flutter in your chest while sitting at your desk, driving, or waking up in the middle of the night. If you’re in your 40s […]

One month, your period arrives right on time. The next, it comes eight days early. You sleep well for two weeks, then suddenly start waking up at 3 a.m. Your breasts feel sore. Your patience disappears. Your period is heavier than usual. And then the next month, everything feels almost normal again. This unpredictability is […]

You walk into a room and forget why you went there. A familiar word suddenly disappears mid-sentence. You reread the same email three times because nothing seems to stick. You open your laptop to complete one task, get distracted by another, and 20 minutes later wonder what you were originally doing. For many women in […]