Hormones
Pellet Insertion, Start to Finish: What the Appointment Is Really Like
What a hormone pellet insertion involves, step by step, plus the aftercare, the real risks and the limits nobody advertises.
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Hormones
Estrogen and Heart Disease: What the WHI Actually Found
The WHI did not show that estrogen causes heart disease. What the trials found, why age at initiation matters, and which risks are still real.
Weight loss
Losing Weight After 50: What Actually Changed
Weight loss after 50 is harder because of muscle loss, lower activity and hormone shifts, not a broken metabolism. Here is what the evidence supports.
Hormones
How Long Hormone Therapy Takes to Work
A symptom by symptom timeline for hormone therapy: what shifts in the first weeks, what takes months, and when no response means something else.
Weight loss
GLP-1s During Perimenopause: What Changes and What Does Not
GLP-1 medications still work in perimenopause. What changes is muscle: the transition costs lean mass on its own, so protein and training come first.
Hormones
Do Hormone Pellets Work Differently for Women Than for Men?
Women's testosterone pellet doses are about a tenth of men's, and are compounded and off label in the US. What the evidence and the risks actually show.
Hormones
Perimenopause vs. Menopause: What Changes, and What Helps
One is a transition that can last years. The other is a single date you can only identify looking backward. Knowing which you are in changes the plan.