Melissa Nichols

Something shifts in your 40s and 50s, even when your habits have not changed all that much. The menopause transition is one part of that shift, alongside aging, changes in body composition, family history, sleep, medications, and the accumulated effect of daily habits. The useful news inside that reality is that the same small group of habits protects several systems at once. You do not need separate plans for heart health, blood sugar, bone strength, and healthy aging. You need one plan...

If you are a woman in midlife thinking about hormone replacement therapy, your doctor probably talked you through the usual risks. What they likely did not bring up is meningiomas. What Is a Meningioma? A meningioma is a tumor that grows from the protective tissue layers that surround the brain and spinal cord, also known as the meninges. It does not start inside the brain itself, but because it grows right next to it, it can still cause serious neurological problems depending on where it...

You fall asleep at a reasonable hour. You wake up when your alarm goes off. You stayed asleep all night. That means you slept well, right? Not necessarily. And if you are a menopausal woman dealing with fatigue that nobody can quite explain, this might be the piece of the puzzle you've been missing. Snoring in menopause is far more common than most women realize and far more consequential than most doctors ask about. If you’ve never been told you snore, that doesn’t mean you don’t. It might...