Perimenopause, menopause, HRT and BHRT, weight and metabolic health. The medicine and the plan, with Wahiba Kartaoui, MSN, FNP-C.
Hormones & Health
Aug 14, 2026
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4 min read
The clinician and the woman turned out to be the same person. It took my own body to teach me what this system does to us.
Aug 12, 2026
What the data says about how medicine dismisses women in perimenopause and menopause
Aug 9, 2026
3 min read
The bloodwork every woman should run yearly, and why it changes everything about how you feel.
Aug 8, 2026
2 min read
The signs of perimenopause and menopause almost no one names for you. And a checklist to bring to your visit.
There is a change almost no one prepares us for, and it is one of the most treatable parts of this chapter.
Aug 5, 2026
5 min read
Why your focus changed in perimenopause, why it can look exactly like ADHD, and how it lifts.
7 min read
Why it changes, what it quietly costs, and how it comes back.
Aug 4, 2026
The question every woman whispers. Here is the honest answer.
The Whole Woman
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Aug 3, 2026
8 min read
What truly changes in libido, orgasm, and intimacy through perimenopause and menopause, and how we bring it back. The whole woman, on desire.
Aug 1, 2026
It is a whole body medicine. Part one of the GLP-1 series.
Jul 30, 2026
What is old, anyway?
Jul 27, 2026
A guide for the woman whose labs came back normal.
Jul 19, 2026
Jul 17, 2026
Jul 13, 2026
Why your joints, your hands and your back began to ache in perimenopause, and why it is not arthritis.
Jul 8, 2026
Jul 2, 2026
So why are women pushed toward hysterectomy and ovary removal when it is not necessary? A comprehensive, evidence based case for keeping your organs, knowing your options, and being believed.
Jul 1, 2026
A new study on estrogen just reminded us of something women were told to fear for more than twenty years. Here is the whole truth, with every source.
Jun 29, 2026
6 min read
It is not the drug. It is the missing plan. And it is preventable.
Jun 27, 2026
It was never nothing.
Jun 22, 2026
The Decade-Long Perimenopause Chapter No One Talks About
Jun 19, 2026
The metabolic shift of perimenopause is real, it is not a willpower problem, and it responds to the right care.
Jun 17, 2026
The cognitive shift no one warned you about, and why it is hormonal, not a flaw in you.