What the research says this week.
One email Friday morning. Plain-English summaries of the studies that actually matter, the ones nobody covered, and the one sentence to bring to your appointment this week.
We read forty papers a week so you don’t have to.
A small study, a big rewrite of the HRT story.
The 2026 Mayo Clinic re-analysis quietly narrowed the elevated-risk window for combined HRT. Plain-English summary, plus what to ask if you’re on it.
- Three sentencesto bring to your GP if you’re currently on combined HRT.
- One graphthat tells the absolute-risk story better than any headline.
- One questionfrom a reader: “Is DEXA appropriate at 47?”
Three recent briefings.
A small study, a big rewrite of the HRT story.
The 2026 Mayo Clinic re-analysis quietly narrowed the elevated-risk window for combined HRT. Plain-English summary, plus what to ask if you’re on it.
The bone-density gap nobody is closing.
Why DEXA scans are still being deferred until 65 — and what the data says about screening earlier in perimenopause.
“Your bloodwork is normal.” What that sentence is actually measuring — and missing.
A walk through the standard CBC + CMP your GP runs, with what it does and doesn’t catch about the perimenopausal transition.
- One email Friday morning, ~7 a.m. Eastern.
- One study summarised, in plain English, with the citation.
- One sentence you can bring to your appointment that week.
- Reader questions answered, sometimes anonymously.
- Roughly 4-minute read.
- A second email Tuesday.
- Supplement codes, affiliate pitches, or paid placements.
- Your inbox sold or rented to anyone, ever.
- Headlines that overstate the study.
- Anything from a sponsor we didn’t disclose at the top.
“I finally felt like I was being talked to like an adult. I brought your push-back script to my appointment and walked out with a referral.