perimenopause
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Our levels of oestrogen and progesterone shift most substantially during the menstrual cycle, perimenopause, menopause, pregnancy and while breastfeeding – which can make you less able to regulate your temperature.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
Before there can be a revolution, there has to be a reckoning: not only with how little we know about perimenopause and menopause but with why.
From Salon ● Jun. 14, 2026
Not a day goes by that I don’t read a headline that trumpets the shortage of estrogen patches, which are used to treat the bothersome symptoms of perimenopause and menopause.
From MarketWatch ● May 12, 2026
Mairead, an architectural technologist, finds that yoga and cold water swimming help but still has days where she is bedbound and her symptoms have been made worse by perimenopause.
From BBC ● Mar. 2, 2026
Tessa Gonzalez, a 51-year-old from Stockton, Calif., said her primary care provider told her symptoms of brain fog and inconsistent sleep were normal for perimenopause.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 1, 2026
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