“This study helped to develop a more targeted screening tool for patients with complicated grief after reproductive loss … (which) can lead to much better outcomes.”

“This study helped to develop a more targeted screening tool for patients with complicated grief after reproductive loss … (which) can lead to much better outcomes.”
“After several months of learning to chart, she felt empowered to make more informed choices about family planning. She knew more about her own body than ever before.”
“Within the first 2 years of OCP use, women had a 79% increased rate of depression compared to never users. In adolescents, this rate was even higher, at 95%.”
Research indicates the optimal window of opportunity for estrogen replacement therapy (ERT) in women is early in the endocrine aging process, during perimenopause and early post-menopause. Initiating ERT at that time may help prevent age-related cognitive decline and decrease the risk of dementia
“During the initial stages of menopause, while a woman’s estrogen receptors are still sensitive to estrogen, estrogen replacement has been shown to help prevent neurocognitive decline, Alzheimer’s disease, and Parkinson’s disease.”
“As Caitlyn approached ovulation each cycle, she began to dread the onset of her luteal phase because of her symptoms. She felt helpless to prevent them.”
“The criteria for PMS include having at least one affective symptom and one somatic symptom during the five days prior to menses in the last three consecutive cycles.”
“To anyone interested in trying FABMs: give it at least 3 cycles or 3 months. Check in with your partner to see how things are going … make the mental commitment for a short period of time. It’s hard but worth it.”
“These findings from various studies strongly suggest a relationship between the stress experienced during the pandemic and changes in the female cycle.”
“The patient’s preferences and needs come first and should be used to guide contraceptive counseling, whether the patient wants complete involvement of their clinician or none at all.”