Your body, explained properly.
The things we'd tell a friend, written down properly.
Hormone therapy, explained: the study that scared everyone, what changed, and what we know now
The 2002 study, what twenty more years showed, and where the guidelines are now.
14 min read
It's not just getting older
Why the pieces get missed for years, and why normal doesn't mean nothing can be done.
4 min read
Is hormone therapy covered in BC? Yes. Since March.
Free at the pharmacy with MSP. The fine print is short.
2 min readPatch or cream? Systemic and local estrogen do different jobs
They share a hormone and almost nothing else, and plenty of women need both.
3 min read
The cream nobody told you about
Low-dose vaginal estrogen: dryness, sex, recurrent UTIs. Barely absorbed, decades old, free in BC.
3 min read
Estrogen cream on your face: does it work, and how do you get it?
Small trials say a little. The one that tested sun-exposed skin says less. What Haver recommends, what the home brew is, and how to get it in BC.
4 min read
Three UTIs this year? What actually prevents the next one
Vaginal estrogen first. Water if you drink little, cranberry a little, D-mannose not at all.
3 min read
You were once an egg inside your grandmother
The surprisingly epic life story of your eggs, from a countdown that starts before birth to the glue that wears thin.
4 min read