Category Women’s Hormonal & Reproductive Health

Menopause is confirmed twelve months after your last period. Here is the perimenopause timeline, the symptoms that matter, and when a hormone test is actually worth doing.

"Hormonal imbalance" is a description, not a diagnosis. Here are the four systems behind it, the tests that identify each, and the panels worth avoiding.

PCOS, fibroids and endometriosis cause similar symptoms but are different conditions. Compare the signs, see which tests tell them apart, and know when to get checked.