Menopause

Baker discusses menopause-related sleep disturbances and why early screening and individualized treatment are critical in primary care.

Highlights include clinical gaps in menopause care, postpartum prevention, cervical cancer screening, pregnancy-related infection, and GLP-1 RA exposure.

Jill Liss, MD, outlines how updated evidence, risk stratification, and newer nonhormonal agents can help PCPs confidently manage VMS in everyday practice.

ACOG 2026: James A. Simon, MD, discusses off-label evidence for elinzanetant in breast cancer survivors on anti-estrogenic therapy.

ACOG 2026: James A. Simon, MD, discusses what the results mean for frontline clinician confidence in prescribing the non-hormonal VMS treatment.

ACOG 2026: Jill Liss, MD, details how primary care physicians can safely initiate hormone therapy, manage menopause counseling in brief visits, and more.

ACOG 2026: Genevieve Neal-Perry, MD, discussed her clinical experience with elinzanetant for the treatment of VMS associated with menopause.

ACOG 2026: In a nationally representative survey, 75% of women with menopausal symptoms reported sleep problems vs 49.8% without symptoms.

ECHO-based menopause education improved PCP confidence and revealed gaps in sexual health, bleeding, and weight management training, according to new research.

Details on 11 key abstracts with clinical relevance for primary care, from menopause management to cervical cancer screening.

Episode highlights include a new AD blood test for PCPs, sleep effects of elinzanetant among postmenopausal women, lung cancer screening gains, and more.

FDA updates menopause hormone therapy labels, dropping boxed warning claims on heart disease, breast cancer, and dementia after evidence review.

Your daily dose of the clinical news you may have missed.

Your daily dose of the clinical news you may have missed.

Ob/gyn Dorr outlines how short clinical visits and symptom overlap cause many women to receive an antidepressant Rx instead of perimenopause care.

Symptoms of the menopausal transition can be so disruptive that women consider leaving employment and yet many report misdiagnosis and inappropriate treatment.

Highlights include widespread lack of structured menopause education in primary care residency programs, sleep benefits of elinzanetant, and more.

Your daily dose of the clinical news you may have missed.

Dorr says symptoms can begin 10 years before cylces cease and explains why the hormonal feast and famine of perimenopause can go unrecognized.

Lisa Larkin, MD, discusses how social media is driving menopause awareness and why primary care physicians must educate themselves to meet patient demand.

Cochrane shares her own research findings on how clinician specialty shapes menopause care and highlights gaps in hormone therapy prescribing.

Larkin Larkin, MD, reviews treatment options for VMS, comparing hormone therapy effectiveness with antidepressants and new neurokinin antagonists.

TMS: Harvard's Caroline Mitchell, MD, MPH, questions the direction of genitourinary syndrome research priorities and reflects on FDA's removal of HRT warnings.

Women increasingly seek evidence-based menopause care as awareness grows, yet many still suffer from untreated vasomotor symptoms.

Harvard's Caroline Mitchell, MD, MPH, explains how common OTC products can worsen vulvovaginal symptoms and the importance of a targeted history in GSM care.