ACOG’s 2026 menopause guidelines shift the approach to hormone therapy, focusing on individualized care rather than broad caution. This update expands treatments with local estrogen and lifestyle changes, offering new hope for managing symptoms like hot flashes and sleep disturbances, which affect over half of women aged 50 to 80…

Article-At-A-Glance Perimenopause is the transition your body begins making toward menopause — and for most women, it arrives quietly, without warning, and much earlier than expected. Most people assume menopause is a single event that happens in your early 50s. The reality is that the hormonal shift leading up to it — perimenopause — can…