Women's health, explained with the research behind it

• Mounjaro, Ozempic and the pill: which birth control is affected, and for how longMounjaro can make the pill less reliable for 4 weeks after starting and each dose increase. Ozempic has no label warning. Which methods are affected, and when.Updated 24 October 2026
• Weight loss stalled? Why plateaus happen and what actually moves themMost weight loss stalls around six months. Why a smaller body, hidden adaptation and intake drift cause plateaus, how to tell a real one, and what moves it.Updated 24 October 2026
• Waking at 3am in perimenopause is a temperature problem before it is a stress problemWaking at 3am in perimenopause is often a hidden hot flush, not stress. How falling estradiol disrupts night-time temperature, and what the evidence supports.Updated 18 October 2026
• Postpartum hair loss has a schedule, and knowing it is most of the reassurancePostpartum hair loss starts two to four months after birth, peaks around four, and usually settles by six to twelve. The timeline, and when to get it checked.Updated 18 October 2026
• Your body did not fail to bounce back. The schedule did.Most US women are back at work 12 weeks after birth. Tissue recovery takes longer: why abdominal separation can last a year, and what the research says.Updated 18 October 2026
• Perimenopause weight gain is not a willpower problemFat gain roughly doubles about two years before your final period, and it moves to the belly. What the SWAN study found, and why the old calorie deficit stalls.Updated 18 October 2026
• What happens to your body when you stop a GLP-1Stop semaglutide and about two thirds of the weight returns within a year, per STEP 1. What comes back first, the lean mass problem, and what people do.Updated 18 October 2026
• Women were left out of medical research until 1993. Here is what that still means for you.A 1977 FDA rule kept women of childbearing age out of early drug trials until 1993. Why dosing built on male data still affects you, and what to ask a doctor.Updated 18 October 2026