by Deb McCarren | Mar 12, 2025 | Community Voices
Facing Vaginal Dryness: My Journey to Relief and Healing When my doctor diagnosed me with vaginal atrophy, I was taken aback. Hearing it labeled as “moderate” felt alarming—was I on the brink of something severe? Understanding Vaginal Atrophy Vaginal atrophy, also...
by Deb McCarren | Mar 12, 2025 | Menopause Truths
Calling Out the Enemy If you’ve been struggling through menopause—feeling exhausted, foggy, anxious, or just not yourself—it’s not your fault. The real enemy? A system that has ignored, dismissed, and failed us for decades. We’ve been told menopause is just something...
by Deb McCarren | Mar 11, 2025 | Community Voices
The Hard Truth About Taking Charge of Menopause Symptoms Here’s a truth I didn’t want to hear—but needed to. I used to think that managing menopause symptoms was just about waiting them out. That if I pushed through the hot flashes, the brain fog, the sleepless...
by Deb McCarren | Mar 11, 2025 | Policy & Advocacy
The Cost of Ignoring Menopause Research Why Women Are Experiencing Worse Symptoms Than Ever For decades, menopause has been treated as an inevitable, mildly inconvenient phase of life—a “just get through it” milestone rather than a serious medical transition. But new...
by Deb McCarren | Mar 11, 2025 | Innovative Research
The High Cost of Ignoring Menopause Research: Cognitive Health is on the Line Menopause-related cognitive decline is not just an inconvenience—it’s a warning sign. A new study published in Menopause shows that machine learning models can accurately predict which women...
