Womankind

The research on vitamin D has moved well beyond bones and sunlight. Here is what women need to know about its wider role in the body. Most women know the basics: not enough sun means not enough vitamin D, and not enough vitamin D is bad for bones. That part is true, and it matters. But it is also a fraction of the picture. Vitamin D is now one of the most researched nutrients in medicine, and the emerging science places it at the centre of everything from immune function to c

Millions of women are living with perimenopause without knowing that is what it is. A study published earlier this year in Menopause, the journal of The Menopause Society, has found a striking gap between the symptoms women associate with perimenopause and the symptoms they actually experience. The research, conducted in collaboration with Mayo Clinic and the women's health app Flo, surveyed 17,494 women from 158 countries and is the largest global study of perimenopause know

A menopause hormone may be more relevant to brain health than previously understood. Women account for approximately two-thirds of all Alzheimer's cases. Researchers have long suspected that the hormonal changes of menopause play a role in that disparity, but a study published earlier this year in Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience suggests the hormone responsible may not be the one most people would expect. What is FSH? Follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) is produced by the pitu