Tag: womens health
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The APOE4 Question: Why I’m Not Waiting for a Diagnosis to Protect My Brain
The APOE4 gene isn’t a guarantee — but it is a call to action. Here’s how I think about protecting my cognitive health using the same rigor I apply to managing family wealth.
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The Bone Health Starter Kit: What to Buy, What to Track, and What to Ask Your Doctor
You’ve read the research. You know your 40s are the critical window for bone density. You want to take action. Here’s exactly what to do. Step 1: Get a Baseline DEXA Scan Before you do anything else, know where you stand. A DEXA scan takes about 10 minutes, is non-invasive, and gives you a T-score…
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GLP-1s: What Every Woman Should Know Before Asking Her Doctor
Everyone is talking about Ozempic. Most of what they’re saying is incomplete. GLP-1 receptor agonists — Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro, Zepbound — are genuinely remarkable drugs. The weight loss is real. The cardiovascular data is striking. For the right person, with the right support, they can be life-changing. But there’s a story that isn’t getting told.…
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The Bone Density Crisis Nobody Talks About Until It’s Too Late
Here’s a number that should stop you cold: Women lose up to 20% of their bone density in the 5-7 years immediately following menopause. Not over a lifetime. In five to seven years. And most women find out they have a problem only after a fracture — a wrist, a hip, a vertebra — that…
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The Supplement Conversation Every Woman in Her 40s Should Be Having With Her Doctor
I’m not going to tell you what to take. What I am going to do is walk you through what the research says about the health challenges most common in our demographic — perimenopause, hormonal changes, brain health, heart disease, cancer risk — and the supplements that have the most credible science behind them for…
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Perimenopause: What Nobody Tells You Until You’re Already In It
Nobody warned me. Not my doctor. Not my friends. Not a single article I’d read in my 30s. One day I was fine. Then I wasn’t sleeping. My moods were unpredictable in ways they’d never been. My body felt foreign. And when I finally pieced together what was happening, I realized I’d been in perimenopause…
