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The hormone education women can't find anywhere else.
Most of what is written about women's hormones online is written to sell something. This is not. Every article here is written by one of our own clinicians and signed off by Dr. Adams before it publishes — in plain language, with the uncomfortable parts left in.
Who writes it
Written by the providers who treat you.
Dr. Jason Adams has practiced obstetrics and gynecology in Ascension Parish since 2005 and has cared for more than 17,000 patients. Hormone therapy is not a side offering here — it is the center of the practice. Everything published in this center is authored or clinically reviewed by our own providers.
Why we're building this
Women are told it's normal. That is not the same as nothing can be done.
Perimenopause can start in your late thirties and last a decade. Sleep goes first, then patience, then the sense that you recognize yourself. Most women are handed a prescription for something unrelated, or told to wait it out.
Good information exists, but it is buried under supplement ads and clinics selling a single protocol to everyone who walks in. Meanwhile the questions women actually ask — is this my thyroid or my hormones, do I have to be in menopause to start, what happens if I stop, will this help the weight — get answered by strangers on the internet.
So we are answering them ourselves, in writing, with our names on it.
What it will cover
Six areas, in depth.
Menopause & Perimenopause
What the transition actually looks like, why it starts earlier than most women expect, and which symptoms respond to treatment.
Hormone Replacement Therapy
Estrogen, progesterone and testosterone in women — the forms, the evidence, the monitoring, and the risks stated honestly.
Hormone Pellet Therapy
How pellets differ from pills, patches and creams — who they suit, who they don't, and what the insertion is actually like.
Thyroid, Energy & Metabolism
Why fatigue and weight change get blamed on hormones when the thyroid is involved — and how to tell them apart with labs.
Pelvic & Sexual Health
Leaking, dryness, painful intimacy and low libido — common, treatable, and rarely discussed candidly.
Men's Hormone Health
A smaller section, kept honest: low testosterone, what treatment involves, and what it will not fix.
The library
Written by our clinicians, signed off by Dr. Adams.
Nothing publishes here until Dr. Adams has read it and approved it. Each article names the clinician who wrote it, cites its sources, and says plainly where the evidence is thin. More are in production.
Menopause & hormone symptoms
2 articles
The changes women are most often told to live with.
Low Estrogen: The Symptoms Most Women MissHot flashes are not the first sign. Sleep that stopped working, mood changes, brain fog and joint aches are all recognised symptoms of the menopause transition — and most women never connect them.Sarah DottoloRead →
Estrogen Dominance: What It Means and What It Feels LikeEstrogen high relative to progesterone is why labs can read normal while you feel anything but. What the pattern looks like, why it gets treated as anxiety, and how it is properly evaluated.Sarah DottoloRead →
Hormone therapy
2 articles
How it is delivered, why it sometimes fails, and what to do about that.
Why Some Women Say Hormone Therapy Didn't WorkWhen hormone therapy produces no benefit, the usual explanation is not that hormones were wrong — it is that levels never became adequate. Absorption varies widely, and follow-up labs are how you tell.Sarah DottoloRead →
Pellets, Creams, or Injections?The same hormone delivered three ways produces three different experiences. How pellets, creams, patches and injections actually compare on steadiness, adherence and adjustability.Dr. Jason AdamsRead →
Pelvic & sexual health
2 articles
The things that go unmentioned in the exam room.
Vaginal Dryness: Why It Happens and What Actually Treats ItIt affects about half of postmenopausal women, very few mention it, and unlike hot flashes it does not resolve on its own. Every treatment option, from non-hormonal to prescription, explained plainly.Dr. Jason AdamsRead →
Does Emsella Work?What the published research on HIFEM pelvic floor treatment actually shows — including how small the trials are and who funded them — and who it is worth evaluating for.Dr. Jason AdamsRead →
Peptide therapy
3 articles
A field full of marketing. Here is the clinical version.
What Are Peptides?Peptides are short chains of amino acids that act as signals in the body. What they are, what peptide therapy actually involves, and what peptides are not.Cristel CaponeRead →
Are Peptides Safe?Peptide safety depends on the specific peptide, the source, and the person. What to ask, what to avoid, and why sourcing matters more than most people realize.Cristel CaponeRead →
Peptide Therapy: What to ExpectWhat actually happens in peptide therapy — the evaluation, the timeline, the follow-up, and how to tell a real clinical program from an online order form.Cristel CaponeRead →In the meantime
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