Staci Burrell
What led you into BHRT and this field of medicine? I felt there was more I could offer my patients beyond the traditional approaches I was prescribing, such as birth control pills and SSRIs that were not always solving the problem, true solutions not just band aids. I wanted to better understand the underlying factors […]
The Fear That Hurts: What Breast Cancer Awareness Month and World Menopause Day Have in Common
October hands us two big dates this year. Breast Cancer Awareness Month runs all month long. And on October 18, World Menopause Day, the International Menopause Society has chosen its 2026 theme: Chronic Pain at Midlife. Most people will treat those as two separate conversations. I don’t. Because for more than 2 decades, one […]
Stasha-Gae Roberts – October 2026
Meet this month’s Hormone Hero: Stasha-Gae Roberts, DNP, MPH, MSN, APRN, AGPCNP-BC Stasha-Gae’s path to hormone medicine started in uniform. She’s a U.S. Army Veteran who served four years as an Army nurse officer at Eisenhower Army Medical Center. Since then she has built a 26-year nursing career, with more than 12 of those years […]
Supporting Breast Health: Five Supplements Worth Knowing
Breast health belongs in every hormone conversation. Patients who begin hormone therapy often ask what else they can do to support breast tissue—and they deserve answers grounded in evidence, not marketing. This month we look at five supplements with published human data relevant to breast health. The strength of that evidence varies widely, and we […]
Still Symptomatic on HRT: A Training Gap, Not a Treatment Failure
Still Symptomatic on HRT: A Training Gap, Not a Treatment Failure Researchers reviewed 279 women on transdermal estrogen whose hot flashes were largely controlled. Nearly nine in ten still reported fatigue, low libido and memory problems. When clinicians added testosterone, patients improved across multiple organ systems. The lesson reaches beyond one hormone. Controlling hot flashes […]
Lactobacillus Probiotics
Lactobacillus Probiotics (L. crispatus, L. rhamnosus GR-1, L. reuteri RC-14) The vaginal microbiome is one of the few microbial ecosystems in the body under direct hormonal control. Estrogen drives glycogen deposition in the vaginal epithelium, glycogen feeds Lactobacillus species, and those organisms generate lactic acid and hydrogen peroxide that hold vaginal pH near 3.8–4.5. That […]
Vaginal Estrogen Dramatically Reduces Sepsis and Hospitalization in Recurrent UTIs Across All Ages
A new analysis in Urology looked at nearly 1.9 million women with recurrent UTIs and found that the small share who were prescribed vaginal estrogen within two months of their second infection had substantially lower odds of sepsis, hospitalization, and death over the following eight years — and that held across every age group, from […]
Jennifer Bowling – September 2026
This month, we’re proud to spotlight Lindsay Simone, a board certified Family Nurse Practitioner and founder of Simone Medical, whose whole person approach to wellness is helping patients across North Carolina feel their best. Lindsay trained with the BHRT Training Academy in Bioidentical Hormone Replacement Therapy and Functional Medicine, and she is actively pursuing certification […]
Dr. Diana Williams
1. What led you into BHRT and this field of medicine? My own health journey really led me to hormones and holistic medicine. In my early 30s, I was dealing with autoimmune issues, hormone symptoms, anxiety, GI problems, hair loss, insomnia, weight gain—you name it. I knew what it felt like to be told that […]
The FDA Is Finally Sitting Down to Talk About Testosterone in Women
On September 17, the FDA is holding a public workshop on testosterone use in menopausal women.Read that again, because it’s bigger than it sounds.Back in July I told you I’d come back and go deeper on the foundation itself, on the domains where optimized hormones change the whole health trajectory, and on why “within normal […]
