Symptoms
Make sense of what your body is telling you. Clear, evidence-based guides to common symptoms in women, from fatigue and hair loss to bloating and brain fog, with the likely causes, the conditions and nutrient gaps linked to each, and the tests worth considering.
All guides
Heavy periods: how to tell, what causes them, and what helps
How to tell whether periods count as heavy, what can cause them, when bleeding needs urgent help, and why iron deficiency belongs in the assessment.
Dizziness before your period: causes worth checking first
Dizzy or lightheaded before your period? How to tell hormonal dips, low iron, blood sugar and migraine apart, and which cause to get tested for first.
Unexplained weight loss in women: signs, causes and tests
How to recognize unintentional weight loss, what the 5% benchmark means, which causes doctors consider, and when symptoms need urgent assessment.
Unexplained weight gain in women: causes and what to check
A steady weight change can reflect sleep, medicines, fluid, aging or a health condition. Learn which patterns need review and when tests help.
Poor sleep in women: causes and how to sleep better
Why women struggle with sleep, how hormones and night sweats can contribute, which habits help, and when persistent insomnia needs assessment.
Night sweats in women: causes, relief and when to worry
Waking up drenched? The causes of night sweats in women, how to tell the hormonal ones apart from the rest, what helps, and the warning signs to check.
Mood swings in women: the cycle, hormones and relief
Why mood shifts with your cycle and life stage: the hormonal and nutritional causes of mood swings in women, and what helps steady them.
Low libido in women: causes and what actually treats it
Low sex drive in women is common and rarely just in your head. The causes worth checking, what helps first, and what the evidence shows for each treatment.
Low energy in women: the everyday causes and how to fix them
A practical guide to the everyday nutrition, sleep and lifestyle causes of low energy in women, and the habits that restore it.
Constipation in women: causes and how to get relief
Why women are more prone to constipation, plus evidence-based relief with fiber, fluids, magnesium and movement, and the signs to watch.
Adult acne in women: causes and what helps
How adult acne is assessed, when PCOS may be involved, which skincare treatments help, and what the evidence says about diet and supplements.
Brain fog in women: causes, nutrients and how to clear it
Struggling to focus or recall words? The hormone shifts, thyroid issues and nutrient gaps behind brain fog in women, and what helps clear it.
Bloating in women: causes, hormones and how to reduce it
What causes bloating in women, why it is more common than in men, how to tell your pattern from the timing, and the kind of bloating that needs a doctor.
Hair loss in women: causes, tests and what actually helps
Thinning hair in women is often linked to iron, thyroid or hormones. The causes, the blood tests that matter, and which treatments are worth it.
Extreme fatigue in women: causes and what to check
How to tell ordinary tiredness from persistent fatigue, which symptoms guide the assessment, and when blood tests or a sleep review may help.