Compare guides: your options, side by side
Menopause care is full of forks in the road. Patch or tablet. Estradiol or estrogen. This supplement or that one. These guides lay each choice out plainly so you can walk into an appointment with better questions. It is information, not medical advice, and Yellow does not sell treatments or supplements.
Hormone therapy
The routes, forms and hormones behind an HRT decision, laid side by side.
HRT types compared: patches, gels, tablets and vaginal estrogen
The routes and forms of hormone therapy side by side: how each is taken, what it treats, and how the route changes clot risk.
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Estradiol vs estrogen: what's the difference?
Estrogen is the whole family of hormones. Estradiol is the main one. What that means for your HRT, your lab results and your prescription.
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Oral vs transdermal estrogen: the clot-risk difference
A tablet and a patch can carry the same hormone but a different blood-clot risk. Why the route into your body, not the hormone, is what changes it.
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HRT vs the pill for perimenopause
Both carry estrogen and a progestogen, but only one prevents pregnancy. The difference that decides which fits you in your 40s.
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Supplements
What the evidence actually says, without anyone trying to sell you a bottle.
Creatine for women over 40: is it worth it?
The one gym supplement with real evidence for midlife muscle, and where the bone and brain claims run ahead of the science.
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Magnesium glycinate vs citrate for sleep
Same mineral, different partner molecule. Which form is the gentle sleep pick, and which is really for constipation.
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Take this further
Yellow does not prescribe or recommend a specific treatment. It helps you understand your options and find clinicians who work in this area.
These guides are for general information only and are not medical advice. Decisions about hormone therapy and supplements depend on your individual health history. Please talk to a qualified clinician about what is right for you.