Browsing: Women’s Hormone Health

Lately, women have been inundated with information about our cycles, hormone levels, aging, and how it all affects our athletic—and yes, running—performance. It’s refreshing that women’s health is (finally!) getting some attention, but all this new information can make it feel like our hormonal fluctuations are working against our training and race times

After over 20 years, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is removing the black box warning on hormone replacement therapies (HRT) prescribed to treat symptoms associated with menopause. The black box warning on HRTs, the strongest warning on prescription medications, was based on a 2002 study linking the medications to breast cancer. However, the…