The Mental Load: What Research Actually Says About the Work Behind the Work
The cognitive labor of running a household — planning, tracking, remembering — falls unevenly, and research is beginning to measure what women have long described.
Wellbeing
Mental health treated as health.
Caffeine and Women's Health: Doses, Pregnancy, Bones, and Sleep
For most healthy adults, moderate caffeine is fine at up to 400 mg a day — but the thresholds shift in pregnancy, and the timing matters more than most people think.
Probiotics for Gut Health: What the Evidence Actually Shows
Probiotics have solid evidence for a few specific uses, mixed evidence for others, and almost none for the vague promise of general 'gut health' on the label.
Menopause and Sleep: Why It Changes and What Helps
Hormone shifts, hot flashes, and aging sleep architecture all conspire during the menopause transition — and several approaches have real evidence behind them.
What Science Actually Says About Stress and Cortisol
Cortisol is a real, measurable hormone with a daily rhythm — but the popular story of it as a villain behind every symptom runs well ahead of the evidence.
