Night sweats, mood swings, and crazy heavy periods. Is this menopause already? And you’re only 42? No, menopause could still be a decade away. This is perimenopause or second puberty, which is the two to twelve years before you...

Estrogen is a hormone of growth. It is most dominant hormone in the first half of our cycles, starting to build from the first day of the menstrual cycle and peaking just before ovulation. Estrogen works with progesterone in ou...