2025 Women's Health Year in Review: From FDA Changes to Menopause Breakthroughs
What does it mean when 6,000 women a day enter menopause, but there are only 4,100 certified clinicians to treat them?
In this year-end solo episode, I'm reflecting on 2025 in women's health.
It was a year that felt heavy at the start, personally for me after losing my mother, and globally with so much suffering and injustice. But even in all of that, women's health moved forward in meaningful ways. Not perfectly. Not fast enough. But enough that it deserves reflection.
I'm covering the moments that shifted conversations this year, from the FDA removing the black box warning on estrogen to new cervical cancer screening guidelines allowing self-collection HPV tests. From Addyi finally being approved for women under 65 to the release of comprehensive GSM guidelines that make genitourinary syndrome everyone's business, not just gynecologists'.
And I'm getting personal about why I launched a concierge practice this year, what it taught me about the broken healthcare system, and why sexual health cannot be practiced in 10-minute appointments.
Highlights:
Why you're not too old for screening and what "safe exit criteria" really means.
Menopause certification jumped from under 1,000 to over 4,100 practitioners in 2025.
Menopause divorce vs. midlife clarity: Why hormonal chaos shouldn't decide your marriage.
DARE to PLAY is a new, topical sildenafil launching in 2026 for female arousal disorder.
Treating male partners reduces recurrent BV by 50% (New England Journal of Medicine).
Hormone therapy for prevention: The nuanced conversation about bone health and cardiovascular risk.
Why I launched a concierge practice and what it revealed about what women actually need.
Thank you for being here for another year of Gyno Girl Presents: Sex, Drugs & Hormones. Your support, your messages, and your stories are what keep me going. You are my why.
If this year-in-review resonated with you, please share it with someone who needs to hear that they're not broken, not dramatic, and not asking for too much. And keep following the show in 2026 we've got incredible conversations lined up.
