Sophora Editorial

Sophora Editorial researches and develops evidence-informed content about perimenopause and menopause, from symptoms and body changes to wellbeing and practical support. We translate current scientific and clinical evidence into clear, relatable and easy-to-understand guidance that helps women make sense of what is happening to them and what they can do next. Beyond our editorial content, Sophora provides the Sophora Companion, designed to guide and assist women through perimenopause and menopause with personalised, illuminating support, alongside carefully researched and curated products selected specifically for the needs and realities of women in this stage of life. Our content is reviewed and updated as evidence and guidance evolve.

Lack of Energy During Perimenopause 

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By Sophora Health Editorial Team  ·  Medically reviewed  ·  Published June 2026  ·  Last reviewed June 2026 You slept. Eight hours, maybe more. And you woke up as tired as when you went to bed. Not the kind of tired that a weekend fixes, or a holiday, or an early night. The kind that sits … Read more

Heavy Breast During Menopause 

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SOPHORA · BREAST HEALTH Why Do My Breasts Feel Heavy During Menopause? Breast heaviness can feel surprisingly different in midlife. Here is what may be behind it, what can help, what deserves checking, and what research from different parts of the world tells us about breast change during and after menopause. By Sophora Health Editorial … Read more

Can Perimenopause Cause Shoulder Pain

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By Sophora Health Editorial Team  ·  Medically reviewed  ·  Published July 2026  ·  Last reviewed July 2026 Your shoulder started hurting and you cannot remember injuring it. It aches when you reach behind your back. It wakes you when you roll onto that side at night. Age, or posture, or sleeping position seemed like the … Read more

Does Period Symptoms Get Worse With Age 

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By Sophora Health Editorial Team  ·  Medically reviewed  ·  Published July 2026  ·  Last reviewed July 2026 For decades you had a routine. The cramps, the mood, the week before. You knew how to manage it. And somewhere in your late 30s or 40s the routine stopped working. The symptoms are the same but turned … Read more

Testosterone

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By Sophora Health Editorial Team  ·  Medically reviewed  ·  Published July 2026  ·  Last reviewed July 2026 Here is the hormone that women are almost never told about until they go looking for it themselves. Testosterone, specifically. The one described as a male hormone so reflexively that most people have forgotten women have it too. … Read more

Oestrogen

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By Sophora Health Editorial Team  ·  Medically reviewed  ·  Published July 2026  ·  Last reviewed July 2026 If perimenopause had a villain, most people would cast oestrogen in the role. The hormone that supposedly crashes, takes everything with it, and leaves you stranded. Except that is not quite what happens. Oestrogen does not simply fall … Read more

Progesterone

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By Sophora Health Editorial Team  ·  Medically reviewed  ·  Published July 2026  ·  Last reviewed July 2026 Here is the hormone nobody told you about. Progesterone. The one that declines first, affects the most, and gets the least airtime in most conversations about perimenopause. If sleep has gone wrong, anxiety has arrived uninvited, moods are … Read more

Low Libido

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By Sophora Health Editorial Team  ·  Medically reviewed  ·  Published July 2026  ·  Last reviewed July 2026 Desire used to arrive on its own. You did not have to think about it, plan for it, or wonder where it had gone. Now it feels distant, like something that belongs to a version of you from … Read more

 Perimenopause Vaginal Dryness

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By Sophora Health Editorial Team  ·  Medically reviewed  ·  Published July 2026  ·  Last reviewed July 2026 It started as a dryness you noticed but did not think much of. Then sex became uncomfortable in a way it never used to be. Then it became something you started avoiding. Not because you did not want … Read more

Heart Palpitations

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By Sophora Health Editorial Team  ·  Medically reviewed  ·  Published July 2026  ·  Last reviewed July 2026 It happens while you are sitting still. Watching television, lying in bed, standing at the sink. A flutter, a hard thud, a sense that your heart skipped and then caught up with a jolt. Sometimes it races for … Read more