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Welcome to Menopause Tech: Pee in a Cup, Get Hormones by Doorbell

KEY POINTS

  • Women have endured menopause symptoms in silence until early 2000s cancer risk studies stigmatized hormone therapy.
  • Recent tech advances like Mira's home hormone testing and telehealth services from Pandia Health improve personalized care.
  • FDA approved new non-hormonal capsule Lynkuet in 2025 and eased safety warnings on estrogen products.

Forget hush-hush menopause suffering—now it’s high-tech symptom stalking with companies like Mira and Pandia Health turning bathroom breaks into hormone CSI. Since the 2002 Women’s Health Initiative sent hormone therapy prescriptions crashing faster than your favorite app update, docs had to admit its cancer scare was mostly an overcooked spreadsheet. Fast forward to 2025, Bayer pitched Lynkuet, a brain receptor-blocking capsule approved to stop hot flashes within a week, proving menopause is now a $600 billion playground for startups and tech-savvy pee tests that decode your cycle like a confused detective. Doctors are even tossing black box warnings overboard, encouraging vaginal estrogen creams with fewer loaded disclaimers, as women as young as 30 PhD-level-quiz their future menopausal misery under telehealth gurus who juggle OB-GYN licenses and NASM certification like Olympic medals.

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Source: Businessinsider | Published: 12/11/2025 | Author: Alexa Mellardo