Travel can make menopause symptoms like hot flashes, night sweats, fatigue, and temperature swings feel even more unpredictable. Dr. Elizabeth Dulaney-Cripe shared her perspective on how thoughtful packing can help, recommending breathable, temperature-regulating fabrics and flexible layers that make it easier to adjust throughout the day. She highlighted washable silk, performance fabrics like Flowknit, and Tencel for their comfort, packability, and ability to support changing temperature needs, while also emphasizing the importance of keeping cooling items, medications, hydration, and other supportive essentials easily accessible. Her advice centered on preparing for the body’s changing needs without letting menopause limit the travel experience.

Midlife is a critical window for understanding how hormonal, metabolic, cardiovascular, and bone-health changes may affect long-term well-being. Dr. Elizabeth Dulaney-Cripe contributed her perspective on bone health, emphasizing the value of establishing a baseline bone density measurement during perimenopause rather than waiting until later in life. She explained that having an earlier DEXA scan can help clinicians track an individual woman's rate of bone loss more personally over time, especially for those with risk factors such as a family history of osteoporosis, early menopause, low body weight, smoking history, or GLP-1 use. Her guidance underscored the importance of taking a more proactive, individualized approach to midlife health screening.

PEMF mats are gaining attention as an at-home wellness tool for pain relief, recovery, and relaxation, but the science is still developing. Dr. Elizabeth Dulaney-Cripe shared her orthopedic and integrative medicine perspective on how pulsed electromagnetic field therapy works, explaining that the electrical pulses are thought to stimulate cellular activity and support the body's natural repair processes. She pointed to promising research around pain, inflammation, soft tissue repair, and nerve regeneration, while emphasizing that PEMF therapy should be used as a complement to appropriate medical care, not a replacement for it. She also cautioned that people with certain chronic conditions or implanted medical devices should speak with their doctor before use.