About MenoStage
MenoStage exists to answer menopause questions properly — with the mechanism explained, the numbers sourced, and the uncertainty admitted where it exists.
Who writes it
Tracy Yan
Medical Editor
Tracy Yan is a medical editor working in the pharmaceutical industry, where her work involves appraising clinical literature and translating it for professional audiences. She writes MenoStage with every factual claim traced to a named guideline or peer-reviewed study, listed in full at the foot of each article.
Disclosure: Tracy is not a licensed clinician and does not provide medical advice. Articles are written from published clinical guidance and research; they are not individually reviewed by a practising physician.
Why that matters
A great deal of menopause content online carries no name at all. That is not automatically a problem — large institutions publish under an institutional byline — but it does leave the reader with no way to judge who decided what to tell them.
We would rather say plainly who writes this, what they are qualified to do, and what they are not. A medical editor can read the literature and report it accurately. A medical editor cannot examine you, cannot diagnose you, and does not replace your doctor.
How the articles are made
Facts come from clinical guidelines and peer-reviewed research, and every figure or mechanism is numbered to a source at the foot of the article so you can check it. Our editorial policy sets out the process in full.
Corrections
If something here is wrong, we want to know. Substantive corrections are made promptly and noted on the page.