Expert Care for Perimenopause and Menopause:
Is this you?
→ Your hot flashes are disrupting your sleep, your work, your life
→ You’re gaining weight despite doing everything “right”
→ Brain fog is making you feel like you’re losing your edge
→ You’ve asked your doctor for help and left feeling dismissed
→ You’re hearing about hormone therapy but getting conflicting information
→ Online hormone clinics feel sketchy—you want real medical expertise
You’re not imagining it. And you don’t have to just “tough it out.”
What if things could be different?
Dr. Courtney Younglove is one of only 48 physicians in the US that is board-certified in obstetrics and gynecology AND obesity medicine AND is a Certified Menopause Practitioner! Dr. Younglove has spent over twenty-five years taking care of women in the Greater Kansas City Area and is passionate about helping women understand and gain control over their health. She speaks nationally about the intersection of obesity, women’s health, and healthcare policy.
Dr. Younglove’s Note:
Throughout 25 years practicing medicine, I’ve watched too many women suffer through perimenopause and menopause without adequate support – not because they don’t deserve it, but because the system doesn’t give clinicians time for the nuanced conversations this biopsychosocial transition requires.
I lost my mother two years ago. In the years before she died, I watched her fade – not because she didn’t try, but because the system wasn’t built to help her thrive through the second half of her life.
I promised myself I wouldn’t age that way. And I’m here to help you age differently too.
– Dr. Courtney Younglove
We Address All of It:
The menopause transition isn’t just about suffering as our hormones decline. Every part of our health can be affected: sleep, metabolism, mood, sexual health, bone density, cardiovascular risk, and so much more. Optimizing these things matters if we want to thrive through the second half of our lives.
Your Health is Our Top Priority:
We don’t sell hormone pellets. We don’t push supplements you don’t need. We don’t prescribe without proper medical evaluation. We do medicine the right way.
FAQs:
No! We work collaboratively with your current clinicians. In fact, we require you to have someone on your team taking care of routine GYN care.
Perfect. That’s exactly what our consultations are for. No pressure. Just information and a deep discussion about treatment options.
Absolutely. Part of our evaluation is figuring out what’s happening with your hormones and your symptoms.
We are a direct pay practice. Insurance restrictions don’t allow for long, deep-dive visits, which is exactly what’s required when addressing this topic for the first time. A direct pay model allows us to spend the amount of time we need.
We are happy to provide you with detailed receipts you can submit for potential reimbursement from an HSA, FSA, or to put toward your out-of-network benefits.
Women have a number of different sex hormones floating around in our system. Many of them fluctuate dramatically throughout the month – often, levels change throughout the day. Most of the time, the diagnoses of perimenopause and menopause can be made clinically (taking a thorough history), but occasionally, we will order lab tests – to either confirm something that isn’t clinically obvious, or to rule out something more concerning.
We don’t do routine hormone testing.
If we need to order any tests, we will give you an order form that you can take to either LabCorp or Quest. Typically, these tests can be processed through health insurance.
We don’t do any type of salivary hormone testing or crazy expensive hormone panels. They are not validated, nor are they considered a standard of care in hormone management.
Absolutely not! Hormone pellets are unregulated and are not considered evidence-based medicine. If we decide that hormones are a good choice for you, we have a wide array of FDA-approved hormone therapies that we can choose from – all of which can be filled at a regular pharmacy – often using your health insurance.
Many of these FDA-approved formulations are bioidentical. They are all well-studied and we have loads of data regarding their safety and efficacy.
Making money by injecting you with unregulated pellets or mixing up random concoctions in our back room goes against our foundational principles – to put your health and safety above all else.
Your strongest years are still ahead.
Menopause doesn’t have to mean decline. With the right support, it can be a reset – a chance to prioritize your health and step into the second half of your life with strength, clarity, and confidence.