Conditions

Midlife conditions: what the guidelines say

Every profile describes what the current guidelines say about a condition, in plain language, sourced to the recommending body. This is guideline summary, not a management plan for you: that belongs with your own clinician.

• High blood pressure

  What the 2025 ACC/AHA guideline says about blood pressure categories, the risk-based approach to starting treatment, and the medication classes it describes.

  ACC/AHA

• High cholesterol

  What the 2026 ACC/AHA dyslipidemia guideline says about LDL cholesterol, the risk-based statin decision, and the medication classes it describes.

  ACC/AHA

• Menopause

  What The Menopause Society's current position statement says about menopause symptoms, the WHI history, and how it frames hormone therapy's benefits and risks.

  The Menopause Society

• Osteoarthritis

  What the ACR/Arthritis Foundation guideline says about managing hand, hip, and knee osteoarthritis, including what it recommends against.

  ACR

• Prediabetes and type 2 diabetes

  What the ADA Standards of Care say about the diagnostic thresholds, the DPP trial's prevention evidence, and how glycemic goals are individualized.

  ADA

• Thyroid conditions

  What American Thyroid Association guidelines say about hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism, TSH testing, and the honest debate over subclinical hypothyroidism.

  American Thyroid Association