Menopause: Why Your Symptoms and Treatment Experience Are Research Data

Every figure in this guide comes from a published source, linked where it appears and kept in CureCircle's evidence base with the source's own words. It is not medical advice. Read on 7 November 2026.

Hot flushes, poor sleep, brain fog, joint pain, low mood, changes in periods: menopause is experienced in as many ways as there are women, and for years research paid it little attention. Which symptoms came when, how long they lasted, and what helped, HRT at which dose, other medicines, exercise, sleep changes, are questions women answer best from their own experience. That experience, recorded and shared, is what research on menopause care is catching up on.

How many women it affects

A 2024 review estimated that more than 47 million women worldwide enter the menopause transition annually. The WHO notes that "in 2021, women aged 50 and over accounted for 26% of all women and girls globally".

The records worth keeping

NICE's guideline on menopause describes the tests and treatment that leave records:

• Blood tests, in some cases only: an FSH test to confirm menopause only in people aged 40 to 45 with symptoms, and two FSH tests 4 to 6 weeks apart to diagnose premature ovarian insufficiency under 40.
• HRT: NICE recommends offering HRT to people with vasomotor symptoms. Your prescription history shows each product and dose.
• Treatment reviews at 3 months to assess efficacy and tolerability, and annually thereafter.

Because most of menopause is not measured in clinic, a symptom diary, how many flushes, how you slept, what changed after a new treatment, is the richest record there is. If you want your prescription history or letters, ask your practice for a copy.

What sharing it is worth

CureCircle values every contribution with a public benchmark built from what health data has sold for. A complete menopause story with the records the guideline lists comes to about $64 per licence on the benchmark today. With 60 days of symptom diary entries added, it comes to about $267 per licence, because day-by-day records linked to treatment are evidence research rarely gets. Every line and its source is on the menopause page.

A licence is not a one-off sale: the same de-identified story can be licensed to several research teams, and you earn a share each time.

How to share it

You start by writing what you live with in your own words; a few quick questions follow, then an AI interviewer asks about the details only you know, and you rate every treatment you tried, from HRT to non-hormonal medicines to changes in diet, exercise and sleep. You can add letters, prescriptions and pages of a symptom diary as PDFs or photos, and the AI reads them into your own medical file. Before anything is shared, you read the de-identified summary and decide.

Start your story, or read what your health data is worth first.