About
Why a neurologist built this
MenoCortex exists because the brain and nervous system were left out of the menopause conversation — and because women deserve better than a choice between dismissal and dread.
The gap
Menopause education has improved dramatically in recent years. Most of it, understandably, centers on cycles, vasomotor symptoms, genitourinary health, bone and cardiovascular risk. Meanwhile a very large share of what women actually describe during the transition is neurologic: cognitive symptoms, changing headaches, disrupted sleep, dizziness, tingling and fatigue. Those symptoms often arrive without a clear explanation, and women are left choosing between being told it is nothing and reading that it is the beginning of dementia. Neither is a good answer.
What MenoCortex is
MenoCortex was created by a board-certified neurologist to address that under-discussed part of women’s midlife health. It is an educational platform, not a clinical practice. Every page is written to explain the neurology plainly, to be explicit about the strength of the evidence behind each statement, and to say clearly which patterns warrant medical evaluation rather than reassurance.
The brand is the platform, not a physician profile. This site is not a clinical-practice advertisement, and it does not sell supplements, programs or products.
What it is not
- It is not medical advice, and it does not create a clinician–patient relationship.
- It complements — never replaces — care from your gynecologist, primary care clinician, menopause specialist and neurologist.
- It does not diagnose, and it contains no diagnostic algorithm or AI medical chatbot.
- It does not collect protected health information or require an account.
- It does not publish testimonials, reviews or invented statistics.
Editorial commitments
We describe association as association. We do not claim that menopause causes dementia, or that hormone therapy prevents Alzheimer’s disease. We do not recommend supplements for cognition. We take no position for or against menopausal hormone therapy, because the right answer is individual and belongs to a woman and her clinician. Where evidence is unresolved, we say so in those words.
Our methodology page sets out the evidence hierarchy we apply and how content is reviewed and updated.
- Neurologist-led education, not a clinical practice.
- Neurology-first view of women's midlife health.
- No products, supplements or programs sold.
- No account, no medical data collection.
- No diagnostic algorithm and no AI medical chatbot.
- Evidence strength stated on every claim.
Our position in your care
Bring what you read here to the clinicians who know you. The most useful outcome of this site is a better appointment: a clearer description of your symptoms, a sharper set of questions, and a shared understanding of which parts deserve evaluation.
Medical review
Editorial and medical review standards
MenoCortex provides evidence-based educational information about menopause, midlife neurological symptoms and long-term brain health. Medical content identified as “Medically Reviewed” has been reviewed for medical accuracy and appropriate interpretation of current evidence by Amarish Dave, DO, a board-certified neurologist. MenoCortex provides educational information and does not replace individualized medical evaluation, diagnosis or treatment.
Educational content on MenoCortex is medically reviewed by Amarish Dave, DO, a board-certified neurologist. Medical review means reading each page for clinical accuracy, checking that the strength of the evidence is described honestly, confirming that association is not presented as causation, and confirming that the guidance about when to seek evaluation is appropriate and not alarmist.
Review is recorded per page rather than site-wide. A page carries the line Medically reviewed by Amarish Dave, DO only when that specific page has actually been reviewed and a review date has been entered for it. Pages published without review carry no review line at all.
Formatting changes, search metadata edits and typographical corrections do not change a page’s medical review date. When medical content changes substantively, the page is flagged for medical re-review and the review line is withheld until the reviewer has signed off again, so an out-of-date review is never displayed as current.
Medical review is an accuracy check on educational material. It is not medical advice, it does not create a clinician–patient relationship, and it is not a substitute for care from your own clinicians.
Medical reviewer
Amarish Dave, DO
Board-Certified Neurologist
Current educational content last medically reviewed: September 10, 2026
What is next
Building a national menopause-neurology resource
MenoCortex is being built as a long-term reference library, with an educational Menopause Brain Health Check to help women organize the factors affecting how their brain feels — not to diagnose them.