Evidence-based women's health

Women's health,
minus the noise.

Essays on strength, energy, hormones and real life — smart, a little pointed, occasionally funny. No protocols to follow. No panic. No pink. Just the good stuff, properly written.

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Read by 2,000+ women who were tired of the noise.

Since 2025

Good health is not just something you measure.
It's something you live.

You might be in the right place

If you've quietly opted out
of the women's wellness internet — welcome.

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You've read enough "fix your hormones in 6 weeks" posts for one lifetime.
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You'd rather understand your body than track every bodily function inside it.
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You like your health advice the way you like your friends — smart, honest, and occasionally funny.
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You trust a good essay more than another infographic about cortisol.

Health by Hanna is the women's health writing I wanted and couldn't find. Now it's here. You're welcome.

What you'll find here

Strong bones.
Strong heart.
Strong relationships.

Three anchors that shape the writing here. Not a protocol. Not a framework. The unglamorous things that actually hold a life together — which, conveniently, are also the ones the research keeps confirming.

Strong Bones

Strength training, muscle, protein, recovery. The unsexy infrastructure that keeps you walking up stairs at 75. Yes, we'll be talking about deadlifts.

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Strong Heart

Energy, fatigue, cardiovascular health, the nervous system. For women who've been told to "just reduce stress" one too many times.

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Strong Relationships

With your own body, your symptoms, and a medical system still running most of its trials on men. Yes, we'll be getting a little cross about it.

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Hormones, in Perspective

Hormones matter.
They're just not
the cause of everything.

Contrary to the current internet consensus, not every symptom you have is your hormones. Sometimes you're tired because you slept five hours and carried small humans around all day.

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Data, Without Obsession

Your data is useful
until it becomes
a second job.

Labs, wearables, cycle apps — genuinely useful, right up until they replace actually listening to your body. Also: most medical reference ranges were built on men. Which is annoying.

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The essays readers keep forwarding.

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Strong Bones · 10 min

Strength Training for Women: What Your Body Is Actually Built On

Muscle, bone, recovery, and time. The four things every women's fitness plan leaves out.

Cornerstone essay

Zwei Frauen beim Spazierengehen im Freien

Strong Heart · 8 min

Why You're So Tired — And Why "Just Stress" Isn't the Answer

Chronic fatigue in women is rarely solved by one supplement or a better nap. Here's what actually helps.

Cornerstone essay

Perspective · 6 min

Your Health Is Not a Full-Time Optimisation Project

There's a difference between taking your health seriously and turning it into a second job.

Hello, I'm Hanna.

I'm not a doctor. I'm a researcher and writer who got quite tired of the state of women's health content — the infantilising, the fear-mongering, the supplement-adjacent, and the ever-present suggestion that your hormones are secretly responsible for everything.

Every essay is sourced from peer-reviewed research, honest about what's still unknown, and has to pass one small test: would I send this to my sister without apologising? If no, it doesn't make the site.

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The letter

One essay. One Sunday.
No nonsense.

Every week, one properly written essay on strength, energy, hormones, or the general state of women's health. Occasionally cross. Frequently evidence-based. Never a funnel.

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Women's health,minus the noise.

If you've quietly opted outof the women's wellness internet — welcome.

Strong bones.Strong heart.Strong relationships.