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This transitional life stage represents a perfect storm of hormonal fluctuation, immune modulation, barrier dysfunction and microbial shifts. Yet microbiome assessment and support in midlife is frequently fragmented, oversimplified, not integrated or missed altogether. The microbiome has now been shown to be implicated in every acute symptom and long-term risk associated with peri/menopasue, including hot flushes, mental health and cognition, cardiometabolic function, weight gain, genitourinary syndrome, immune function, bone density and fracture risk. There is no doubt that effective and nuanced clinical assessment and management of hormone and microbiome changes are integral to effective holistic clinical care. Across this two-part series, we will take a systems-based, clinically practical deep dive into the gut, genitourinary, skin and oral microbiomes, examining how microbial ecology changes during perimenopause and menopause shaping the life stage experience and what this means for symptom expression, systemic health, disease risk, and long-term health outcomes. This webinar is essential viewing for holistic and integrative practitioners supporting hormonal transition periods. Course Content: - Microbiome shifts across perimenopause and menopause. - Gut, hormone, immune interactions in midlife. - Oestrogen metabolism, the estrobolome and nuanced considerations for this unique window. - Genitourinary microbiome changes, GSM and recurrent infections. - Skin and oral microbiome alterations and inflammatory patterns. - Oestrogen variability, barrier integrity and microbial resilience. - Common clinical patterns and overlooked contributors to symptoms. - Where testing is useful, where it isn’t, and how to interpret results meaningfully. - How holistic practitioners should be assessing, prioritising and supporting patients during this stage. Practitioners eligible for 4 CPE points.