Low Testosterone in Women: What It Can Look Like and Why It Gets Missed.
Testosterone is not just a “male hormone.” In women, it plays a critical role in libido, orgasm, energy, muscle mass, cognitive function, vulvovaginal tissue health, and urinary function. In this deeply personal and evidence-informed article, Dr. Evelin Dacker explores how low testosterone affects women during perimenopause and menopause, why birth control can have lasting hormonal effects, and how thoughtful testosterone therapy can restore vitality, pleasure, and connection to the body.
PCOS Is Being Renamed PMOS. Here Is Why It Matters and What Every Woman Deserves to Know.
PCOS has been officially renamed PMOS: Polyendocrine Metabolic Ovarian Syndrome. Dr. Evelin Dacker explains the HPA axis dysfunction driving the condition, the cardiovascular and inflammatory risks most physicians miss, and the treatment landscape beyond metformin and birth control.
The STARS Talk: The Conversation Most People Were Never Taught to Have
The STARS Talk is a communication framework designed to help people have honest conversations about intimacy, boundaries, relationship expectations, desire, and sexual health. Created by Dr. Evelin Dacker, the STARS Talk goes beyond sex education and into deeper self-awareness, emotional safety, and authentic connection. It has been taught internationally, featured on NPR Life Kit, and presented as a TEDx Talk.
GLP-1 Medications for Weight Loss: What GLP-1 Medications Are Actually Doing in the Body
GLP-1 medications are doing far more than simply suppressing appetite. These medications act on complex hormonal systems involving the brain, pancreas, stomach, fat tissue, insulin signaling, and energy expenditure. Understanding how semaglutide, tirzepatide, survodutide, and retatrutide actually work helps explain why they are changing the future of obesity and metabolic medicine.
Bioidentical Hormone Therapy: What Women Deserve to Understand About Hormones, Menopause, and the “Natural” Hormone Myth
Most women have been taught to think of hormones in simplistic categories: natural versus synthetic, safe versus unsafe, good versus bad. But the reality is far more nuanced. In this article, I break down what “bioidentical” hormones actually mean, why so-called natural estrogen was historically made from pregnant mare urine, and why progesterone and progestins are not interchangeable. Because women deserve more honest, evidence-informed conversations about menopause and hormone therapy.
Your Insurance Is Not Your Healthcare. Here Is What Actually Is
With insurance premiums rising each year, many employers are moving toward high-deductible health plans (HDHPs) paired with Health Savings Accounts (HSAs). These plans lower monthly costs but often leave patients paying out of pocket for most primary care until they meet their deductible.
This is exactly where the Direct Primary Care model at Wild Woman Wellness Medicine fits in.
A Note on Gratitude
This year has been full of transitions. Some I chose. Some chose me. Some arrived as losses I had to grieve before I could understand what they were making room for. What I found underneath all of it, in the discomfort of not knowing, was a gratitude I hadn't expected. Not for the outcomes. For the process itself.
I Am Livid. And I Am Done.
People are not skipping colonoscopies and mammograms because they are irresponsible. They are skipping care because the system is unaffordable, unpredictable, and intentionally confusing. Confusion benefits the insurer. I am a physician who is no longer willing to be part of that equation.