What: The New York Times has a deep dive on the queen of menopause, Dr. Mary Claire Haver, and her push to get more women treatment for menopause symptoms. The piece goes into how she has helped bring awareness to the lack of training and treatment, but also the controversy around some of her prescriptions, including supplements that lack evidence.

Key line: “…in recent weeks, the Menopause Society has taken steps to try to discourage physician-influencers and their followers in the medical community from routinely making recommendations that don’t align with its guidelines: On Sept. 30, the group released a statement to its members, which include Dr. Haver, urging clinicians to stick to the script. A few hours later, Dr. Haver posted on Instagram about the danger of ‘weaponizing guidelines’ against women to deny them essential care. She later deleted the post. ‘I probably overreacted,’ she told me. … ‘Maybe my messaging isn’t perfect all the time,’ she said. ‘But I take the negative, and I say, ‘How can I do better?’’ And then, she added, ‘I keep going.’”

Source: New York Times // https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/30/well/dr-mary-claire-haver-menopause.html