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What to Expect When You’re (Over 40)
I think that most women remember, and may even still have that book on their shelves, What to Expect When You’re Expecting. …Well, there’s no equivalent of that for women over 40. I wrote this book saying to myself, how about what to expect when you expect to live past 40?
Cleveland Clinic Launches Center for Women in Midlife
The Cleveland Clinic launched a “Women’s Comprehensive Health and Research Center,” which aims to help women in midlife get the care they need.
Menopause: Stop Treating Hormones Like They Are All Equivalent
Hormone replacement therapy for menopause has been a two-decade long saga, thanks to a 2002 trial that had its results “extrapolated to all estrogen products, all menopausal women, and all delivery mechanisms.”
Drew Barrymore’s Menopause Supplements Lack Science
In the absence of comprehensive medical training on how to treat menopause, supplements are always there to fill the void.
Menopause Needs More Attention, And Sometimes, Medicine
Dr Nadia El-Awady, the medical editor for UK Medscape, offers another take on the Lancet’s menopause edition, saying the focus on “over-medicalization” is unhelpful.
We Need a Menopause Moonshot
Ms. Magazine’s Jennifer Weiss-Wolf takes on the Lancet’s “menopause is overmedicalized” message, writing that “the real disservice to women is the lack of consideration of menopause in the halls of government.”
OBGYN Responds to Lancet: Don’t Tell Women How to Feel
ABC chief medical correspondent and OBGYN Jennifer Ashton breaks down the Lancet message on menopause.
Menopause Approaching Can Make Your Period Longer and Weirder
Period tracker app Flo crunched the numbers from 19 million users and found as women got older their periods got “shorter and more variable.”
Do At-Home Menopause Test Work?
At-home menopause tests are now a thing, and the Washington Post looks at whether they work.
New Drug Helps Relieve Hot Flashes, Disturbed Sleep
Pharmaceutical company Bayer announced its menopause drug “eased hot flashes and improved sleep in two late-stage trials.”
First Lady Jill Biden, Halle Berry to Talk Menopause
Actress Halle Berry will join First Lady Jill Biden to talk about “advancing research on menopause and women’s health.”
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What Is Perimenopause (And What Should You Know About It?)
You can still get pregnant, and you may want to consider starting estrogen-only hormone therapy. Get the details here.