Menopausal transition coverage in mainstream media isn’t always the most accurate with respect to scientific research and clarifying what’s not yet known — two things we think are really important. This recent article from Oprah Magazine does a good job — except for the definition of menopause. Here are four truths…
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I think our generation has an opportunity to send a different message to the generations that follow us. —Michelle Obama, The Michelle Obama Podcast, Episode 3 In the third episode of her new podcast, Michelle Obama takes on the importance of talking about women’s health — particularly transitions and body changes. …
Hats off to Robin Henig for one of the most accurate, comprehensive pieces about the menopause transition we’ve seen in a while. She correctly points out that changes can start early — 40s for most, but mid-30s for some — and that it’s hormonal fluctuations, not declining estrogen, that cause…
This article is an excerpt from Ada Calhoun’s book, “Why We Can’t Sleep: Women’s New Midlife Crisis”. There are several important themes. First, the suffering women experience, caused by not having anticipatory guidance about the menopause transition, or as she puts it, “being badly prepared”. Everyone can deal better with things…
Women Living Better founder Nina Coslov wrote a blog post for Our Bodies Ourselves to tee up a presentation that WLB advisor Dr. Jerilynn Prior gave at Tufts Medical School about perimenopause. In it, Nina shares her personal story, how it led her to create Women Living Better and Dr. Prior’s…
But, as Dr. Jerilynn Prior explains in this video, many women feel like they are going crazy during this phase. Here is why. When healthcare providers don’t understand the early signs of the menopausal transition, they can’t validate the things that women are experiencing. This leaves women feeling worried and…
When Dr. Prior experienced things that were signs of high estrogen not low, she suspected that what she had learned in medical school was incorrect. In this video, Dr. Prior talks about how she realized that what she’d learned in medical school about how hormones change in the lead up…
