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The Menopausal Transition: Mainstream Coverage That Gets A Lot Right

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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It’s Perimenopause — You Aren’t Going Crazy!

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…

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The only conclusion I could make was that medicine had it wrong.

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…