The State of Menopause
1.3 million* American women will enter menopause this year.
One billion women worldwide are already in the throes of it**. Yet debilitating symptoms are left untreated, and women are routinely ignored, ridiculed or shamed when they seek help.
This is unacceptable.
Menopause has ramifications beyond just an individual woman’s well-being. The far-ranging results of women enduring untreated menopause include billions of dollars in lost wages, upended careers, family disruptions, and emotional chaos.
It’s time—once and for all—to shred the silence on menopause.
** “The demography of menopause” by K Hill, National Library of Medicine: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8735350/
“I’m a board-certified OBGYN. I received less than a month of training in menopause. I had four years dedicated to women’s health care, but only a month of training in dealing with menopause. And some of my colleagues don’t even get that.”
