Navigating Menopause: Challenges and Solutions

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This chapter explores the development of MIDI Health in response to personal experiences with menopause and the barriers to accessing hormone treatments. It emphasizes the importance of addressing menopause proactively, clarifying misconceptions and advocating for early intervention to enhance women's quality of life. The discussion also highlights the funding disparities in women's health research, the pressures of entrepreneurship, and the urgent need for better healthcare solutions amidst evolving societal perceptions.

Women are losing sleep, falling behind at work, suffering pain, and struggling in their relationships — all because we don’t talk enough about menopause or treat its symptoms. Midi Health’s Joanna Strober founded her company to tap the vast underserved market for this area of women’s health, which is finally getting mainstream attention. Strober shares with Rapid Response host Bob Safian the stakes of ignoring perimenopause and menopause, how she endured bias in fundraising to eventually secure $100 million, and why she isn’t shy about leaning into controversy.

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