The Importance of Talking About Menopause

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"It's one of those topics that everybody jokes about like, Oh God, menopause like we all we know it's the worst," she says. "I want it to not be a shock because part of the part of the shock is that you don't know when it's coming and you don’t know that there are treatments out there." The show will air at 8 p.m. ET Sunday on PBS stations across the U.S.

The FDA approved a game-changing drug to treat hot flashes, a symptom of menopause. Health writer Jancee Dunn talks about why a transition that happens to half the world’s population still feels like a mystery.

This episode was produced by Victoria Chamberlin, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Michael Raphael, and hosted by Noel King.

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