Could changing the culture around menopause improve women’s midlife experience?

For many, menopause can be a difficult life stage. Efforts are underway to learn more about women’s health in midlife, and to better educate medical providers about the menopausal transition. Our National Health Reporter Erin Billups looked into it.

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At 42, Jacquie Taylor hadn’t given much thought to menopause. She’d heard about hot flashes, but that seemed like it would be a long way off for her.

“I thought it happened, like, in your 60s or something,” she said.

Like many women, Taylor says that