Menopause: The Myths and the Madness

Science Vs

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Science, Education, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 17 October 2024

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Something is coming for 4 billion people on this planet, and if you've been watching the news — it's horrifying. It can attack your brain, your heart, your bones and even your vagina. So what is this fresh hell? Apparently, it's menopause. So what's going on here? What are the real symptoms of menopause? How bad is it? And is hormone therapy the miracle cure that some are saying it is? To find out, we spoke to gynecologist Dr. Monica Christmas and Professor Susan Reed, as well as epidemiologists Professor Samar El Khoudary and Professor JoAnn E. Manson. Find our transcript here: https://bit.ly/ScienceVsMenopause In this episode, we cover: (00:00) The Horror Show (04:12) The Most Common Symptoms of Menopause (13:00) Memory Problems and Weight Gain (19:10) The biggest screw-up of the entire medical field? (26:00) Do Hormones Cause Breast Cancer and Heart Disease? (30:12) Which Menopausal Symptoms do Hormones help with? (33:00) Supplements, CBT and Menopause (36:27) Menopause isn't a disease This episode was produced by Wendy Zukerman, with help from Rose Rimler, Meryl Horn, Ekedi Fausther-Keeys, and Michelle Dang. We’re edited by Blythe Terrell. Fact checking by Diane Kelly. Mix and sound design by Sam Bair. Music written by Bobby Lord, Peter Leonard, So Wylie, Emma Munger and Bumi Hidaka. Thanks to the researchers we spoke to, including Dr Caroline Gurvich, Professor Martha Hickey, Professor Nancy Woods, Professor Cindy Farquhar, Professor Jayashri Kulkarni, Dr Rebecca Thurston, Dr Sioban Harlow, Dr Susan Diem and Dr Yana Vinogradova. And extra thanks to Suren Jayemanne, Penny Greenhalgh, Imogen Hayes, Zukerman Family and Joseph Lavelle Wilson. Science Vs is a Spotify Studios Original. Listen for free on Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. Follow us and tap the bell for episode notifications. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Wendy Zuckerman, and you're listening to science verses.
0:04.0	Today on the show, something huge, that's coming for 4 billion people on this planet. It could be you, your partner, your
0:16.1	mother, your best friend. And that thing is, menopause. When we asked all of you, our listeners, for questions about menopause, I didn't quite expect so many responses.
0:35.6	Hi science versus, I am so glad you're doing something on menopause.
0:41.2	I'm like out of breath because I'm like I'm going to
0:43.0	call me. We heard from boomers and those just blossoming. I'm only 27. I am
0:49.6	37 years old. 55 55 year old, 61.
0:53.8	Some of you hadn't started menopause yet, but were worried about what fresh hell was coming
0:59.0	your way.
1:00.0	Is it terrible?
1:01.0	Is it going to make me want to murder my family?
1:03.4	My mom, my stepmom, my mother-in-law, they're all going through menopause and all they say about it is that it's the worst.
1:10.5	And for a lot of you, it did sound like the worst. People were getting hot flashes, of course. But also, periods were going completely bonkers.
1:21.0	Instead of my periods slowing down, I get it like every two weeks, which just seems obnoxious to me.
1:27.0	I had more periods, it should be called men and more.
1:30.0	Very short cycles, very heavy period. Heavy. It was just a horror show basically.
1:36.4	Some of you had this nasty brain fog where you couldn't hold a proper conversation.
1:41.4	You were getting mood swings to the point where you didn't recognize yourself.
1:45.2	And then dance, I would just be upset for no reason.
1:49.8	I never went through any of the things that they talk about, but I will say I gained weight
1:56.3	and the weight that I had completely transformed my body and all settled right around my stomach so it looks like I'm seven months pregnant.
2:05.7	I have never struggled with weight in my life but now that I'm a minimum wage I have gained 40 pounds within three months without changing my diet or exercise.
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