BBC World Service | Menopause: Do we need to rethink women's health? - The Global Story podcast, BBC World Service @BBCWorldService | Uploaded June 2024 | Updated October 2024, 4 hours ago.
Millions of women around the world will start the menopause this year, but research shows that many are unprepared for it. For a long time, the menopause has been a taboo subject, a fact which both of our guests on The Global Story podcast are seeking to change.
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CaitrΓona Perry is joined by BBC Newsnight presenter and groundbreaking menopause documentary maker Kirsty Wark, and Professor Joyce Harper of the Institute for Women's Health at University College London, author of the book βYour Fertile Yearsβ.
00:00 Introduction
02:02 Speaking up on menopause
03:28 Busting myths and confusion
04:18 What is the perimenopause?
04:59 Expected age range for perimenopause
05:42 Comparisons and differences with puberty
06:19 Teaching about menopause in schools
06:56 Everyone should talk about menopause
09:01 Cultural differences around attitudes to menopause
10:44 Should governments be involved?
11:44 Best ways to treat symptoms
12:51 What stops people talking about menopause?
13:55 "We need to lift every woman to have the best years of their life"
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Millions of women around the world will start the menopause this year, but research shows that many are unprepared for it. For a long time, the menopause has been a taboo subject, a fact which both of our guests on The Global Story podcast are seeking to change.
Click here to subscribe to our channel ππ½ bbc.in/3VyyriM
CaitrΓona Perry is joined by BBC Newsnight presenter and groundbreaking menopause documentary maker Kirsty Wark, and Professor Joyce Harper of the Institute for Women's Health at University College London, author of the book βYour Fertile Yearsβ.
00:00 Introduction
02:02 Speaking up on menopause
03:28 Busting myths and confusion
04:18 What is the perimenopause?
04:59 Expected age range for perimenopause
05:42 Comparisons and differences with puberty
06:19 Teaching about menopause in schools
06:56 Everyone should talk about menopause
09:01 Cultural differences around attitudes to menopause
10:44 Should governments be involved?
11:44 Best ways to treat symptoms
12:51 What stops people talking about menopause?
13:55 "We need to lift every woman to have the best years of their life"
Watch more episodes of The Global Story here ππ½ youtube.com/playlist?list=PLz_B0PFGIn4dvK8UQS79GwGLDl94Z3gkt
You can listen to more episodes of The Global Story here. Making sense of the news with our experts around the world. Insights you can trust, Monday to Friday, from the BBC ππ½ bbc.co.uk/programmes/w13xtvsd/episodes/downloads
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