Menopause is having a cultural moment. In the past two years alone, celebrities from Halle Berry and Drew Barrymore to Oprah and Michelle Obama have spoken openly about it. Companies including Pepsi, Bank of America, and Unilever have introduced menopause policies.
Apps like Flo and Elektra Health promise to track every symptom. After decades of silence, it would seem that midlife women's health has finally entered the mainstream conversation.
Yet despite the surge in conversation around menopause in general, more awareness around perimenopause hasn't quite translated into understanding. A new study from Flo Health and the Mayo Clinic found that American women rank only sixth globally in perimenopause literacy — behind the UK, Ireland, Canada, Australia, and the Netherlands — revealing not just a knowledge gap but a diagnostic gap with consequences that extend far beyond individual health.
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