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52 Myths About Menopause
The Menopause Compass: sorting fact from fiction, one myth at a time
Not fear, not silence. The evidence, and what to do with it.
Menopause is where bad information does the most damage: a landmark study badly summarized, decades of stigma, a research gap only now being closed, and a marketplace selling certainty where the science is still careful.
This book takes the 52 most common beliefs (about hormone therapy, weight, mood, sleep, sex, bone, and the brain) and tells you, for each one, what is myth and what is fact. Every entry is built the same way: the myth, stated plainly; the fact; the evidence, with its source and its honest grade; and what to do with it, usually a question to take to your own clinician.
Your experience is data. Your questions are legitimate. There is more help than the myths admit.
What’s inside
- The hormone-therapy truth, after the 2002 scare
- What is treatable now: sleep, mood, sex, joints, bone
- The myths that quietly cost women the most
- A question kit for every clinician visit
This is for you if
- You’ve been told “that’s just menopause” and it didn’t help
- You want one myth per page, not a 400-page argument
- You want to know how good each piece of evidence actually is
Educational content. It is not medical advice and not a substitute for care from a clinician who knows your history.
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