If you're a woman in midlife, then you're in good company. That's why we brought together a group of healthcare providers & women's health advocates to discuss the barriers we face in accessing information, resources & treatments as we age.
, including changes to their sex drive, hair, skin, mood, sleep and cognition, and urinary health issues, such as increased frequency or urgency of urination, infections, prolapse and bladder control challenges.
As one roundtable participant put it, “We all get our own ticket to the hormonal roller-coaster ride.” During midlife, it’s not just physical and emotional symptoms that can interfere with women feeling their best. Communication challenges between women and their HCPs can also serve as barriers to women getting the care they need and deserve. Too often, women report not feeling heard, understood or taken seriously by HCPs. As a result, many women lose trust in their providers and in the healthcare system overall.
— previously called hormone replacement therapy or HRT — has changed over several decades. The changing clinical guidance has led some women and even some HCPs to be less certain about the best way to treat perimenopause symptoms. To find relief, some women turn to alternate remedies, not all of which are grounded in scientific evidence. Not all HCPs take these remedies seriously and, in turn, women can feel that their HCP doesn’t take their symptoms seriously or offer viable treatment options.
Even when it may be clear what women can and should do to improve or maintain their health, not all women have the same access to healthcare. Women of color, lower-income women and women in other marginalized groups often experience
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