Menopause Medicalization

Menopause is not a disease. Experts call for new narrative for this ...

https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/17/health/menopause-medicalization-women-ageing-bmj-as-equals-intl-cmd/index.html

In 2021, a global survey revealed 16% to 40% of women experience moderate to severe symptoms during menopause, such as feeling tired, hot flushes, sleep difficulties and aching muscles or joints.

Medicalizing Menopause | Science History …

https://www.sciencehistory.org/distillations/medicalizing-menopause

Proponents of this medicalized and pathologized model of menopause argued that long-term estrogen replacement therapy was essential for …

Menopause - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/menopause/symptoms-causes/syc-20353397

The medicalization of menopause: critique and …

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11809008/

Menopause is in the process of becoming medicalized. Midlife and older women are being told that natural menopause is actually a deficiency condition requiring replacement …

Changing ideas: the medicalization of menopause

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3296222/

This paper examines the intellectual roots of the medicalization of menopause in the 1930s and 1940s. An analysis of published papers written by prominent American medical …

The Medicalization of Women | Women's Health Advocate

https://www.womenshealthadvocate.org/articles/the-medicalization-of-women/

Menopause is described in medical literature as “the death of the woman in the woman.” How does it happen that the natural occurrence in life drives us to the …

Menopause called natural process that shouldn't be …

https://www.upi.com/Health_News/2022/06/15/menopause-medicalization-commentary/3791655314590/

June 15 (UPI) -- Menopause is a natural part of aging, and older women will become empowered to approach it with greater confidence if positives such as freedom …

Medicalizing Obesity: Individual, Economic, …

https://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/article/medicalizing-obesity-individual-economic-and-medical-consequences/2011-12

Examples of medicalized disorders include menopause, alcoholism, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anorexia, infertility, …

Menopause medicalization may be “bothersome and unnecessary ...

https://www.nutritioninsight.com/news/menopause-medicalization-may-be-bothersome-and-unnecessary-researchers-note.html

Menopause medicalization may be “bothersome and unnecessary,” researchers note 20 Jun 2022 --- According to an analysis led by the UK-based King’s College London and …

Menopause - Diagnosis and treatment - Mayo Clinic

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/menopause/diagnosis-treatment/drc-20353401

Menopause requires no medical treatment. Instead, treatments focus on relieving your signs and symptoms and preventing or managing chronic conditions that …