Perimenopause finally gets more attention – because there’s something in it for men | Arwa Mahdawi

Celebrities have spoken up about their experiences – and Silicon Valley types learned ovaries may hold the key to long life

If you had asked 20-year-old me to explain what “perimenopause” was, I would have stared at you blankly. Honestly, I would have struggled to even tell you much about menopause. It was never a mainstream topic of conversation and studies have found most women were never educated about it. Indeed, I’m pretty sure I learned far more at school about Henry VIII’s wives than what I could expect from my own body as I got older.

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