What Doctors Don’t Know About Menopause

Nearly a third of women in the US have been through menopause, but most medical schools and residency programs don’t teach their doctors-in-training about it. “Menopause is as different from obstetrics as surgery is from pediatrics,” says James Woods, a professor of obstetrics and gynecology and Editor-in-Chief of periFACTS OB/GYN Academy.