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Opinion: How the perimenopause movement is hurting women

STAT News · May 23, 2026, 11:00 AM

Why this matters: health reporting relevant to everyday decisions and well-being.

Below is a lightly edited, AI-generated transcript of the “First Opinion Podcast” interview with Patricia Bencivenga and Adriane Fugh-Berman. Be sure to sign up for the weekly “First Opinion Podcast” on&#x A0;Apple Podcasts,&#x A0;Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Get alerts about each new episode by signing up for the “First Opinion Podcast” newsletter. And don’t forget to sign up for the&#x A0;First Opinion newsletter, delivered every Sunday. Torie Bosch: Brain fog and weight gain and hair loss and insomnia — those are the calling cards of perimenopause. At least that’s what the new perimenopause awareness movement claims. But what’s real and what’s just social media misinformation?Read the rest…

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