National Menopause Foundation, Inc.

10/10/2026

Today is , and the World Federation for Mental Health and the World Health Organization (WHO) "Lived Experiences Heard: Real Voices, Real Change"

World Mental Health Day is an opportunity to meaningfully engage with people with lived experience (PWLE) of mental health conditions and to recognize their knowledge as a vital form of expertise. This year's campaign calls for their voices to shape the policies, services and decisions that affect their lives.

Lived experience is what someone has experienced themselves, especially when it gives the individual knowledge or understanding that people who have only heard or learnt about such experiences do not have.

10/10/2026

Today is Period Movement is a global youth fueled non-profit which strives to eradicate & stigma through , , & . is a matter of and everyone has the right to a life of dignity.

Learn more & how you can get involved: https://www.periodactionday.com

10/09/2026

10/09/2026

REMINDER! Be sure to put on your weekend to prepare your questions on "Midlife Weight Gain and Metabolic Health" during the National Menopause Foundation, Inc. Ask the Expert online session next week on its free Inspire Health "NMF Perimenopause and Menopause Community" (nmf.inspire.com)!

Two NMF Medical Advisory Committee (MAC) members who are women's health, menopause and metabolic health experts will be addressing all your questions:

~ LaReesa Ferdinand, MD, FACOG, Integrative GYN, Menopause Specialist, CEO-Founder, Thrive Beyond Wellness Center
~ Nutrition Conditioning, Heidi Skolnik, MS, CDN, FACSM, Sports Nutritionist, Exercise Physiologist, Author, Juilliard School, Women's Sports Medicine Center at Hospital for Special Surgery

This discussion is open for all ages concerned about women's health, perimenopause & menopause symptoms and treatment options, and midlife weight gain & metabolic health.

Join this FREE online community so you can ask you questions for next week's Ask the Expert discussion! https://www.inspire.com/groups/national-menopause-foundation

10/09/2026

In Response to New Guidelines, Physicians Call for Diet Changes, Not Hormones, as First Step in Menopause Treatment - Dietary intervention, which is just as effective as hormone therapy for hot flashes but has no negative side effects, should be first line treatment, doctors group says.

The public health nonprofit PCRM for Responsible Medicine is asking the American College of Physicians (ACP) to prioritize diet changes in its new guidelines for menopause treatment. Despite years of research showing that a dietary intervention is as effective as hormones for vasomotor symptoms (hot flashes), this treatment is absent from the new ACP guidance for women with menopausal symptoms.

The new ACP guidance recommends hormone therapy as first-line treatment followed by certain serotonin–norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs), certain selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), and NK receptor antagonists, as well as gabapentin. All of these have important side effects and limited efficacy... https://www.pcrm.org/news/news-releases/response-new-guidelines-physicians-call-diet-changes-not-hormones-first-step

10/09/2026

New 'Menopause at Work' project aims to protect midlife women's health and help them thrive at work - Thanks to a grant, the Center for Health Communication will help online influencers share evidence-based information about menopause that can prompt employers to provide more support for women workers.

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health's Center for Health Communication (CHC) has been awarded a $5 million Workplace Innovation Now (WIN) Narrative Challenge grant for a project to equip online content creators to share personal stories and evidence-based information about what it's like to deal with menopause symptoms at work. The goal, ultimately, is to shift workplace narratives about menopause and prompt employers to improve support for women workers in midlife.

The WIN Challenge—led by and supported by Pivotal, a group of organizations founded by Melinda French Gates—is a $60 million grant competition to discover and scale bold ideas to help women thrive and everyone win in a rapidly changing workplace... https://hsph.harvard.edu/news/new-menopause-at-work-project-aims-to-protect-midlife-womens-health-and-help-them-thrive-at-work/

10/09/2026

The research team of at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre focuses on women's brain health, particularly during the menopause transition, and it is currently conducting a study to better understand menopausal brain fog.

Although many women report changes in their memory and thinking during menopause, we still have a lot to learn about exactly what they're experiencing. The team's goal is to better understand these symptoms and identify which aspects of brain fog are most important to measure.

They have created a brief, anonymous survey (approx. 20-30 minutes) to assist in their research and are looking to have as many women worldwide responses as possible.

To LEARN MORE & to TAKE the anonymous survey by November 6, please visit: https://redcap.sunnybrook.ca/redcap/surveys/?s=JRHL3PX48C3JLNW8

Cognitive Brain Health Lab U of T Medicine

10/09/2026

The National Institutes of Health awards over $44 million to expand landmark midlife women's health study - In a major win for women's health advocacy, the $44.4 million NIH grant will continue crucial research into menopause, cognitive aging, and brain health following joint efforts by and congressional champion Representative Andrea Salinas (Colorado).

The National Institutes of Health National Institutes of Health (NIH) recently announced that it has awarded $44,456,682 over 5 years across seven designated research sites to continue the Study of Women's Health Across the Nation .

APA member Rebecca Thurston, PhD, serves as a principal investigator leading the project's cardiovascular and brain health research at Pitt School of Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh. For the first time in SWAN's 30-year history, Thurston's team will integrate neuroimaging to examine the critical links between menopause symptoms, brain aging, and long-term stroke risk... https://www.apaservices.org/advocacy/news/nih-mid-life-women-study

10/08/2026

and are graduate students at and they are researching women's experiences of perimenopause and postmenopause: well-being, perceived stress, menopausal symptoms, brain fog, memory, and concentration.

They have created a brief, anonymous SURVEY to assist in their research and are looking to have as many international responses as possible, so it is available in English, German, Spanish, and Portuguese. The survey also asks about psychedelic experience during this period of life, but women with and without psychedelic experience are both needed.

To LEARN MORE & to TAKE the anonymous survey by October 10, please visit:
https://exe.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3fwELWhKlduYffE

10/08/2026

BlackDoctor Menopause at Work Is Finally Getting More Attention—Here's Why It Matters For Black Women - If you're in the middle of your career and dealing with menopause or perimenopause, you're not alone. In fact, two out of five women have thought about switching jobs or actually made a change because of menopause symptoms, according to The Menopause Society.

Think about this: more than half of women in the U.S. are working, and most keep working right through menopause. For many, this stage hits just as you're building your career or aiming for leadership roles.

For Black women, the conversation is particularly important. Black women often report higher rates of hot flashes, depression, and sleep problems and are less likely to receive hormone therapy or related care than some other groups. Women of color also tend to reach menopause earlier and spend longer in perimenopause than non-Hispanic white women, according to AARP...
https://blackdoctor.com/menopause-at-work-why-it-matters-for-black-women/