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From memes to magazine covers, menopause is finally having its moment. Celebrities are openly owning their brain fog and night sweats. Social influencer Melani Sanders’ “We Do Not Care Club” became a viral declaration of unapologetic power.1 Oprah Winfrey’s TV special brought the midlife transformation to prime time

After over 20 years, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is removing the black box warning on hormone replacement therapies (HRT) prescribed to treat symptoms associated with menopause. The black box warning on HRTs, the strongest warning on prescription medications, was based on a 2002 study linking the medications to breast cancer. However, the…