Living well

Work, exercise, bone and heart health through perimenopause and menopause — the ground that holds regardless of what you and your doctor decide.

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A lot of what makes the transition easier or harder sits outside the consulting room: how you sleep, how you move, what your employer understands, and whether the people around you know what is going on.

None of this substitutes for medical care where medical care is needed. But it is the ground that holds regardless of what you and your doctor decide, and it is the part you control.

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