Half of the world’s population will experience menopause, yet this time in life is fraught with mystery, misconceptions, and a lack of solid information. Although menopause treatment and knowledge can affect healthy aging, primary care physicians and even many OB/GYNs don’t get the training or support they need to counsel patients and help them navigate what can be a challenging phase of life.
Join Liz Seegert, AHCJ’s Health Beat Leader for Aging, a certified menopause specialist, and a journalist who reports frequently on this topic for some myth-busting and guidance on how to report on menopause with sensitivity. You’ll learn about the most useful research on this subject and where the gaps still exist.
Liz Seegert is AHCJ’s health beat leader on aging. She’s an award-winning, independent health journalist based in New York’s Hudson Valley, who writes about caregiving, dementia, access to care, nursing homes and policy. Seegert is also a contributing writer for Fortune.com, the American Journal of Nursing, and PBS/NextAvenue.org, reporting on myriad health topics, including social determinants of health and women’s health. She has written for TIME Health, The Wirecutter, Money.com, Medscape, Consumer Reports, The Guardian and Medical Economics, as well as dozens of other trade and mainstream media. Her articles have been syndicated in Forbes.com, the Los Angeles Times, the Hartford Courant, The Saturday Evening Post and other major outlets.
Rebecca Levy-Gantt, M.D., is a board-certified ObGyn and a certified menopause practitioner. Levy-Gantt has been practicing for the last 15 years in Napa, California, and practiced before that for 11 years on Long Island. She focuses on menopause management, including hormones and alternative management strategies, as well as vaginal and vulvar pain syndromes. She also teaches at Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine, and writes frequently on menopause issues.
Meryl Davids Landau is a longtime independent journalist specializing in health. Her work on menopause has appeared in National Geographic, Good Housekeeping, Prevention, Everyday Health and other publications. She’s also the author of the award-winning mindfulness women’s novel, Warrior Won.
