The menopause currently affects 13 million women in the UK. And yet it’s shrouded in secrecy and wildly misunderstood.
In this frank and intimate film, broadcaster and journalist, Mariella Frostrup shares her own personal experience of the menopause and brings this great taboo out into the open. Mariella investigates what the latest science can tell us about what it is – and what we can do about it. She meets the scientists who have uncovered the cause of hot flushes - and developed a brand new drug to treat them; finds out if taking hormone replacement therapy is dangerous; discovers if men also have a menopause; and witnesses a cutting-edge procedure that could actually reverse the menopause.
Whatever your age or your gender, the menopause will affect you or someone close to you. It’s time we all understood it better. Show less