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The Menopause Symptom Doctors Miss — And Why It Predicts Heart Disease - Zora Benhamou

A woman in her 60s tells gerontologist Zora Benhamou she "never went through menopause." She hasn't had a period in years. Benhamou has heard this story hundreds of times, and she says it's the most dangerous one a woman can believe about her own body. In this conversation with Dr. Philip Ovadia, Benhamou — founder of Hack My Age and a specialist in aging and longevity — walks through why symptoms like frozen shoulder, unexplained joint pain, and sudden personality shifts are frequently hormonal, why perimenopause can start in a woman's mid-30s, and why the women who feel nothing at all may be the ones most at risk. She and Dr. Ovadia trace the line from menopause to the cardiovascular disease that later lands patients on his operating table, and explain why the transition isn't the cause…