Stop treating menopause like a disease, group of health experts say

The menopause is not a disease, despite much discourse in Western countries leading women to think otherwise, a group of experts have said in a paper in The Lancet that argues that this period in life is being "over-medicalized."

High-income countries commonly see menopause as a medical problem or hormone-deficiency disorder with long-term health risks “that are best managed by hormone replacement (therapy)," they said.