# Catalyst

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### The Truth About Menopause (Catalyst)

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**Tuesday 2 May 9.00pm**

> Myf Warhurst is on the cusp of a big change: the change and she wants to know what’s in store.
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> Approximately half of the population will go through menopause… and if you’re the partner or child; colleague or friend of a middle-aged woman, chances are you’re going to be impacted by it.
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> So why is one of the biggest health events in a woman’s life still not talked about or understood?
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> In this Catalyst episode Myf asks the questions we all need to know the answers to: What is menopause, what are the symptoms and what can she do about it?
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> Guided by Ali and Cameron Daddo, Myf learns there is a broad range of menopausal experience for women, and their partners.
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> Wondering if the sleeplessness and anxiety she’s felt recently is down to getting older – or something more – Myf meets with a specialist GP who confirms her suspicions, she’s peri-menopausal and on track for some major hormonal upheaval.
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> Wanting to know what’s going on inside her body and what to expect, Myf meets with experts for a Hormones 101 lesson and to discover the impact of menopause on her body and brain. There’s a growing, lucrative market for menopausal treatments for women like Myf, including natural, herbal treatments. Myf discovers the truth behind the marketing and considers her other options – the much-maligned hormone replacement therapy. A 2002 study infamously alarmed women, connecting HRT and breast cancer but what is the risk today - and can the benefits outweigh it?
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> Finally, Myf meets with her good friend, Rhonda Burchmore, who is post-menopause, to give her a peak at life on the other side.
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> Production credit: Producer/Director: Sophie Wiesner. Associate Producer: Alice Goodman. Series Producer: Elle Gibbons. Executive Producer: Penny Palmer. Manager, Documentaries: Stephen Oliver.

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