Millions of baby boomers are looking for answers on how to manage menopause

The Change, the Big M, the Private Summer.Although the euphemisms aren’t spoken in hushed tones nearly as much as they once were, menopause — the permanent cessation of reproductive fertility — means different things to different women: freedom from birth control, the loss of conceiving naturally, a new chapter of life.

The median age for menopause, which officially begins 12 months after the last menstrual cycle, is 51. Which means the country’s 39.3 million female baby boomers are either fast approaching or in the throes of menopause. It’s no coincidence, then, that more research money is being targeted for treatments and studies on how menopause affects women.

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