Beyond the Pause: Mind-Body Pathways to Menopausal Health

Menopause is not a disease.It is a natural phase in the lives of most women, but one that is often associated with significant and distressing symptoms.Symptoms that are rarely talked about and often inadequately addressed.Integrative and complementary medicine offers a wide range of traditional methods with an increasing evidence base.In this column, the Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital Osher Center for Integrative Health highlights the latest research on this topic.Specifically, the center's medical and educational director, Darshan Mehta, MD, MPH, reports three exciting studies on nonpharmacologic approaches to coping with menopausal symptoms and discusses their clinical and research implications.