Oct. 18 is designated as World Menopause Day by the International Menopause Society . The purpose of the day is to raise awareness of menopause and the support options available for improving health and well-being. So it’s the right moment to examine how the U.S. and Utah perform on menopause care.

Fewer than 5% of American women use hormone replacement therapy (HRT), according to JAMA , to help manage symptoms they experience during the menopause transition. Compare that with an HRT usage rate closer to 15% in the U.K. and Australia, where prescribing is steadily rising.

American health care practitioners are not well prepared: only 6.8% of family medicine, internal medicine and obstetrics and gynecology residents reported feeling adequately prepared to manage women experiencing m

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