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Why Your Doctor Never Mentioned This
- 30 June, 2026
- Eric Dohner
If your doctor has never brought up perimenopause or menopause with you, you are not alone — and it is not your fault. A recent Forbes analysis of the menopause care industry found that fewer than 30% of internal medicine and family medicine residents receive any menopause education in their training. Only one in three OB/GYN residency programs has a formal menopause curriculum. Most physicians simply were not taught this.
That gap is exactly why so many women end up researching their own symptoms online, comparing notes with friends, or feeling dismissed at their annual exam. It is also why the menopause care industry has exploded with new platforms and specialists in the last few years — women are going around the gap because the system has not caught up. The same Forbes piece pointed out something else worth knowing: most insurance already covers hormone therapy. The real barrier was never coverage. It was that too few doctors were trained to recognize what they were looking at.
I have spent over thirty years in women's health, and I have watched this play out across thousands of patients. You should not have to become your own researcher to get a straight answer about your own body. That is the gap I built Mid Life Cream to help close — a physician-formulated option you can start without waiting for the medical system to catch up.
Dr. Eric Dohner, MD is a board-certified family physician with over thirty years of experience in women’s health. For more information, visit MidLifeCream.com.
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