Menopause can be a very stressful time but imagine what it's like when that's compounded with a healthcare system that's biased against you.

 Studies show that women of colour experience menopause at an earlier age and with much stronger symptoms than their caucasian counterparts.

 Menopause can be daunting and challenging enough because it's still not openly discussed or understood by many women or healthcare professionals. When you add into that mix the lack of representation and research focused on menopause in women of colour, it can lead to disparities in healthcare.

Dr Monica Williams talks to us today about the experience that African American women have through menopause, how menopause can hit earlier, how health advice is often not sought because of systemic bias against women of colour, how beliefs such as black women don't feel pain are still present in some medical professionals today.

We also talk about multi-disciplinary approaches to menopause, bio-identical hormones and the need for open discussion and sharing among women of all races.Find out more here: https://www.mmmpodcast.me/ep213