Re-think what you know about who can experience menopause, and when.
 |  | By Anisa Arsenault, Associated Editorial Director | | Happy Monday, all. We're doing our best to sit back and relax while the FDA decides the fate of Moderna and Johnson & Johnson booster shots.
Last week, FDA advisory panels cast unanimous votes in favor of boosters from both manufacturers. Next, the agency has to make an official decision. But even if boosters are FDA-authorized, their use largely depends on whether or not they also earn a recommendation from the CDC.
It's a lot to process. In the meantime, we have other health news to share. | | | Today's Top Story | | What It's Like to Go Through Chemical Menopause |  | Despite what most lifestyle magazines and TV tropes will tell you, menopause is not just something that middle-aged women go through, one hot flash at a time. Anyone with ovaries can experience menopause when their ovaries stop producing the hormones estrogen and progesterone, whether that's because of ovary removal, other surgery, an autoimmune disorder, or medication.
Sometimes, healthcare providers will medically induce menopause with hormone suppressants to help treat a condition. For example, medically induced menopause can help shrink uterine fibroids. It can also reduce the amount of tissue growing outside the uterus in people with endometriosis, making surgical procedures easier.
This "chemically induced" menopause is both temporary and reversible. And it's what Verywell writer Rachel Charlton-Dailey experienced in her quest to end debilitating period pain at age 28.
In honor of World Menopause Day, Charlton-Dailey shares her experience with chemical menopause, including the good (reduced pain), the bad (bouts of nausea and difficult withdrawals from the medication), and the unexpected (an intense craving for cheese). | | Know More | | Chemical menopause is induced using a class of medications called gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonists—drugs which act to suppress ovulation and production of the hormones estrogen and progesterone. Depending on the specific medication, these drugs can be administered via injection or nasal spray. | | Feel Better | | While the symptoms of chemically induced menopause can come on strong, they can be managed with hormone replacement therapy in many people. Exercise can also help alleviate symptoms. | | |  | | While about 5% of people experience it early, the average age of menopause is 51. |  |  | | Aspirin Safety Guidance Is in Flux | | For years, doctors have suggested that daily aspirin use is a safe prevention strategy to reduce the risk of a first heart attack or stroke. But draft guidance from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) is questioning that long-held advice. The task force says the risk of internal bleeding from taking aspirin every day outweighs any protective benefits for older adults. | | | | 7 Symptoms Are Most Predictive of COVID-19 | | If you've lost track of what constitutes a COVID symptom at this point in the pandemic, know that a new study has boiled it down to a list of seven common symptoms. Taken together, these symptoms are the most predictive of whether a person has COVID-19: | | • | Loss or change in sense of smell | | • | Loss or change in sense of taste | | • | Fever | | • | A new persistent cough | | • | Chills | | • | Loss of appetite | | • | Muscle aches | | | | | | |  | | After a long road to an endometriosis diagnosis, Verywell writer Rachel Charlton-Dailey has advice for anyone on a health journey. |  | | You know your body better than anyone. Don't be afraid to get a second, or even third, opinion. | |  |  | Rachel Charlton-Dailey
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