Healthline x Faubion: 'Many Women Still Unsure They're In Perimenopause' (Aug 2026)

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Publisher: Healthline · Published: August 23, 2026 · Accessed: August 24, 2026

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Dr. Stephanie Faubion (Mayo Clinic Center for Women's Health director; Menopause Society medical director): 'We need to be extremely cautious about bucketing all of this stuff under perimenopause... Just because it's a symptom of getting older doesn't mean it has some hormonal relation. We actually don't know.'
Faubion on the over-attribution risk: 'Itching might be lymphoma, and palpitations could be a heart problem.'
r/Perimenopause grew 387% in the past year; roughly 2 million US women enter perimenopause yearly; women self-identify their stage correctly only about 50% of the time.