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Yahoo
30-05-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Noom Launches Free Menopause Education Hub in Partnership with Menopause Advocate Tamsen Fadal
Leveraging Noom's evidence-based behavior change program, the Menopause Education Hub provides vital guidance for women experiencing the hormonal transitions of menopause. Tamsen Fadal joins Noom as the brand's first-ever Official Menopause Awareness Advocate. NEW YORK, May 30, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Noom, the leading digital healthcare company committed to chronic disease prevention and empowering people to live better longer, today announced its new Menopause Education Hub aimed at helping women navigate this life transition with tools and support developed in partnership with NYT bestselling author, podcaster and filmmaker Tamsen Fadal. The platform launches during National Women's Health Month, which each year encourages women of all ages to prioritize their physical, mental, and emotional well-being. As menopause approaches, fluctuating hormone levels can negatively affect how the body metabolizes sugar and fat, and also cause more intense hunger signals—often leading to symptoms like mood changes, hot flashes, sleep disturbances, and weight gain. In addition, women lose 3-8% of their muscle mass during menopause—even if diet and exercise habits stay the same. The personalized content of Noom's Menopause Education Hub is designed to guide women throughout every step of this important life transition with support from compassionate coaches, clinicians and the community, covering topics including: Common menopause symptoms Menopause weight gain & nutrition How to advocate for yourself & find the right doctor Emotional & mental health Relationships during menopause Self-care tips & healthy aging support 'The Menopause Education Hub will include stories from my own personal journey with menopause, tips on how to manage symptoms, advice on how to choose a doctor, talk to family and friends, plus so much more,' Fadal explains. 'I've found magic in menopause, and I hope through these resources that Noom members will too.' A Media Snippet accompanying this announcement is available in this link. After more than three decades as a news anchor, Fadal pivoted her career toward women's advocacy when a sudden hot flash while anchoring the evening news changed the course of her life. Known as social media's 'midlife mentor,' her groundbreaking documentary, The M Factor: Shredding the Silence on Menopause (PBS), and book, How To Menopause, Take Charge of Your Health, Reclaim your Life and Feel Even Better Than Before (Hachette 2025), aim to help women in menopause who are looking for answers. 'For years, Tamsen's advocacy has driven forward policies that eliminate the stigma of menopause and help women feel empowered,' said Dr. Karen Mann, Medical Director of Noom. 'Anchored by her stories, our Menopause Hub will provide a new platform of resources for women who often feel isolated and frustrated during this time of their lives, leveraging Tamsen's expertise and compassion to help them navigate this transition and ultimately feel like themselves again.' In the coming months, Noom and Fadal will continue to partner on the development of additional resources for the Menopause Education Hub, including quarterly virtual screenings of The (M) Factor: Shredding the Silence on Menopause, followed by live Q&A sessions with Fadal to foster open conversations and provide support for women navigating menopause. About Noom: Noom is the leading whole-person health platform, combining personalized medication with psychology, to motivate healthy habits and empower healthy aging. By gamifying behavior change, Noom makes it easy, fun, and rewarding to make health a habit, so as to add a vibrant decade to every life. Noom Health works with leading health plans and employers offering Noom Med, Noom Weight, Noom GLP-1 Companion, and Noom Diabetes Management and Diabetes Prevention Program to millions. The company has been awarded multiple grants from the National Institutes of Health and was the first mobile application to be recognized by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as a certified diabetes prevention program. With offices in New York City and Princeton, NJ, Noom has been named one of Inc.'s Best Places to Work, Quartz's Best Workplaces for Remote Workers, and Fortune's Best Workplaces in Technology. For more information, please visit subscribe to our blog, or follow us on Twitter and LinkedIn. Contact:Brandyn Bissingercomms@ A photo accompanying this announcement is available at in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Forbes
27-04-2025
- Health
- Forbes
TV Journalist Tamsen Fadal Discusses ‘How To Menopause'
Tamsen Fadal first experienced perimenopause symptoms as a TV anchor when she was in her 40s. She ... More would have such symptoms live on TV, didn't realize at the time she going through perimenopause and felt like she was 'losing control' of her own body. (Photo by) There have been lots of 'how to' books out there, including some very oddly specific ones such as How to Survive a Robot Uprising and How to Avoid Huge Ships. But apparently there weren't enough readily available and credible 'how to' books on menopause when Tamsen Fadal was first experiencing perimenopause symptoms as a TV news anchor when she was in her 40s. She would have such symptoms on live TV, didn't realize at the time she going through perimenopause and felt like she was 'losing control' of her own body. After she eventually discovered what was going on, she received little guidance on how to deal with her symptoms even from her gynecologist, you know the type of person who in theory should know all about this normal transition during midlife. That motivated Fadal to put her investigative journalistic skills to work and write the book How to Menopause: Take Charge of Your Health, Reclaim Your Life, and Feel Even Better than Before. I recently talked to Fadal about her experiences with perimenopause and menopause and what motivated her to write the book, along with do other things to raise awareness around these topics. 'There's a lot of ageism and stigma around perimenopause and menopause, lots of shame,' Fadal explained. 'A woman seems to fall off the timeline past her reproductive years.' That's despite perimenopause being the totally natural transition from the potential childbearing phase of your life into menopause, as I've detailed previously in Forbes. And, news flash, childbearing is just one of the things that you may or may not choose to do in your life if you are a woman. It shouldn't necessarily define you. Speaking of news, Fadal, now 54 years of age, has had a long career in TV journalism after graduating from the University of South Florida with a degree in journalism. Her first broadcasting anchor gig was for WHNZ Radio in Tampa, Florida. She subsequently became a reporter for WPGH-TV in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, WFTV in Orlando, Florida, WOWK-TV in Charleston, West Virginia, KYW-TV in Philadelphia and WCBS and WPIX in New York City. At WPIX, she anchored the morning news five days a week. She also co-starred as a dating coach in the Lifetime TV series 'Matched In Manhattan' and served as the host and executive producer of 'The Broadway Show with Tamsen Fadal" on The Broadway Channel. Along the way, she's garnered various journalism awards including several local Emmy awards. It was on live TV when she was blindsided by hot flash symptoms, experiencing stuff like heart palpitations and brain fog. This prompted her to go the bathroom and get down on the floor in order to cool down her body. You can imagine how the words 'live TV' and 'not knowing what's going on' don't go quite well together. Fadal eventually realized that she was experiencing symptoms of perimenopause. But it took some investigating on her own to fully understand what she was going through. That's because the doctors she encountered didn't seem fully versed in such subjects. Fadal lamented that doctors can leave medical school with little attention to the symptoms of perimenopause and menopause and how to deal with them. The symptoms of perimenopause result from the levels of estrogen and progesterone being secreted by your ovaries progressively dropping over time. Such hormones are responsible for regulating your menstrual cycle, which is the cycle during which your ovaries produce an egg or eggs and your uterus gets ready for the possible implantation of an egg if that egg gets fertilized. Fadal described such symptoms as 'debilitating' and added, 'I was not able to sleep.' Such symptoms are common with perimenopause. So are things like your menstrual periods getting less regular, changing in the duration, frequency or heaviness, and stuff like mood changes, hot flashes, night sweats, urinary issues, decreases in libido and vaginal dryness. Again, such symptoms are common and natural as perimenopause and then menopause are natural phases of midlife with hot flashes, night sweats, and difficulty sleeping being among the most frequent. But workplaces and the rest of society in many ways still do not make them seem natural. 'It can impact your career,' she said. 'A lot of women leave the workplace. It impacted my confidence. I was not alone with that.' Fadal's book talks about what do when you experience symptoms and how to advocate for yourself at work, such asking for more flexible working hours and more accommodating situations. 'It's a delicate balance,' Fadal warned. 'You don't want to feel stigmatized or dismissed. It's not an easy conversation for everyone to have.' So, in the book, she suggested starting small and not asking for big demands right off the bat. She also wrote about identifying people you can trust to bring up the topic, being prepared for conversations, being honest and knowing your rights. She acknowledged the presence of, surprise, surprise, sexism, ageism and racism in many workplaces. But she also emphasized that women make up half the workforce. So, rather than lose such talent, workplaces may want to install reasonable accommodations. Pictured here are (L-R) Joanna Lamarca Mathisen, Naomi Watts, Tamsen Fadal and Denise Pines at a ... More screening of "The M Factor: Shredding The Silence On Menopause" on October 18, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by) Of course, it would be easier if society in general were more attuned to and open to talking about perimenopause and menopause. Fadal's book is just one of things that she has been doing to bring these topics out from taboo land into the public light. She and her team have also created a film called the "The M Factor: Shredding The Silence On Menopause" to shine more light what's described on her website as 'the unspoken challenges women face during menopause, revealing the gaps in medical education, the disparities in treatment, and the true impact on our physical and mental health. This film is about empowering every woman to take control of her health and advocate for change.' If you are experiencing symptoms that seem to be interfering with you daily life in any way, one of the last things you should do is suffer in silence. That would be akin to breaking your arm and simply saying, 'I'll use the other one.' Instead, it's better to ask questions and talk to others as Fadal did. 'Journalist love interviewing and asking questions,' explained Fadal. After all, you want to make sure that you are writing the story of your own life rather than anyone else. And if you are a woman, especially in your 40s or 50s, it is natural to have perimenopause and menopause as part of your storylines.
Los Angeles Times
25-03-2025
- Health
- Los Angeles Times
Struggling through menopause? Look for these red flags at the doctor's office
Tamsen Fadal had been a news anchor at WPIX for over a decade when one night in 2019, she was unable to pronounce basic words on the teleprompter. During a commercial break, heart racing and brain foggy, Fadal went to lie down on the women's bathroom floor and didn't return to the anchor desk. It was the first time in her 25-year news career that she'd left a news broadcast unfinished. Fadal consulted doctor after doctor to explain her symptoms of brain fog, nausea and a racing heart. It wasn't until one of them left a note in her patient portal that she received a clear diagnosis: 'In menopause. Any questions?' Shocked by the lack of education she received from healthcare practitioners about such a tumultuous stage of her life, Fadal started researching menopause and educating women online about her findings. Her new book, 'How to Menopause: Take Charge of Your Health, Reclaim Your Life, and Feel Even Better Than Before' (Hatchette), combines the wisdom of neuroscientists, relationship therapists, physicians and other lifestyle mentors to create the ultimate women's manual on menopause. Before her journey with menopause, Fadal never could have predicted the symptoms she experienced. 'I didn't even know perimenopause existed,' she recalls. But finally finding a doctor educated in menopause and willing to talk to her about hormone therapy was a 'game-changer' for her. The Times spoke with Fadal about how women can speak up for themselves at the doctor's office and how menopause can affect a woman's career. (Readers can attend her book signing at Barnes & Noble at the Grove on April 1.) This interview has been condensed and edited for clarity. What did your life look like before menopause hit, and how does menopause typically interact with the life circumstances of a woman? During midlife, I was constantly asking myself, 'What now? What am I supposed to do? Where am I going next, and what do I want?' I think those are the four hardest words that anybody can answer: 'What do I want?' Midlife is a time when many of us hit a second chapter or transition period, and we often think we're supposed to know exactly what to do, but we don't. There's no road map for this time of our lives. With kids and aging parents who need and rely on us around this time, something often changes in relationships, and then on top of that comes perimenopause or menopause, and we don't know what to do with all of it. When we have a hormone shift, everything changes. It's not just periods or brain fog or sleep. It's everything. A lot of women start to feel very, very lost. Our communities change, our relationships change, our workplaces change and how we feel about ourselves changes. In your book you argue that the medical system is not designed to treat women in midlife. How would you change it for the better? We've got to do whatever we can to help doctors and those studying to be doctors understand menopause — and in all practices, not just OB/GYN. Menopause training should be part of the main curriculum for all doctors — we're seeing even so many OB/GYNs now who have had to train themselves on menopause. The other part is educating women. Just as we have timelines for things like mammograms and colonoscopies, I would love to see timelines for menopause training where at age 35, we start explaining symptoms to women. Often menopause is diagnosed by symptoms, not bloodwork, so women need to be able to spot those symptoms early. Women were not part of health studies until the mid-'90s, and there's still not a lot of money that goes toward medical research on women in the midlife period. For that reason, my team and I are constantly advocating for more funding so we can get more research done and have more answers. We still focus on medical studies conducted 20-plus years ago, and we need newer information. What red flags should women look out for in health practitioners who aren't knowledgeable or comfortable discussing menopause, and what questions should women ask their doctors early? Red flag: Everybody goes through that. If your symptoms aren't that bad, don't worry about it. Red flag: If you're still getting your period, you don't need to even worry about any of the symptoms. You can't do anything until after you're done 365 days of your period. Red flag: Hormone therapy is dangerous. You shouldn't do that. I recently did a panel with two doctors, and both of them said people are calling their front desk asking: 'Is your doctor educated in menopause, and are they comfortable talking about hormone therapy?' which is everything we've been talking about for the last five years. Once you get into the office, you should ask: Your book states that one in five women in the U.S. has left or considered leaving a job due to menopause symptoms. How can menopause affect a woman's career and how would you suggest women broach conversations about menopause in their workplaces? The symptoms of menopause can be debilitating. If you don't sleep at night, you're not operating fully functionally. If you're dealing with brain fog or sweating in your clothes all the time, it can be embarrassing and you can lose confidence. Women should be asking their workplaces: I think there are many ways workplaces can help women that don't have to be so high-level and expensive such that they'd automatically say no. It's important for workplaces to consider these flexibility options because we don't want to lose women at this important time in their careers. At my previous workplace, I went into my HR department and said, 'I'm a 52-year-old woman. I know I'm in menopause, and we need to have some kind of policy to help women. What is part of our policy to help us get some treatment for this, or are we on our own?' I left before this policy was fully implemented, but I know they took me seriously and are still working on making positive changes. It wasn't easy, but workplaces are changing: CVS just became the first U.S. company to receive Menopause Friendly Accreditation from MiDOViA, a company we work with, and it's really exciting to see things like that start to happen. What are some of the most common but not talked about symptoms of menopause and some of the best remedies you preach? Heavy bleeding, hair loss, weight gain, painful sex and low libido are some of the most common symptoms that people don't like to talk about. Not everyone can do hormone therapy, which has really helped me. If my mom were alive today, hormone therapy would not be an option for her because she had breast cancer. In that case, she'd have to look at major lifestyle changes like taking magnesium to improve her sleep, increasing her protein intake and strength training, and decreasing her stress. She'd have to look at trigger foods and drinks for hot flashes, like alcohol and caffeine. I'd want her to take vitamin D supplements and collagen as a routine. Why do you think menopause has been a hush-hush topic in the past, and why is it so important that open conversations about it continue? Talk of menopause has often been so wrapped up in ageism, and I think it made a woman always feel like she was at the end of her best years. We are very clear now that that's not the case. In fact, I think menopause can signal that we're at the beginning of a whole new part of our lives that's really exciting. I call these my bolden years, not my golden years. It's important that people understand how to tame their symptoms of menopause because it means so much for their long-term health. It's not just uncomfortable hot flashes, it's changing our brains, our hearts and our bone health. I encourage younger women to learn about menopause early so they can understand when they're going through perimenopause and not wonder on their own what those symptoms mean. I'm really encouraged by the fact that I have a lot of young women in their mid-30s online in my community who ask great questions. If we don't keep talking about menopause, we're just going to keep this cycle going where women are not important and a priority, and we can't do that any longer. We just can't afford to. Shelf Help is a wellness column where we interview researchers, thinkers and writers about their latest books — all with the aim of learning how to live a more complete life. Want to pitch us? Email
