October 18 is World Menopause Day, raising awareness about VMS

Is it hot in here? How many times have you heard middle-aged women say that? Some jokingly call them power surges or temperature tantrums, but what they are really describing are hot flashes, known as the medical name – vasomotor symptoms, associated with menopause.

By 2025, an estimated 21 million women in the us will have VMS and today Dr. Mary Jane Minkin, Clinical Professor, in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences at the Yale University School of Medicine joins Chelsey Khan with more.