Halle Berry, the actor and founder of Respin, which offers menopause symptom care programs, shares a talk on aging in Hollywood and her struggle with perimenopause. Ms. Berry encourages more dialogue and support for women in midlife.

If men “had a medical condition that disrupted their sleep, brain function and sex life,” the actor said, “we’d be calling that a health crisis on par with Covid, and the whole world would shut down.”

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