New Delhi, March 8 -- It is an unfortunate reality of modern life that despite menopause being a period of significant transition for all women there isn't enough research or frank discussions about it to this day. As a result, many women are caught unaware and unprepared for the big changes that are about to hit them.

Menopause usually occurs between 45-55 years of age, it marks the end of menstruation and is a period of significant hormonal shifts in a woman's life, says Dr. Garima Sawhney, senior gynaecologist and co-founder of Pristyn Care. "It's a tough, confusing, often depressing and confidence deflating period in the lives of many women. The irony is you know what's happening and why. but still don't understand it as it happens,"...