Dr. Betty MurrayHelping Women Navigate Menopause | Speaker, Author, and Advocate for Women's Health Over 40

Menopause Isn’t Just a Life Event—It’s an Aging Event

10 Oct 2026 · 1 min

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In this brief monologue, Dr. Betty Murray argues that menopause should be understood not merely as a life transition but as a major aging event. She highlights that the loss of estrogen triggers an acceleration of biological aging, leading to a musculoskeletal syndrome that mirrors symptoms of chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, and other complex chronic conditions. Dr. Murray emphasizes that modern women may experience 20–40 years of post‑menopausal life, making this period the most significant aging phase for women, with profound biochemical and symptomatic implications.

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There's a million reasons why we now have a 20 to 40 year potentially lifespan past menopause. The reality is it's the largest, like aging event that a woman will go through because we see an acceleration that occurs, right, with a loss of estrogen. And so I look at it and we look at like the musculoskeletal syndrome of menopause looks like, feels like a lot of the other things that we call chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, all these other kinds of chronic conditions. And so, you know, I think looking at perimenopause and menopause, I've always argued that we need to look at differently, that it's not a life event, but it is, it is an aging event that now changes our biochemistry and accelerates the aging process. And with it comes some of these symptoms that are associated with all these other kind of complex chronic conditions.