Pamela Peeke, M.D., M.P.H., FACP, FACSM, is an Assistant Professor of Medicine, Pew Nutrition Scholar, University of Maryland, and the author of "Body for Life for Women," "Fight Fat After Forty" and "The Hunger Fix."
Airs Tuesday, March 15, 2016 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV
Give $21/mo or $252 during our membership campaign beginning March 4, and receive the "Hot Flash Havoc" combo package including the program DVD; Menopause Talks 5-DVD set, and 2 books “The Menopause Makeover” and “Change Your Menopause.” This gift includes a KPBS License Plate Frame (if you're a new member). Also enjoy access to KPBS Passport and myKPBS Film Club. Another combo package is available at the $168 level, and the DVD only is at $84.
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Shunize Alvin relates her own personal experience with menopause in "Hot Flash Havoc."
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Robin Gorog relates her own personal experience with menopause in "Hot Flash Havoc."
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Alan Altman, M.D., is a consultative gynecologist for menopause and sexual dysfunction, and former assistant clinical professor, obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive biology, Harvard Medical School.
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Pauline M. Maki, Ph.D., is an associate professor of psychiatry and psychology at the Neuropsychiatric Institute, University of Illinois.
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Pamela Peeke, M.D., M.P.H., FACP, FACSM, is an Assistant Professor of Medicine, Pew Nutrition Scholar, University of Maryland, and the author of "Body for Life for Women," "Fight Fat After Forty" and "The Hunger Fix."
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“Hot Flash Havoc,” narrated by Goldie Hawn, is an enlightening, entertaining, humorous, and profound crash-course in what women need to know about menopause.
For the first time, this documentary sets the record straight about the U.S. government sanctioned Women's Health Initiative study released in 2002, which misrepresented that hormone replacement therapy — used by millions of women to treat the symptoms of menopause — could actually increase the risk of heart attacks and cancer.
Featuring compelling information about menopause that will empower women for the “Second Act” of their lives, “Hot Flash Havoc” is part of special programming premiering on PBS stations beginning March 5, 2016.
Creating confusion, hysteria, and fear among women as well as healthcare providers, the misinformation in the WHI study caused many women to immediately dispose of their hormones, endangering the health of millions. “Hot Flash Havoc” not only sheds insightful light on the confusion stemming from a decade of misguided facts, but conveys poignant stories shared by real women and in-depth interviews with noted experts.
Jen is a web producer at KPBS, responsible for program promotion, online membership-related activities, and is the editor of the KPBS community calendar. Jen has worked at KPBS since 2000. She is originally from Las Vegas and attended UNLV.
