Women's Health

The New Era of Menopause: Reclaiming Your Vigor After 65

Doctors are reconsidering the old ‘stop at 65’ rule and what it means for menopause care.
The New Era of Menopause: Reclaiming Your Vigor After 65
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Jingduan Yang
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I recently sat down with a patient named Martha, a vibrant 68-year-old grandmother who told me she felt like a shadow of her former self.

“I’m active, I eat well, and I volunteer,” she said, “but my body feels like a house where the electricity is flickering out. My previous doctor told me I had to stop my hormones at 65 because of ‘the rules.’ Now, my joints ache, I can’t sleep, and I just feel ... brittle.”

Jingduan Yang
Jingduan Yang
M.D.
Dr. Jingduan Yang is a board-certified psychiatrist and fifth-generation classical Chinese medicine physician whose work bridges Western psychiatry, functional medicine, and ancient healing traditions. He is the creator of the ACES Model of Health and Medicine—a four-dimensional framework spanning anatomy, chemistry, energy, and spirit—and the author of “Facing East” and “Clinical Acupuncture and Ancient Chinese Medicine.” As a principal founder of the Northern School of Medicine and Health Sciences, he advances whole-person care grounded in science, ethics, and humanity.