{"id":133,"date":"2025-12-15T11:31:28","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T16:31:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/conversations-about-menopause\/?page_id=133"},"modified":"2025-12-15T11:31:30","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T16:31:30","slug":"how-to-talk-to-your-doctor","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/conversations-about-menopause\/how-to-talk-to-your-doctor\/","title":{"rendered":"How to talk to your doctor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-max  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n                    \n                    \n            \n    <div class=\"cu-wideimage relative flex items-center justify-center mx-auto px-8 overflow-hidden md:px-16 rounded-xl not-prose  my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 bg-opacity-50 bg-cover bg-cu-black-50 py-24 md:py-28 lg:py-36 xl:py-48\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/carleton.ca\/conversations-about-menopause\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/180\/2025\/12\/doctor-patient-768x512.jpg); 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