KCBS, in partnership with UCSF Health presents, As Prescribed, a weekly conversation with leading medical experts from UCSF Medical center and UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals. 

The average women will spend almost a third of her life in menopause, the universal experience often seen shrouded in stigma or confusion, but there's growing hope that new options and treatments available to women like hormone therapy can actually ease the transition. 

For more, KCBS Radio's Bret Burkhart spoke with Dr. Tami Serene Rowen,  obstetrician and gynecologist at UCSF Health.