5 women's health myths, debunked by doctors

Women's health is having a moment. From social media feeds and most-shared podcasts to movies, TV and news headlines, conversations about breast cancer, menopause, hormone therapy and more are officially mainstream.

Yet while it's a welcome and long overdue cultural shift to see these once-taboo topics finally getting airtime, many clinicians say it comes with a catch: The information can be oversimplified at best and often outright wrong, which means doctors spend a lot of time undoing misinformation — or at least adding context so that their patients have the full story