New Montreal clinic aims to break the taboo around menopause [Video]

A new clinic in Montreal is trying to break the discomfort of talking about menopause – a discomfort experts say is leading to a lack of research, education and care.

Since opening in January, 162 patients have walked through the door at Clinique Méno-Joie, and its phone has been ringing off the hook.

“There’s a need, 100 per cent,” said Marie-Josee Bourassa, the founder of the private health clinic.

After working in the public system for 26 years, Bourassa made the difficult but necessary decision to leave.

“After analyzing the gaps in our public health care. I realized that women were lacking services and expertise with regard to midlife health, perimenopause and menopause, more specifically,” she said.

Bourassa believes Meno-Joie is the only clinic of its kind in Quebec.

“We’re going through a holistic approach, a full width of tests and analyses and evaluations to pinpoint if what they’re experiencing …