Here’s one way to look at menopause, through a cinematic lens

Tired of documentaries about global warming? Here’s a film that covers a personal warming topic: hot flashes.

This Health Notes blog of the Newport News Daily Press talks about the film “Hot Flashes Havoc.” The documentary, in part, says: “By the year 2015 the number of menopausal women worldwide is expected to reach approximately 1.7 billion.”

But this film isn’t just about numbers. It examines whether hormonal replacement therapy increases the risk of heart attacks and cancer (this film thinks not). Here’s what the National Cancer Institute has to say about hormone replacement therapy. And here’s the film’s website, which includes a trailer.

Of course, you can always go back to global warming. Yup, there’s a new documentary on that topic too called “Cool It.”