IF YOU CAN'T STAND THE HEAT

Why menopause never gets old.

- REBECCA MEAD

If you've got ovaries, you'll go through it. Why do so many feel so blindsided?

New celebrities have lived so much of F their lives in the public eye as Drew Barrymore has. She appeared in commercials as an infant, achieved global fame after starring in Steven Spielberg's "E.T." at the age of seven, and became notorious for her battles with drugs and alcohol before she even hit her teens. A few years ago, the actress launched "The Drew Barrymore Show," and it was on an episode of that program that she underwent a usually private transition in the glare of public scrutiny. During an interview with Jennifer Aniston and Adam Sandler, Barrymore suddenly peeled off a pin-striped suit jacket as she exhaled and fanned herself, announcing, "I think I'm having my first hot flash!" Aniston gamely ad-libbed, exclaiming, "I'm so honored!," and laying the back of her hand on Barrymore's exposed sternum like a mother assessing the temperature of a feverish child, while Sandler looked on in perplexed sympathy. The clip went viral.