this is soe—myat.rently going through treatment for bowel cancer and she had her last ever period in february 2022. i was going to get pelvic radiation. so my ovaries are in the radiation field. so when... yeah, so that would make my ovaries stop working, basically. i don't remember if the oncologist said the word menopause but i realised that if it was going to stop my fertility, that means that it would stop my ovaries from working, which would put me in menopause. yeah, that's how i discovered. so let's take a look at some definitions. the menopause is when women's periods stop, which usually happens around the age of 50. the run—up to this is called the perimenopause. during this time, women notice their periods becoming unpredictable or heavy and may have symptoms they've never experienced before. when periods haven't happened for the last 12 months, you can say that you're postmenopausal. it's notjust specific to women who are older. you could go through this in your twenties. you could even go t

and so it is a great, great privilege to have it dick armey, senator phil gramm, one of myat politicalentors who was thinking about running for a different office but he was and ibe said senator, this was befoe red wave in louisiana, would you adopt us as her third senator? he said yes son you just keep doing what you're doing. so here we art many years later, senator good to see it welcome back toit heritage. without further ado it's also a great privilege to steve moore back here at the heritage foundation to welcome here is ourr distinguished fellow and a turn this over to him. [applause] [inaudible] [laughter] >> thank you kevin for the kind introduction. i am loving this new era at heritage. it is fantastic but his leadership has been amazing. we are going to have some fun today, tonight. welcome to our c-span audience as well. dick armey is a legend. he's one of the few people in addition to phil gramm who actually came into this town to actually makend government smalr not bigger. thank you, to both of you. [applause] i just got this note from newt gingrich who as you all know i

. >> well, myat was denied coverage three times before the pact act. on his fourth appeal this month, the v.a. finally ruled that his cancer is a result of his deployments. so for more on filing a claim and which illnesses are now covered, you can visit cbsnews.com. >>> all right. turning now to the economy, which continues to outpace expectations. today the commerce department said the nation's gdp grew by an annual rate of 2.9% in the fourth quarter. and some more good news, consumer spending was up 2.1%. one place where consumers like to spend money is online, and many are using buy now, pay later. it's a new popular trend with consumers spending billions on these new payment programs. in tonight's money watch, cbs's nancy chen takes a look at the risk and benefit of this booming industry. >> buy now, pay later, how does that work? >> reporter: for online shoppers, the appeal seems obvious. ♪ oh, yes ♪ >> reporter: zero-interest loans, smaller payments spread out, and unlike layaway, shoppers get their purchases immediately. but that ease of buying