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Explore our expert advice and guidance on women’s health and longevity - including menopause, menstrual health, weight loss, contraception and pre-and post-birth.
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Understanding the Menstrual Cycle: what all women need to know
For many of us, our knowledge of the menstrual cycle came from biology lessons at school (focussed mainly on reproduction), and from what our mothers or friends told us in our teens – and that may have left us with little or no understanding of the hormones involved, what they do, and when. Or even what a ‘normal’ cycle should be like.
The newest developments in HRT
For many years, there’s been very little innovation in HRT, which has been frustrating for patients who need alternatives. But things are changing…..
Pharmaceutical companies are finally investing again in developing, newer HRT medications, specifically progesterones, and we now have some promising new products to consider.
Find out what is new in HRT
Myth busting the menopause: what you need to know….
The term ‘menopause’ tends to be used to mean the period of a woman’s life, usually somewhere around mid-forties to mid-fifties, when their ovaries slow and their reproductive life begins to draw to a close. It’s also used as a shorthand for the troublesome symptoms that many women experience during this phase of life.
The infamous ‘hot flushes’
The term ‘Hot flushes’ is commonly used as a catch-all term for a range of temperature regulation (also called vasomotor) symptoms that can include sudden feelings of overwhelming heat & sweating (or, even, less commonly, feeling cold or shivery), and night sweats.