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The impact of hormonal decline
By Aly Dilks, Advanced nurse practitioner with a specialist interest in menopause Menopause is a normal result of the ageing process and not an illness or a disease and every woman will go through it at some point, whether they notice it or not. Natural hormonal...
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I really don’t like it!
On speaking with a lady at a recent conference I asked her to write about her menopausal experience. I was very moved to read her honest description of how she feels and it also highlights how easily we can suddenly focus on the negatives without realising. Here are...
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Menopause Support
Diane Danzebrink believes that every woman should have access to information, education, advice and emotional support to empower them to take control of their health and wellbeing during menopause. Her own experience of menopause made her acutely aware of just how...
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Live Better with Menopause
Women make up almost half the workforce and there are an estimated three and a half million women over the age of 50 currently in work. In addition to this, there is approximately 1-10% of the population who experience an early menopause or premature ovarian...
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Menopause Chicks
MenopauseChicks.com is a platform that connects you to the best midlife health information, the best healthcare professionals, and to other women on similar journeys. The goal is to help you navigate perimenopause & menopause with confidence and ease Visit...
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My Menopause Doctor
Dr Louise Newson is a GP and menopause expert who feels passionately about improving awareness of safe prescribing of HRT to ladies at all stages of the menopause and also about offering holistic treatments for the menopause. Dr Newson provides up-to-the-minute...
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The Menopause Club
The menopause club is an online community created for women going through (or wanting to learn more about) the menopause. The community is a safe, private and confidential place to learn what is going to or what is happening to your body and mind as you approach and...
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Spontaneous Weight Gain … it happens
I experienced spontaneous weight gain without a shadow of a doubt when I started going through the peri-menopause. I had lost 10kg 2 years previous, and kept it off, then suddenly wham! No change in activity or diet but the weight piled on with no explanation in...
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Crashing Fatigue
Who knew that overwhelming -I need a nap now- tiredness was yet another thing I discovered is a symptom of the peri-menopause. I’m not sure this one twigged with me straight away. I just thought I’d over done it, or maybe it was the wine, or lack of sleep etc. But...
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Oestrogens – The Essence of Women
Oestrogen is the name of a group of hormones that we produce in the ovaries until menopause. These hormones contain estrodial which is the strongest and the main source of oestrogen until menopause, estrone which is less potent and estriol which is weak and which we...
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