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13 days ago
Two months ago, I was asked out by a 31-year-old man at the gym. Tall with biceps the size of my thighs, he was staggeringly good-looking.
14 days ago
From Mounjaro, to painkillers, heart pills, even HRT... why some drugs will NEVER work for you ⊕
Olivia Hillary was over the moon when she was prescribed Mounjaro on the NHS to control her type 2 diabetes. She had tried 'every diet going' since she began gaining weight at the age of 17.
15 days ago
Misinformation about perimenopause on social media ‘putting women at risk’ ⊖
Dangers include unintended pregnancies, taking unnecessary medication and missed diagnoses, say experts
Misinformation about perimenopause is putting women at risk of unintended pregnancies, unnecessa…
19 days ago
Menopause destroyed my sex drive. I thought HRT was a miracle cure... then I was given a devastating diagnosis two years later. This is the troubling side effect every woman needs to know ⊖
The pain was so sharp it took my breath away. One minute, I was laughing with a friend on a girls' holiday; the next, I was crying from the agony in my breasts as she hugged me.
33 days ago
I was fit and healthy after losing 5 stone and starting HRT and was enjoying life with my husband and sons. Then I had a stroke at 44. This was the only explanation doctors could come up with: NICOLA SHAW ⊕
Seeing the look of confusion pass over my five-year-old son's face was heartbreaking. 'Mummy, why don't you want to play with me?' he asked. Noah didn't understand.
34 days ago
Perimenopause destroyed my sex drive. I thought taking HRT would restore it, but it didn't work. Then a prescription changed my life. Here's what you must tell your doctor to get hold of it ⊖
One morning in my mid-forties, I woke up and realised something fundamental in my body had changed. I hadn't been attracted to anyone in a long time.
35 days ago
The game-changing new drugs which ease hot flushes and night sweats - without the side-effects of HRT ⊕⊕
Waljit Dhillo, a professor of endocrinology and metabolism who led early trials into this class of drug, told Good Health: 'It's like turning on a switch. Within a day or two, the flushes go away.'
38 days ago
Ultimate women's guide to testosterone: Thousands say the male hormone has transformed their lives - but here's what you MUST know, from side effects to dementia, HRT impact and so much more ⊕
Advocates say that it can banish fatigue, revive libido and restore 'va-va-voom'. And testosterone therapy, championed by everyone from Davina McCall to Nadine Dorries , is having a moment.
41 days ago
The HRT side-effect that could put your whole family at risk - including your pets. I was shocked when doctors told me... here's how to protect yourself: GEORGINA FULLER ⊖
'I won't be long,' I tell my husband breezily, as I load our youngest dog, a black labrador called Mabel, into the car. We are off to the vet for a quick consultation before getting her spayed.
44 days ago
My menopausal brain fog, low mood and insomnia were debilitating. HRT didn't work for me - but this one treatment has restored my mind and memory and even cured my dry eyes ⊕
As a mum of three, the to-do list is as long as my arm, and I was forgetting half of it. I still wasn't sleeping well and, having been very sociable, I was cancelling and making excuses not to see pe…