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Menopause

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19 days ago

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.

35 days ago

My girlfriends and I have more fun, more adventures, more independence than ever before. And as for the sex …

I met my boyfriend when he was playing Bach in the park. I was taking my usual jog past L…

53 days ago

Three years ago, Helen started sweating so profusely overnight that she would wake up, her hair drenched, and have to flip over her pillow. It was a distressing symptom of the menopause.

60 days ago

After years of white-hot flashes of rage she couldn't explain, a low mood that never quite lifted and a sex drive that had all but disappeared, Amanda Fuller felt life as she knew it was over.

66 days ago

When people talk about brain fog during the menopause transition, they often mean they have a lack of focus, slow thinking, and forgetfulness.

72 days ago

Menopause is not an ending, but a powerful new beginning - we are free from reproductive hormones, periods, and contraception.

78 days ago

At 53, I thought I'd be over the worst of it, but it seems not. In my 7-year battle with menopause, I've tried everything: HRT, creatine, lion's mane, acupuncture and even a (legal) magic mushroom th…

85 days ago

This morning I stood in my hot shower, cocooned by the steam. Then, I turned the temperature right down and stood for as long as I could bear in icy cold water, finally emerging into my warm bathroom.

4 months ago

As apps and gadgets capitalise on loss of stigma, consumers are advised to look for evidence-based solutions

For any bodily function you want to measure these days there is a gadget – a wristband fo…

Menopause is linked to a loss of grey matter in regions involved with memory and emotion, study suggests.

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