Community pharmacists have always been a first port of call for healthcare advice. Through the recently launched Pharmacy First service in England, they are now able to provide you with advice and medicines for seven common conditions if you...
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FREE MENOPAUSE NEWSLETTERS FROM THE MENOPAUSE EXCHANGE
We are e-mailing our quarterly newsletters for FREE to anyone with an interest in the menopause, midlife and post-menopausal health.
MENOPAUSE IN THE WORKPLACE
Workplaces and employers are more interested than ever in understanding how the perimenopause and menopause affects work. In Spring 2023, around three-and-a-half million women aged 45 to 54 were employed in the UK, working full- or part-time while trying...
ANXIETY AND THE MENOPAUSE
Anxiety is a tense, diffuse, unpleasant feeling of worry and unease: an amorphous sensation of dread or impending doom, even in the absence of an obvious external trigger. Anyone can experience anxiety, but it’s often heightened for women around...
HRT TYPES AND FORMS
Hormone replacement therapy (or menopausal hormone therapy) refers to oestrogen, progesterone and testosterone hormones (taken alone or in combination). It remains the most effective medical treatment for menopausal symptoms. However, its benefits need to be balanced against common possible...
THYROID DISEASE AND THE MENOPAUSE
Thyroid disorders affect all areas of your body. Your thyroid gland, at the front of your neck, makes tri-iodothyronine (T3) and thyroxine (T4) hormones, which regulate metabolism. T3 is the active version of the hormone. T4 is also converted...