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World Menopause Awareness Day 2024 and World Menopause Month

World Menopause Day is held annually on the 18th October to raise awareness, break the stigma and offer support for all those going through the menopause.
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Mood changes during menopause – does what you eat make a difference?

What causes menopause mood changes, and can the right nutrition help? Qualified nutritional therapist Rosie Letts explains what's going on - and...
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The Top 5 Best Exercises for Menopause

Menopause can put your body through the ringer, both physically and mentally. With joint aches, hot flashes, migraines and fatigue, alongside a...
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Yoga for menopause: restorative yoga types & poses for menopause

The benefits of yoga for your body, mind, and all around emotional and physical wellbeing seem to have no end. Research has...
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How to manage stress, anxiety and anger and keep your relationship strong

Relate, a UK-based network of relationship counsellors, has worked with Health & Her to develop advice to help you and your partner...
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How to look and feel fabulous, whatever your waist size

So you’ve breezed through the hot flashes, taken control of the emotional rollercoaster… but you’re feeling down because your dress size has...
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Menopause mood changes and brain fog – the surprising cognitive and psychological symptoms

Many women are surprised by the changes to cognitive function that can occur around the menopause; brain fog might sound funny, but...
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What happens to testosterone levels during menopause? And how can it affect us?

Testosterone tends to be primarily spoken of as a ‘male’ hormone but, along with estrogen and progesterone, it is also an important...
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Intermittent fasting for women in menopause

The current buzz around intermittent fasting for women has linked it to everything from improved gut and heart health to a better...
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Foods that increase testosterone in females during menopause

When you’re going through perimenopause and menopause, you’re probably used to hearing the words estrogen and progesterone bandied about. Not least because...
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What top 10 triggers make perimenopause and menopause worse (and what you can do about them)

More than a million women will experience perimenopause and menopause each year in the US[1] – a time when the sex hormones...
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Perimenopause Diet Nutrition & Foods for Healthy Perimenopause

It's old news now that the way you eat can have a massive impact on how you feel. With fad diets popping...
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Mental health and perimenopause

Perimenopause, the stage before menopause, can be a particularly difficult time for women, both physically and psychologically. Mental health issues – such...
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Stress and anxiety – a doctor’s overview

Some of the most challenging menopause related symptoms are the ones you can’t see. Dr Shilpa McQuillan discusses the psychological side of...
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Perimenopause to menopause and post-menopause – A doctor’s overview

From the time you start noticing changes and symptoms to beyond your last period, menopause is a time of multiple changes. Many...
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Loss of libido in perimenopause and menopause - Working through it with your partner

Libido, sex drive, sizzle, in the mood… call it what you will, your desire to have sex can take a real hit...
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Phytoestrogens and menopause

For many women, the symptoms of perimenopause and menopause can be frustrating and can affect everyday life. Though there are options available...
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