Menopause can have a profound impact on women’s sex lives. A host of physical and emotional changes can cause libidos to drop, making sex unappealing or painful. A survey by the British Menopause Society found that 40-55 per cent of women reported a loss of sex drive, while it’s estimated that 8-45 per cent of women in midlife and beyond experience pain during sex.
Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and having four or more children are linked to an increased risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis, researchers have found.