Four doctors talk to Helen O’Callaghan about their experience of midlife hormone changes and how it has shaped the care they offer women undergoing a similar transition
October is menopause awareness month and at Natural Health Store we have been talking to women about the menopause for years. It is a natural conversation for us to have every day so I was surprised to realise how many women are not talking to each other about it. Or how many of you are not talking to your partners about it either.
IF you are having hot flushes in the summertime, you could be left feeling exhausted, irritable, or drained. They can affect your sleep and cause untold stress as you twist and turn in the night trying to cool down.
"Women are considered to be officially in menopause when they have gone 12 months without a menstrual period, so you may be close to the point where symptoms often settle down or even disappear."