Health Awareness
Managing Menopause Q3 2021
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Top tips on how to manage menopause symptoms
Everyone’s experience of the menopause is different. But there are lots of useful tips and advice on how to reduce the common symptoms of menopause. Dress in easily removable layers so you can adjust your temperature if you need to. Wear natural fibres as much as possible, or mixtures containing some natural fibres. Avoid tight-fitting...
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Why women’s health deserves more investment and innovation
Despite the press and attention menopause is gaining, there is still so much work to be done. Country Manager for UK Women’s Health at Theramex, Tina Backhouse understands that everyone has a responsibility to improve the experience of menopausal women. From healthcare professionals and organisations to pharmaceutical companies, the Government and women themselves. She says, “We’re...
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Are you worried about a loved one and their experience of the menopause?
Watching your loved one going through the menopause is not easy, but your support and views on their experience can often encourage a woman to seek help. Not only is Dr Katie Barber a practising GP with a special interest in women’s health and menopause, but she also runs her own private menopause company. Speaking to menopausal women on a daily basis, she often finds that...
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Putting the patient first – how menopause treatment is improving
All women will experience menopausal symptoms in one way or another. Primary care is trying to ensure all get the help and support they need. Dr Anne Connolly from Bradford is a GPSI Gynaecology and Chair of the Primary Care Women’s Health Forum. She believes that supporting women through menopause is simply part of the...
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How menopause specialist nurses are helping women in the community
Specialist nurse practitioners can often help women through menopause and alleviate all their menopausal queries. For nurse practitioner Teresa Davison, a British Menopause Society registered specialist and founder of Somerset Menopause Clinic, nurses provide the perfect gateway for menopause care. In general practice, a nurse can see women for a variety of reasons, such as contraception, sexual health worries and cervical...
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Menopause support at work: why the UK is a global leader
Menopause symptoms don’t stop when you go to work. So, it’s great to see more and more UK employers putting the right support in place. If we rewound five years, we’d be very unlikely to find many employers who readily encouraged discussion about menopause at work and even less likely to find any with policies,...
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Menopause facts and misinformation
There is no one size fits all when it comes to menopause, it is important to dispel the common myths and misunderstandings around the condition. Myths about the menopause commonly arise from a misunderstanding that every menopause is the same. In fact, every woman will experience it differently. There is no ‘right’ age to start...
