Menopause

If you are working in menopause care and have not yet entered the Femtech World Awards, you have until this Friday, 17 April, to put your work forward. The award celebrates those leading the way in reshaping how menopause is understood and supported across healthcare and society. The winner will have demonstrated exceptional innovation in [...]

Women who enter natural menopause before age 40 face about a 40 per cent higher lifetime risk of developing coronary heart disease than women who experience menopause later, according to a large study that is the first to calculate lifetime heart risk associated with premature menopause. The findings suggest that doctors should routinely ask women [...]

Cardiff's first women's health hub has opened, offering specialist perimenopause and menopause support for women aged 40 to 65. Minister for mental health and wellbeing Sarah Murphy visited the East Cardiff Menopause Hub this week to learn about the new service, which brings together patient-centred advice, treatment and community support under one roof. The hub [...]

By Professor Ama Johal, clinical lead and dental sleep expert at Aerox Health During menopause, it’s very common for women to notice significant changes to their sleep patterns and experience things like restless nights, loud snoring, or simply waking up feeling exhausted. What most don’t realise, however, is that these symptoms can signal something far [...]

Women’s wellness company NNABI has released the first nationally representative research dedicated entirely to perimenopause. The decade-plus hormonal life stage begins as early as mid-30s and is often dismissed, misdiagnosed or ignored.  The Peri Power Report uncovers a staggering awareness gap. Although the US women surveyed were experiencing an average of seven perimenopause-related symptoms — [...]

The type of estradiol-based hormone therapy taken during and after menopause, such as patches or pills, may be associated with differences in memory performance, according to a recent study. The study found when compared to people not taking hormones, those using hormone patches or gels had better episodic memory, the ability to recall past experiences, [...]

Women with more severe ADHD symptoms tend to experience worse menopausal complaints, new research has found. The study explored how ADHD symptoms and medication use relate to menopausal experiences and found that symptom severity, not diagnosis alone, was associated with greater difficulties. Researchers analysed data from 656 women aged 45 to 60, including 245 with [...]

The US Food and Drug Administration has delayed its decision on Bayer’s non-hormonal menopause treatment elinzanetant by up to three months. The agency said it needed more time to complete its review but raised no concerns about the safety or effectiveness of the drug, which is designed to treat moderate to severe hot flushes. Elinzanetant, [...]

A new menopause website has been launched by US clinicians to help women make informed healthcare decisions during the menopause transition. MyMenoplan.org offers free, evidence-based tools and resources without requiring users to register or share personal data. It was created by clinicians and researchers with over 25 years’ experience in women’s health. More than 1 [...]

The hormone oxytocin may protect women from mood problems linked to sleep disruption during the postnatal period and menopause, a new study suggests. Often called the “love hormone”, oxytocin appears to act as a natural buffer against mood disturbances caused by fragmented sleep and hormonal shifts during reproductive transitions. Researchers examined how sleep interruption and [...]