Osteoporosis is thinning of the bones. It can lead to an increased fracture risk from a relatively simple fall or force. As a little old lady, a fractured hip or spine can be life changing, if not life threatening. So, we should do all we can to protect our bones. It’s not just little
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Hormone Replacement Therapy: is it the Elixir of Youth or is it going to kill you? HRT replaces the lack of estrogen that is causing hot flushes and other menopausal symptoms. Older, flawed studies, especially one called “The Women’s Health Initiative Study” back in 2002 scared the living daylights out of doctors and patients alike….However, we now realise that
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How Can I feel Better? How to Stop the Hot Flashes What can be done to alleviate these symptoms? What is Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) and is it safe? First of all, let’s talk about the lifestyle changes that can be made: 1. Avoid caffeine, alcohol and spicy foods if these aggravate your hot
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What’s the Difference between the Menopause and Perimenopause? Women are born with their full complement of eggs or follicles. At puberty, we start to develop these follicles every month and the dominant one gets ovulated. The perimenopause is when a woman’s ovaries start to produce fewer follicles and oestrogen levels fall. Ovulation can be
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I watched “Miss Potter” with my husband the other night and I cried. “Why on earth are you crying?” he asked me perplexed as I burst into tears when her first book “The Tale of Peter Rabbit ” got published. “I am just so happy for her!” If you haven’t seen the show, you should.
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I nearly forgot it was Valentine’s Day yesterday. With all the excitement of Carnival and then the come down that is Ash Wednesday I ran down to the corner store, half panicked to buy my husband some chocolates. It got me thinking about how chocolate became the “Food of love” and about other supposed aphrodisiacs,
This blog’s a bit of a departure from the medical. But, I suppose it could be relevant to Womens’ Mental Health everywhere.I finally bought a fully electric car. I have been wanting one for years. That’s why my lovely VW Golf is now a well preserved 16 years old. I know it’s looking good right?
“Which cough syrup should I take doctor?” I find people get very obsessed with which cough syrup is the best or which will cure them….but the truth is that cough syrups cannot “cure” the cause of your cough. They can at best, maybe make you feel better or at worst have side effects. Really, they
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The latest guidance from the Global Initiative for Asthma Control (GINA) 2022 is that your Ventolin or Salbutamol (blue inhaler) is probably not enough and almost no-one should be on this alone. The blue inhaler provides relief only. It does not prevent attacks. Most people need a preventor and a reliver, and traditionally this was
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It is World Glaucoma Week Why do we care? Because Glaucoma is a preventable cause of blindness. Glaucoma is a progressive eye disease which affects the nerve at the back of the eye- the optic nerve. The damage is usually caused by increased pressure in the eye. Think of a candle which is burning: You
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