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Women’s Health

Sex, Lies and Testosterone

I recently attended the British Menopause Society’s annual conference. One of the lecturers was a sex therapist and what she said clicked for me. She said, something along the lines of.. desire is not like hunger. It does not appear without a stimulus… In other words, you don’t just “get turned on” by nothing the way …

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Hormone Replacement Therapy: The Elixir of Youth or a Deadly Poison?

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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What’s the Difference between the Perimenopause and the menopause?

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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The Food of Love

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, …

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Do you think your Period Pain is Abnormal? You might have Endometriosis.

March is Endometriosis Awareness Month The endometrium is the lining of the womb. That’s the lining that is shed as a period every month if you are not pregnant. In some women, cells from the lining can seed somewhere outside of the womb causing the endometrium lining to build up where it is not supposed …

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Why I’ll (probably) never suggest you do a Herpes blood test.

Herpes blood tests are a complete waste of time and money. They can even destroy relationships. Here’s why: If I had a dollar for the number of couples I have had in my office at breaking point because some other doctor recommended Herpes blood tests as part of a sexual health screen ….or worse yet …

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The Silent Cause of Infertility in Young People

Why should I care about Chlamydia? I have no symptoms. Worldwide Chlamydia is the most prevalent sexually  transmitted infection (STI), and it is more common in young people. The problem can often cause no symptoms at all, so you may not know you have it. If it is around for long enough causing inflammation of your pelvis, …

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