If you pay for NHS prescribed HRT medicine 3 or more times in 12 months, an HRT PPC could save you money. This is a specially designed pre-payment certificate just for use when being prescribed HRT. How much does the HRT pre-payment certificate cost? Each item on an NHS prescription usually costs £9.90 (just changed […]
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Recently there has been some press coverage given to a paper published in the BMJ about the use of progestogens and the risk of intracranial meningioma requiring surgery. It highlighted the increased risk with the contraceptive injection, and a low risk with hormonal coils. While new research is important, I feel we have to be
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Not wanting to have sex is just a part of getting older right? Well I disagree! Who made the rules that sex stops when you get old? I still want to be having sex well into my old age, and menopause is certainly not going to stop me. But what if the va-va-voom has gone
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Pelvic pain is a common problem among the women I see in clinic. They’ve often been suffering FOR YEARS before a diagnosis has been made. Many people have heard of endometriosis, but have you heard of adenomyosis? Adenomyosis is sadly not very well known, and there’s a lot myths and lack of understanding floating around
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Genitourinary Syndrome of Menopause (GSM) is a condition that affects many women, caused by reducing circulating oestrogen in the body. It can also be known as vaginal atrophy or atrophic vaginitis, but it is so much more than just vaginal dryness! It can significantly impact a woman’s quality of life, yet it often goes undiagnosed
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There is so much online at the moment about the menopause and this is awesome – Davina McCall has done a lot to bring this out into the open. But there is still a lot of work to do. I often see women in clinic who are either on the wrong kind of HRT/wrong dose
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I’ve been diagnosed with Premature Ovarian Insufficiency, and I have to say, even with my training as a GP and women’s health specialist, I didn’t know much about this condition. It’s safe to say that it has been a massive learning curve and a higly emotional journey. And it’s not quite over for me yet…
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The multiple benefits of magnesium was something that I started to learn about recently during a fabulous talk given to our community by my nutritionist colleague Natalie Coghlan. You can watch the replay here. Magnesium is an essential mineral that plays a crucial role in our general health and it is particularly helpful for women.
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If you follow natural cycles for contraception, or you’re trying to conceive, you’ll need to be really good at knowing when you’re ovulating. It can be tricky though, so it’s important to track your periods and symptoms so you can start to understand you body. When does ovulation happen? An average menstrual cycle is said
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