There is so much online about testosterone for women, but what is it exactly? Here’s what you need to know. What is testosterone? Testosterone is a hormone that people traditionally think just belongs to men, but it doesn’t! Women have it too. In fact, women produce 3-4 more testosterone in their body than oestrogen during […]
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Do You Feel Like You Are Losing Yourself? Waking at 3am for the third night in a row. Feeling flat, anxious, or unlike yourself. Snapping at people you love, forgetting words, or struggling to concentrate. Many women reach midlife feeling confused, exhausted, and quietly worried — yet unsure how to explain what’s happening or whether
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If you’ve hit your 40s or 50s and suddenly feel like your body has changed overnight, you’re not alone. In this candid conversation, Dr Nikki (The Female Health Doctor) chats with Pippa, a Women’s Midlife Coach and nutrition coach specialising in fat loss for women, about why weight, energy and body confidence can feel
The SHBG blood test is a valuable tool we use in clinic to assess hormone levels, particularly in the context of menopause. What is the SHBG blood test? SHBG stands for Sex Hormone Binding Globulin, which is a protein produced mainly by the liver. Its role is to bind to certain sex hormones in the
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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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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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