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Menopause topics

Menopause is more than hot flushes.

It changes sleep, mood, memory, sex, bones, heart and cancer risk. Choose a topic for a full guide, with the evidence behind it.

Every woman's experience is different. Symptoms can be mild, severe or absent. Start with the topic that matters to you today.

Topics

Perimenopause

The years before your last period

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Symptoms

What changes, and why it varies

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Hot flushes and night sweats

The most common symptom

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Sleep

Why nights get harder

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Mood and mental health

Anxiety, irritability and low mood

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Brain fog and memory

Losing words, losing the thread

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Vaginal, vulval and bladder health

Dryness, pain and urgency

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Menopausal hormone therapy

Benefits, risks and who it suits

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Heart health

Risk rises after menopause

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Bone health

Loss you cannot feel

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Cancer

Screening and risk in midlife

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Early and premature menopause

Before 45, and before 40

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Menopause at work

Symptoms do not clock off

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Find a practitioner

Find a menopause practitioner.

Look for a doctor or nurse with menopause training. These societies publish plain language information, and most keep a directory of practitioners.

Australia and New Zealand

Australasian Menopause Society

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United Kingdom

British Menopause Society

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United States and Canada

The Menopause Society

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Worldwide

International Menopause Society

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Research notes and case notes for the clinicians women trust with the conversation.

This page is education, not medical advice. Talk to your doctor or menopause practitioner about your own care. In an emergency, call your local emergency number.