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Menopause masterclass (Part 1) | Endocrinologist and Professor Susan Davis

The Proof with Simon Hill

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Women's Health

The average duration of symptoms for many women is at least seven years. 42% of women aged 60 to 64 are still having hot flashes and night sweats. Even the woman with no symptoms on average, women lose about 6% of their bone over that two or three years of transition. The changes in hormones can predispose you to risk of different chronic conditions. Women's cholesterol levels can change. So their cardiovascular disease risk changes. As in, it goes up. It goes up. We're very fortunate that we have contraceptive pills here that contain the identical estrogen that we give as HRT. There's a whole range of things we can do that will give cycle control contraception and symptom relief that

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