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Ep 109: Magnificent (menopausal) masters athletes, with Prof Kirsty Elliott-Sale

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How Do We Make Women Aware of Menstrual Cycle Changes?

When an adolescent athlete gets her first period, people go, okay, you've done menstrual cycle model. And no, it can take up to two years to really lock in all of the sort of characteristics associated with the menstrual cycle. Then as they go through adulthood, we may encounter unforeseen menstrual dysfunction. So there's other hormonal profiles. If they use hormonal contraceptives, that's another set of hormonal profiles. We tend to maybe wrongly use menstruation and menstrual cycles almost anonymously. But I see quite a lot of myths around, you know, a varying home or profiles,. Whether it's menstrual cycle, whether it's menopause, I see a lot of bad information out there.

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