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

The Proof with Simon Hill

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Breast Cancer Risk

Brain fog is symptom everyone talks about and it's very difficult to separate it from hot flushes, estrogen and sleep deprivation. The combined studies at the moment show that women during the peri menopause and the early menopause have reduced what we call verbal fluency so you can't remember words. That actually seems to recover over time even without HRT. We do not treat women with past breast cancer with home therapy. It is close to as you will get for an absolute contraindication. There are very, very rare examples where in consultation with the treating cancer specialists and the patient that the symptoms of her menopause are so dire that we will treat with estrogen but

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