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Perimenopause symptoms: how to identify - and manage - yours
Aka how to pre-empt and prevent hot flushes, fatigue and more.
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Do you know the average age of menopause? Alice Smellie, co-author of Cracking the Menopause, breaks it down
Here, she chats to some of the best experts in the business.
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Struggling with your sex drive during menopause? 9 tips for boosting your libido, from a sexpert
One study found 88% of menopausal women experienced sex drive issues.
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MPs will debate whether endometriosis and PCOS deserve more funding in parliament next week
10% of women suffer from the conditions worldwide.
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ASOS just introduced paid leave for menopause, pregnancy loss and fertility treatment
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One Royal Family member just gave a powerful statement on the ‘tragic’ impact of the menopause on women’s careers
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Experience heavy periods? Your complete coping guide, ft. advice from 3 menstrual experts
67% of you said you had - let these tips ease you through your TOTM.
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Feeling tired all the time? 11 exhaustion symptoms you shouldn't overlook
A huge 51% of Brits report feeling exhausted - here, an expert shares how to fix.
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Worrying about your fertility? One doctor wants to ease your concerns
Is the sense of time slipping away prompting you think about your fertility? You're not alone. Read a doctor's guide to managing your fertility and easing stress.
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Irregular period reasons: 6 things that can cause sporadic monthly bleeds, according to a doctor
First things first: Don't panic
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Stillbirth Awareness Month: 'I'm generally happy, but the shift in me has never healed'
This Stillbirth and Neonatal Death Awareness month, writer Alice Olins describes how she and her family have learned to live with loss after her son, Bear, was stillborn
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Living with endometriosis: what it's really like living with the condition
Writer Anya Meyerowitz has been living with endometriosis since she was a teenager. Here she reveals how it affects her daily life and career
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'I was only 24 and had no symptoms' - read one woman's shocking cervical cancer diagnosis
Report This Cervical Cancer Prevention Week, read Stephanie Varden's powerful story - from chemo to seemingly having the all-clear
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I tried the new period pain machine everyone's talking about: can this cute device really switch off cramps?
A natural remedy that'll rid you of that dull ache for good? We put it to the test.
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In a changed mindset, new Zimbabwe law offers pregnant teens the promise of education
Report With the economic fallout of COVID-19 contributing to skyrocketing rates of teenage pregnancy in Zimbabwe, a new law has been ushered in to protect the education of the young women affected.
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What it's really like to be a 24-year-old model…And HIV positive
Report To mark World AIDS Day, we spoke to 24-year-old model, art student and beauty queen Horcelie Sinda, who was diagnosed as HIV Positive as a child. This is her story...
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COVID-19 Global Diaries: 'How my all-female, HIV-positive health workers are fighting two epidemics
Report It's World Aids Day 2020 and In Mozambique there are 2.2m people living with HIV, which is why Ilda Kuleba, country director of mothers2mothers, is on mission to protect those most at risk from coronavirus
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‘The menopause hit and I was totally unprepared for it’
Menopause may not be on the horizon for you right now, but learning what to expect will be invaluable for your mental and physical health. Jennifer Nadel, co-founder of Compassion in Politics, marks World Menopause Day by sharing how menopause turned her life upside down and set her on a new path. A must-read for every woman, whatever your age
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'A masked stranger with good intentions': an NHS midwife on the frontline
Opinion Stephanie, a 25-year-old midwife based in a hospital in the Midlands, details her worries about how her vital role providing care for women and their babies being born during the Covid-19 pandemic has changed
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Fertility benefits: 'I sold my house to pay for IVF, then my company helped me make a baby'
Report Many employers are now attempting to level the gender playing field by paying for fertility services. Marisa Bates reports on what it's meant for two women when employee perks move into family planning
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#happyYOUyear: why The Happy Vagina podcast is your next must-listen
Get ready to talk vaginas, bodies, periods, sex and getting tested with Mika Simmons
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Here's why teenage mothers in Cambodia are in crisis and what you can do to help
Report As rates of teenage pregnancy escalate across Cambodia, so too are the numbers of young mothers going without food − with devastating consequences. Corinne Redfern reports
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Jameela Jamil just spoke candidly about having an abortion
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Chrissy Teigen has an important message for women about pregnancy weight gain
And we love her even more for it.
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Emilia Clarke has broken her silence on the two brain aneurysms she almost lost her life to
'In my worst moments, I wanted to pull the plug. I asked the medical staff to let me die.'
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Viva la vulva - respinning our most misunderstood body part
Report It’s time to change the conversation around the vulva, says author Lynn Enright, whose book on female genitalia is part of a new wave of art and literature on the subject
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Kristen Bell's terrifying menstrual cup experience will haunt you
Back to tampons, anyone?
