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World Menopause Day is on the 18th October and here at Newson Health we have a special day lined up full of guest panels and podcasts, designed to help everyone gain a more thorough knowledge of what menopause is and why we should be speaking about it. Read on for all the details...

Dr Louise Newson welcomes Gill Sutherland from the Stratford Herald to Newson Health Menopause and Wellbeing Centre to discuss her new book 'A Haynes Manual on Menopause'. Click here to read the full article...

'The Big M' is a survey created by one of Dr Newson's patients, Kate Irvine, and is designed to gather information from perimenopausal and menopausal women concerning their experience with the symptoms and treatment of menopause. Read on for more information and to take part in the survey...

More than 60 guests helped Dr Louise Newson and her team celebrate the launch of her first book, a Haynes manual on Menopause, at a party held at the Newson Health Menopause and Wellbeing Centre.

The Newson Health team and fellow menopause experts and campaigners attended the Queen's Hotel for the Cheltenham Wellbeing Festival on Saturday 14th September, to help women cut through the confusion and discuss symptoms and treatments for the menopause.

The Royal College of Gynaecologists and the British Menopause Society have issued a joint statement in response to the study published in The Lancet shows the risk of breast cancer with hormone replacement therapy (HRT) in relation to the type and timing of hormonal intake.

It is 'morally wrong' that testosterone is not licensed in the UK for use by women says Dr Louise Newson.

The British Menopause Society has written to the MHRA under the Freedom of Information Act, to obtain answers to specific questions about their recent recommendations to GPs around the prescribing of HRT.

This article contains the letter from the Chairman of the British Menopause Society to the CEO of the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) in which he raises serious concerns about their issuing of a drug safety alert to GPs suggesting that HRT should be used at the lowest dose for the shortest amount of time.

As the HRT shortage rages on, menopause campaigner Diane Danzebrink expresses her fears for the safety of menopausal women unable to obtain their medications.