The foods you can eat to help before, during and after the menopause?
When the symptoms of the menopause hit, some women manage as best they can, others try hormone replacement therapy (HRT). But there is another scientific measure that can help. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 17, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Trans Adults in Missouri Brace For Cutoffs to Gender-Affirming Health Care
Ellie Bridgman spent her Thursday night shift at a local gas station in Union, Missouri, planning for the day she’ll lose access to gender-affirming treatments the transgender and nonbinary 23-year-old credits with making “life worth living.”
A first-of-its-kind emergency rule introduced this week by Missouri’s Republican Attorney General Andrew Bailey will impose numerous restrictions on both adults and children before they can receive puberty-blocking drugs, hormones or surgeries “for the purpose of transitioning gender.”
Transgender rights advocates have vowed to challenge the rule in...
Source: TIME: Health - April 15, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Hannah Schoenbaum and David A. Lieb / Associated Press Tags: Uncategorized Missouri wire Source Type: news
YouTube Star MrBeast Slams Anti-Trans Commentary About His Friend Chris Tyson: ‘All This Transphobia Is Starting to Piss Me Off’
MrBeast, who runs the most-subscribed individual channel on YouTube, has hit back against a suggestion that his friend and collaborator, Chris Tyson, is a becoming “nightmare” for the popular video creator because of Tyson’s hormone replacement therapy. MrBeast, whose real name is Jimmy Donaldson,…#christyson #tyson #jimmydonaldson #twitter #youtuber #mrbeast #donaldson #hrt #netflix #squidgame (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 14, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Over 37,700 women have purchased hormone replacement therapy (HRT) prescription prepayment certificates (PPC)
As of 4th April, 37,240 HRT PPCs have been bought online and 501 in-pharmacy, totalling 37,741 certificates, estimated to have saved women over £ 1.13 million in prescription charges for the year, with average person saving £ 30 for a year ' s supply. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - April 11, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Timing of Menopause Could Influence a Woman's Risk for Alzheimer's
TUESDAY, April 4, 2023 -- Women are known to be at higher risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease than men, and now a new brain scan study suggests the timing of both menopause and hormone replacement therapy use may play a role in this... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - April 4, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Alzheimer's and HRT: Study suggests sweet spot to avoid dementia
Taking hormone replacement therapy close to the start of menopause may be OK, but starting HRT too late may raise risk of Alzheimer's disease later in life, a new study suggested. (Source: CNN.com - Health)
Source: CNN.com - Health - April 4, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Cheaper hormone replacement therapy
Women experiencing symptoms of the menopause can now access cheaper hormone replacement therapy (HRT) - the main treatment for menopause symptoms. (Source: NHS Networks)
Source: NHS Networks - April 4, 2023 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Early menopause ‘may make women more likely to develop dementia’
US researchers also find that starting HRT around the time of diagnosis may reduce riskWomen who enter the menopause early may be more likely to develop dementia, according to US researchers, who found that starting hormone replacement therapy around the time of diagnosis appeared to remove the risk.The findings are tentative, and need to be confirmed by larger studies, but suggest that starting hormone therapy soon after the first symptoms occur may be better for brain health as well as reducing heart disease and other medical issues linked to the menopause.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - April 3, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Ian Sample Science editor Tags: Alzheimer's Dementia Menopause Health Mental health Science World news Source Type: news
Guidance on the Hormone Replacement Therapy prescription prepayment certificate
This guidance, aimed at GPs, prescribers, pharmacists and pharmacy staff in England, outlines new procedures for the HRT prescription prepayment certificate (PPC). Of note, FP10 prescriptions are being updated to include a new exemption box W for patients who hold a valid HRT PPC (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - March 28, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
HRT pre-payment certificate
From the 1 April, the Government is launching the hormone replacement therapy (HRT) Pre-Payment Certificate (PPC) to reduce prescription costs for women receiving HRT. (Source: NHS Networks)
Source: NHS Networks - March 27, 2023 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Gender Affirmation Hormones Come With Cardiovascular Tradeoffs
(MedPage Today) -- Use of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) was associated with excess cardiovascular risks for people with gender dysphoria, according to a U.S. population-based study.
Compared with hospitalized patients with gender dysphoria... (Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry)
Source: MedPage Today Psychiatry - February 28, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
How you can get a year's worth of HRT for less than £20 thanks to a new NHS discount scheme
For many menopausal women, hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is key to being able to function day-to-day. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 28, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Women experiencing menopause symptoms to get cheaper HRT
From 1 April 2023, women prescribed hormone replacement therapy (HRT) - the main treatment for menopause symptoms - will have access to a new scheme enabling access to a year ’s worth of menopause prescription items for the cost of two single prescription charges (currently £18.70). (Source: NHS Networks)
Source: NHS Networks - February 22, 2023 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
Hundreds of thousands of women experiencing menopause symptoms to get cheaper Hormone Replacement Therapy
Around 400,000 women across England will get better access to menopause support – saving hundreds of pounds and making treatment more accessible. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - February 21, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The great HRT debate
The NHS estimates nearly 2million people in the country have been prescribed hormone replacement therapy (HRT) tablets, patches and gels after surge over the past few years. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 19, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
