What does a Menopause Health Check look like?  Because of the drop in oestrogen hormone levels that occurs throughout the menopause, women over the age of 50 are much more likely to develop high blood pressure, diabetes, obesity, high cholesterol, have a heart attack or stroke and one in three […]

West Cork Menopause and Women’s Health Clinic It is with great pride that I report my completion of the final hurdle of The British Menopause Society (BMS) qualification process: I am now officially a BMS Menopause Specialist.  I run The West Cork Menopause and Women’s Health Clinic, located in Bantry […]

Menopause and Perimenopause are normal, physiological stages of female health.  Today I want to talk about what is abnormal so I will revisit some definitions. Menopause is a retrospective diagnosis. This means that we can only say that a woman is menopausal if it has been 12 months since her […]

In the December issue I wrote on female urinary issues. The second part of this article deals with the causes of and treatments for the various issues that can result in female urinary symptoms.  GSM: GenitourinarySyndrome of Menopause  Common things are common…fluctuating as well as low oestrogen levels is a […]

In almost 30 years of seeing women of all ages – in the UK for 29 years and here in Ireland for the past five months – female urinary symptoms are something that women rarely volunteer: I have to  specifically ask about leaking or peeing problems.  What I find horrific […]