Body
What is happening, in plain language, and what to take to an appointment.
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Where most women begin
Understand
Hot flashes and what women try
What is commonly described, what tends to help day to day, and what belongs in an appointment.
5 min · NHS
Understand
Aching joints in midlife
One of the most common and least expected complaints of these years.
4 min · Narrated
Understand
When cycles start changing
What tends to shift in perimenopause, and which changes should always be checked.
5 min · NHS
Ways in
Everything else
8 more in body
Hot flashes
More in this section
Bone health after estrogen falls
Why these particular years matter for a skeleton you need for another forty.
5 min · Royal Osteoporosis Society
Heart health in the menopause years
The risk that rises quietly in this decade, and the numbers worth knowing.
5 min · British Heart Foundation
The symptoms women mention last
Vaginal dryness, discomfort and urinary changes are common, treatable, and rarely raised.
5 min · The Menopause Charity
HRT: the questions worth asking
Narrated does not have a view on whether HRT is right for you. These are the questions that make the conversation better.
5 min · British Menopause Society
When body shape changes and nothing else has
Why the same habits stop producing the same result, described without a diet plan attached.
5 min · Narrated
Heavy periods and the tiredness nobody connects to them
Periods often get heavier before they stop. It is one of the most common and most missed reasons for exhaustion at this stage.
4 min · Narrated
Where to go next
Narrated Sleep
The symptom most often underneath the rest: the nights.
The years around menopause are when bone and heart risk shift most. Understanding them early is what makes them manageable.
Where this comes from
Explainers written for Narrated that describe what is commonly reported and what women try, with every clinical decision routed to your own clinician.
Updated as guidance changes. Sources: NHS, British Menopause Society, The Menopause Charity, Royal Osteoporosis Society, British Heart Foundation.
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