The Latest Breaking News from Menopause

TV presenter Lisa Snowdon, 50, has spoken openly about her menopause experience, saying she felt ‘low and anxious’ in her early forties, which her doctors said was perimenopause

When Kathy Lette co-wrote Puberty Blues in the late 1970s, she never imagined she'd become the go-to guide on teenage life. Three decades on, she's ready to put the ‘sex’ into sexagenarian, reflecting on post-menopause life and her mission to age disgracefully.

'I thought I was just sick, that something was seriously wrong. I tried to seek help but I couldn’t get help'

ITV’s This Morning resident vet Dr Scott Miller confirms older female dogs do experience the menopause the same as humans, though many owners neuter their pets to avoid regular cycles and ovarian cancers

The menopause is a time in a woman's life that marks the end of the menstrual cycle, when her period stops and the ovaries lose their reproductive function. This can cause a number of unusual changes and symptoms

The average age of women reaching menopause is 51, although around 1 in 100 experience it before the age of 40. 

The poll, of 2,000 women, found 43% of those who’ve gone or are going through the menopause or pre-menopause felt ‘completely alone’ during it

On the BBC's Politics Live, Carolyn Harris MP couldn't hide her disgust at the comments by writer Michelle Kirsch

The average healthy woman begins menopause at 51, though some women will begin in their 40s or in their late 50s. It's a natural biological process that marks the time a woman ends her menstrual cycle.

Intrauterine devices (IUDs) are small T-shaped plastic devices containing either copper or a low dose of progestogen hormone. Lasting five to ten years, they provide highly effective contraception and are chosen by increasing numbers of users of all ages from adolescence to perimenopause.

Too many people think they have the right to tell you how to do the menopause. If HRT works for me, I’ll keep taking it – if I can find it