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LET’S TALK ABOUT HRT

NEW MEDICINES HAVE been transformative for women’s health. Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) changed menopause from a life stage to suffer through in silence, to one in which you could feel as energised as ever. For years it was seen as a wonder drug for women’s health and was one of the world’s most prescribed medications, that is until the end of last century, when the controversy began…

Using HRT with medical supervision poses less risk for breast cancer than drinking two units of alcohol every day.*

Combined HRT replenishes oestrogen and progestogen hormones, which naturally decline in the lead up to menopause,

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