London, United Kingdom 15 April 2020 Gedeon Richter Plc. (Richter) today announced the UK availability of their new hormone replace therapy (HRT), Lenzetto (estradiol spray), for symptoms of oestrogen deficiency in post-menopausal women, at least six months since last menses or surgical menopause, with or without a uterus.1 Estradiol spray is applied to the skin and is specifically designed to be delivered as an oestrogen spray. 1 Dr Kathrine Scott, Medical Director at Gedeon Richter UK, said: Gedeon Richter are very pleased to be able to offer this new HRT, which we hope gives more options to healthcare professionals and women Continue reading →

How good is your immune system? If you are menopausal, or postmenopausal, you may not be aware that both ageing, and lack of estrogen, affect your immune response. In the face of the COVID-19 pandemic this is especially topical Continue reading →

The most challenging result in our study is the emerging of socioeconomic inequalities in age at first delivery, number of pregnancies, number of alive newborns, and diagnosis of fertility problems in women born after 1950. Breastfeeding, suffering abortions or dead newborns, consumption of oral contraceptives or hormonal replacement therapy were associated with socioeconomic level in women born before 1950 but not in women born after that year. Stratifying our analysis according to being born before or after 1950 was not arbitrary. Continue reading →

Q I am a healthy woman in my late 30s. My mother was recently diagnosed with osteoporosis at 68 years old. She is not surprised as her mother had a hump on her upper back and always complained of back pain, so we suspect she had it too. Continue reading →