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Michelle Obama, the menopause talk and whether hormonal replacement therapy is right for you

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Michelle Obama says finding information about The Change is hard. Menopause is caused by a decline in the production of hormones, mainly oestrogen and progesterone, by the ovaries, and is understood to have occurred when a woman has not had any vaginal bleeding for a year.
Michelle Obama says finding information about The Change is hard. Menopause is caused by a decline in the production of hormones, mainly oestrogen and progesterone, by the ovaries, and is understood to have occurred when a woman has not had any vaginal bleeding for a year.
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It’s supposed to help you but its side-effects come with anxiety, brain fog, poor concentration, fatigue and extreme fluctuations in body temperature.

Former Flotus Michelle Obama has opened up about the effects of hormone therapy after she discovered the great change was well and truly nigh.

She was still the First Lady of the US when she first experienced hot flushes while on the President’s Marine One aircraft.

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