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Menopause

June 2026

  • Bolts of orange lightning cover woman's face with black hand-held fan pointed at her

    Call the doctor
    How do I know when I’ve hit perimenopause?

    Doctors say diagnosis is usually clinical and doesn’t rely on a blood test, with symptoms often starting in the mid-40s

May 2026

  • Emma Beddington

    double quotation markWomen don’t need menopause tea and meno-friendly nighties. They need doctors to take them seriously

    Emma Beddington
  • A woman holds a smartphone up in front of their face

    Misinformation about perimenopause on social media ‘putting women at risk’

  • Blister pack of Yasmin

    Key facts to counter online misinformation about perimenopause

  • Illustration of a tiny person dangling off another person's foot

    This is how we do it
    This is how we do it: ‘Since menopause, my sex drive has disappeared’

  • Do women need to exercise differently from men – and ease up on cardio after 40?

  • Menopause is tough. But it’s fantastic being a woman in her 60s

April 2026

  • Female athletes poised on starting blocks

    Female athletes’ fertility is still a blind spot

    Letter: Dr Mireia Galian argues that paid, protected time off for fertility assessment and treatment should be standard across women’s sports

March 2026

  • Emma Joyce road tests "At home test kits" for Guardian Australia Lifestyle.

    Self-test health kits promise quick results. But what do doctors think of them?

    Australian pharmacies now offer rapid tests for perimenopause, iron, vitamin D levels and more. Experts weigh in on whether they’re worth using
  • Illustration of an older woman's silhouette with a woman falling inside her head

    ‘You lose yourself’: inside the mental health crisis hitting gen X women

    My generation had great role models, free university and the morning-after pill. We should be running the world. Instead, two-thirds of us are facing mental health problems – and it’s not all about the menopause
    • Drug that prevents hot flushes to be available on NHS in England

    • New Employment Rights Act ‘a huge boost for women in the workplace’

    • Three in four women unaware menopause can trigger new mental illness, poll finds

February 2026

  • Testosterone pack made by Testogel

    Science Weekly
    Why are women turning to testosterone? – podcast

    Podcast15:40
  • Woman using handheld fan while experiencing hot flush

    ‘Menopause gold rush’? Boom in hi-tech products as stigma starts to recede

January 2026

  • Silhouette of a woman looking out of a window on a rainy day; she has collar-length hair and holds one arm up to the windowframe.

    Survey of over-50s women finds almost two in three struggle with mental health

  • Hispanic woman sleeping in bed – posed by model

    Science Weekly
    How to sleep well in 2026 – podcast

    Podcast21:39

December 2025

  • Melanie Sanders with pens in her mouth

    2025: what happened next?
    What happened next: The We Do Not Care Club – how a funny, furious feminist movement began

  • Back view of a woman having her red bra fastened by another woman

    double quotation markI needed new bras but what really lifted me up was a moment of connection with my bra fitter

    Jodi Wilson

November 2025

  • a woman taking a pill

    Doctors respond to ‘data-free’ decision over menopause hormone therapy: ‘It’s not true’

    Physicians say FDA panel conflated two issues and made baseless claims about unproven health benefits
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