Heather Currie

We'll explore what menopause is, the science behind why and how it happens, treatment options, and exciting developments ahead.

We'll also hear from leading experts, starting with Heather Currie, a renowned gynecologist at Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary.

So menopause is actually one point in our life.

It is the day of our final period if we're experiencing a natural spontaneous menopause.

I know that I need to eat healthily.

But it's all food that I like anyway, so I think it's now up to me to keep looking after my long-term health, and I don't have any reason to go back onto HRT.

Gynecologist Heather Currie, who is also founder of Menopause Matters.

If you're interested in checking out Heather's work, visit menopausematters.co.uk. We are now going to examine the problems associated with menopause and how these can be managed.

And we mentioned BMS publications, and we're both very involved with these.

So when there's different forms of these, isn't there? There are fact sheets, there are tools for clinicians, there are consensus statements, there are publications in our journal, Post-Reproductive Health.

Can you just talk a little bit about what these reviews do, how they look at all the information?

So as you say, it depends on what type of review.

It might be a case study, and that just gives a flavor.

And a lot of GPs, for example, or clinicians find those interesting to read.

If you want much more meaningful data, then we'd be looking for, say, a systematic review.

And these publications have been peer reviewed.