Articles tagged with "menopause"

Menopause Supplements

20 January 2026

As a woman of a 'certain age', I am finding that as I scroll through social media I am being ambushed by sponsored posts promising to “banish hot flashes for good” and “restore youthful balance with one natural pill a day” or, more recently, “balance my cortisol”. It seems I'm not alone.

‘Natural’ hormones no better

1 August 2013

Hormone supplements derived from plants are widely promoted as more 'natural' than hormones from horses, but they carry the same risks - and some more of their own.