What to Know about Menopause before you spend €€€€

Written by Dr. Kate McCann
12th February 2025

It’s hormone week:  “Balancing Hormones” – from thyroid to adrenals to testosterone – is big business, worth millions in everything from supplements to apps to diets to pseudoscientific tests offering a diagnosis for conditions that don’t exist or unregulated treatments that don’t work.

All this week we are bringing the science to help you be a savvy patient and consumer.

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