There is a scandal about HRT – but it’s not the one Panorama thinks it is
The moment I saw the Panorama documentary The Menopause Industry Uncovered being advertised, I suspected that it wasn’t going to be helpful. The BBC documentary claimed it would focus on the commercialisation of menopause care, but instead headed down a disappointing path discrediting Dr Louise Newson, a private medic whom I consider one of the most pioneering practitioners in women’s health and menopause treatment today. open image in gallery Louise Newson’s clinics were the focus of the latest ‘Panorama’ documentary Let’s start with heart disease, for example – the No 1 killer of women in the UK. Culturally, the NHS doesn’t place a high value on supporting women through anything related to their reproductive health, including symptoms of menopause. I don’t say this lightly: I say this in the context of a patriarchal system that has at its core a shocking and scandalous disregard for women’s health Over a third of those who had gone to their GP with menopause symptoms had been offered antidepressants, and 80 per cent of those women said they felt antidepressants were an “inappropriate” treatment for the symptoms they were suffering.
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