Patches, gels, tablets, vaginal preparations, pellets. The way you take MHT changes how it works in your body. Here is how each compares.

f you have had a hysterectomy, you probably have been told you only need oestrogen. The conversation about progesterone is changing.

Body-identical, bioidentical, synthetic, compounded. Four words for hormone therapy that mean very different things. Here is what each one is.

Breast cancer is the single biggest fear stopping women from starting MHT. Here is what the current Australian evidence actually says.

Menopause is three stages, not one. The stage before menopause is called perimenopause — and it is where most symptoms actually live. Here is what is happening.

In 2002, one study made a generation of women too frightened to take MHT, and a generation of GPs too cautious to prescribe it. Here is what really happened. Category: MHT and Hormones

HRT is what we used to call it. MHT is the technical term now. Same hormones, same treatment, and a name change worth understanding.