MenopauseTalk

Why Do Women Link Menopause and Dementia?

Many women notice memory lapses, brain fog or difficulty concentrating during menopause and wonder “Is this dementia?”

Here’s what the evidence actually shows.

Tea, Coffee and Menopause:

Why This Research Matters More Than You Think

A decade-long study suggests tea may support bone density in older women, while heavy coffee intake is linked to lower bone density after menopause. On its own, that is interesting.

But when you factor in what we know about earlier menopause, bone health risk and unequal access to menopause care for Black and South Asian women, this research takes on a deeper significance.

Menopause is not just a hormonal transition. It affects bone remodelling, inflammation, muscle strength, balance and long-term mobility. For women who enter menopause earlier, these changes begin sooner and last longer. When musculoskeletal symptoms are under-recognised or normalised, the long-term impact is often missed until later life.

Menopause Is More Than Hot Flushes:

Five Truths We Must Stop Minimising.

For too long, menopause has been reduced to a punchline about hot flushes and mood swings. That framing is not only inaccurate, it is dangerous.

From a neuroscience, public health and lived-experience perspective, menopause represents a profound biological, psychological and social transition.

For Black women and women of colour, the impact is often intensified by systemic bias, delayed diagnosis and cultural silence. As an advisory community committed to leadership, wellbeing and equity, we must tell the fuller truth.

Menopause:

The Comeback Nobody Asked For!

If you thought menopause might finally give you a minute of peace and “feeling like yourself again,” Wanda’s interview will hit home. Just when you declare victory, the universe and menopause casually sends another round your way.

Wanda’s honesty is hilarious and deeply real. Her remedy for coping? A bit of red wine, a fag and sleeping nude. Yes, that was the punch line for me! But beneath the laughter is a truth many of us know all too well.