Professor Martha Hickey: Menopause IS Normal
September 9, 2022
Ann Marie speaks to Martha Hickey, professor of obstetrics and gynaecology at the University of Melbourne and co-director of the Gynaecology Research Centre at the Royal Women’s Hospital. Prof Hickey is a leader in developing national guidelines for menopause management in Australia and New Zealand and also in developing a new model of care for managing menopausal symptoms after breast cancer.
Ann Marie speaks to Martha Hickey, professor of obstetrics and gynaecology at the University of Melbourne and co-director of the Gynaecology Research Centre at the Royal Women’s Hospital. Prof Hickey is a leader in developing national guidelines for menopause management in Australia and New Zealand and also in developing a new model of care for managing menopausal symptoms after breast cancer. She also ended up in a bit of an international brouhaha over the summer as the lead author on an article called Normalising Menopause that was published in the British Medical Journal. Ann Marie and Prof Hickey dive into what prompted the article, why she and her colleagues stand by it, as well as the latest guidance on perimenopause, menopause and menopause hormone therapy.
Highlights:
- How the Normalising Menopause article in the British Medical Journal came about (5.42)
- What Prof Hickey thought of the controversy (7.33)
- Her take on where this controversy fits into the larger conversation about women's health (9.37)
- Why everyone needs to be a 'bit suspicious' (10.18)
- The latest evidence on the risks of HRT + breast cancer (16.52)
- Synthetic vs Bio/body identical progesterone (19.08)
- HRT for disease prevention and longevity? (21.07)
- The intersection between menopause and diseases of aging (26.59)
Further resources:
Read about the Normalising Menopause article
Read the rapid response to that article
Find out more about Professor Martha Hickey
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