Borgen tells the story of a strong and professional woman, Birgitte Nyborg. The introduction of menopause brings a new angle to her control, adding an interesting dimension to her character in this modern narrative If you’re a woman who tuned in for the fourth season of the internationally acclaimed TV series Borgen, you undoubtedly observed the main character, Birgitte Nyborg, navigating the challenges of hot flashes, varying appetite, and disrupted sleep—a portrayal eloquently capturing the complex nuances of menopause. Intriguingly, the decision to explore menopause in the narrative wasn’t ..read more

Not in her wildest imagination did she associate heart palpitations, brain fog and shortness of breath with symptoms of menopause. But her relief turned to anger 49-year-old Björg Magnúsdóttir is a businesswoman and has built a career in innovation and business development over many years. 2022 has been a rough year that she won’t forget any time soon. Two hospitalizations. A missing diagnosis. And an ailing health, where she has been a shadow of herself, has had consequences for her career, which has been put on hiatus for almost half a year. It all started in January 2022 with a nasty feelin ..read more

Taking hormones can have consequences in the long run. However experts tend to disagree on the consequences an interpret results differently. Hormones or not hormones? That question has probably crossed the minds of women who have had problems caused by menopause. If you seek advice and guidance on the subject, you will soon realise that the answer can often depend on who you ask. Because there are different medical attitudes to hormone supplementation during menopause. Looking 20-25 years back in time, about 50-60 percent of menopausal women in Denmark  would have tried hormone therapy ..read more

She is Denmark’s most famous sexologist and now brand ambassador for Femilog – Menopause Health Tracker. Femilog is the world’s first AI app for women in menopause that can help you understand your menopause journey. Try Femilog free for 14 days now. You can download Femilog on App Store and Google Play. The app is available in 26 languages. You can easily unsubscribe anytime. The post Meet Joan Ørting – Femilog’s Famous Brand Ambassador appeared first on Femilog - Menopause Health Tracker ..read more

He will soon turn 54 years old. Manu Sareen, a Danish former Minister for Gender Equality, has become more aware of the changes that come with life as he enters a new phase. Although he knows that menopause is generally a taboo among women and men, he is not shy about saying: “Yes, I’m menopausal. Or at least in a transition in my life.” He has noticed that age-related changes pops up as a topic of conversation amongst male and female friends. The male friends primarily discuss that the potency is not what is used to be. The female friends on the other hand report that the man at home has beco ..read more

Teresa Watkins is 49, and lives in Texas in the U.S. Menopause is a taboo in the states as it is in many other countries. Basic information and knowledge on menopause are limited so when Teresa Watkins searched for “hot flashes” as her symptoms increased intensively, she could not relate to what was written on the topic. “My symptoms were not as typically reported. A lot of literature in the U.S. focuses on hot flashes, but really describes it as a face and neck sweating and flushing. I did not have any of those symptoms and still have not had them. But I have other symptoms and when I started ..read more

Alexandra Crosskey wants to break the taboo on menopause. She believes that women should talk more openly about menopause. & Nbsp; It all started last summer when Alexandra was 48 years old. Her husband had noticed that Alexandra was not quite herself. She had a shorter fuse, experienced anxiety attacks and the sheets were bathed in sweat at night. Alexandra’s husband therefore started sending her articles about menopause. She especially remembers an article about a menopause cafe. More on that later… “My husband had caught the signals before I had. I was struggling with anxiety and was di ..read more

Lotte Hvas, specialist in general medicine and senior researcher at the research unit for General Practice at the University of Copenhagen, has for a number of years dealt with the female body and talked to women in menopause. She says that menopausal women generally have difficulty in acquiring knowledge about the subject, which is neutral. ”There is a hunger for knowledge about menopause. The information that many women have is that life will probably come to a standstill when you reach menopause. One is frightened by it, and thinks that something terrible awaits me. And that’s a shame, ”she ..read more

Taking hormones can have consequences in the long run. However experts tend to disagree on the consequences an interpret results differently. Hormones or not hormones? That question has probably crossed the minds of women who have had problems caused by menopause. If you seek advice and guidance on the subject, you will soon realise that the answer can often depend on who you ask. Because there are different medical attitudes to hormone supplementation during menopause. Looking 20-25 years back in time, about 50-60 percent of menopausal women in Denmark  would have tried hormone therapy ..read more

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