76 m. ago What the menopause marketers won’t tell you: ageing is to be celebrated | Stella Duffy

Advertisers exploit our misogynistic culture, making women feel as if their bodies are broken. But better information might just helpHow was your Menopause Awareness Day 2025? Did you slip out of your meno pyjamas, sip your meno tea with a slice of homemade flaxseed-added bread and a side order of meno chocolate? Did you rush off to the gym to lift weights then to a pilates class to keep you healthy for ever? Did you remember your MHT (menopause hormone therapy – the now widely accepted term for HRT) pill, patch, gel, pessary, suppository or cream, trusting your GP or private clinic to be prescribing for you and only you, grateful that finally medication has made a difference for you? Or did you think: “How the hell do I know what is right for me?”If you wondered who you can trust, you’re not alone. In an Australian study published earlier this month, more than 500 women aged 45-64 noted “significant scepticism” about the motives of the pharmaceutical industry, along with genuine co...

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8 h. ago Millions exploited by ‘menopause gold rush’ amid lack of reliable information, say UK experts

Women’s health academics at UCL call for national education programme to combat misinformation and unregulated adviceMillions of women are being exploited by a “menopause gold rush” as companies, celebrities and influencers take advantage of a “dearth” of reliable information on the issue, experts have said.Healthcare companies and content creators saw menopause as a “lucrative market” and were trying to profit from gaps in public knowledge, women’s health academics at UCL said. Continue reading...

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18 h. ago Women exploited by 'menopause gold rush' as lack of official guidance lets firms cash

This 'dearth' of information on symptoms and treatments is being filled by private companies who see menopausal women as a 'lucrative market', experts say.

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18 h. ago Millions exploited by ‘menopause gold rush’ amid lack of reliable information, say experts

Women’s health academics at UCL call for education programme to combat misinformation and unregulated adviceMillions of women are being exploited by a “menopause gold rush” as companies, celebrities and influencers take advantage of a “dearth” of reliable information on the issue, experts have said.Healthcare companies and content creators saw menopause as a “lucrative market” and were trying to profit from gaps in public knowledge, women’s health academics at UCL said. Continue reading...

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18 h. ago Women are being exploited by menopause ‘gold rush’ – experts

Academics have said there is a need for a national education programme for women.

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3 d. ago Pop superstar Elton John’s fashion company is mired in £3.5m debt after partnership with high street chain flops

SIR Elton John’s glasses firm owes a whopping £3.7million, latest figures have revealed. The Rocket Man star’s glasses are available via his website and at high street giant Specsavers. However, the firm that receives cash from the sale of the eyewear has substantial debts. Accounts for Elton John Optical Company Ltd show that it is...

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4 d. ago Ian Watkins' prison life exposed as ex prisoner claims he was a 'dead man walking'

Ian Watkins, the former Lostprophets frontman, was jailed for 29 years in 2013 for a string of horrific sexual offences - but even behind bars, the twisted paedophile continued to manipulate and exploit women

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1 week ago The Guardian view on an AI bubble: capitalism still hasn’t evolved to protect itself | Editorial

Warnings about inflated tech stocks suggest investors never learn and central bankers learn too lateThe message from global regulators this week was blunt: the AI boom is driving stocks to dotcom-bubble highs – and the world is finally listening. With so much cash riding on so few firms, any loss of faith could send shares tumbling and drag down the wider economy. China’s proposed export controls on rare earths add a fresh threat: not just to sentiment, but to advanced chip supply chains themselves. It’s a long way down from such dizzying heights if gravity reasserts itself.Warnings from the past abound in Charles Kindleberger’s history of financial crises, Manias, Panics and Crashes, which begins with tulip mania in 1636. What commonly happens, he wrote, is “that some event changes the economic outlook. New opportunities for profits are seized, and overdone.” Once the mistake is realised, there’s a panicked exit with a crash in the price of “whatever has been the subject of the man...

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1 week ago The migrant hotel king raking in nearly £180m in profits: Caravan park tycoon's firm is paid £7BILLION of taxpayers cash after being awarded government contract to house asylum seekers

Clearsprings Ready Homes, owned by Essex tycoon Graham King, is one of three companies appointed on a 10-year Home Office deal to provide short-term accommodation.

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2 w. ago Women in Gaza say they were promised food, money or work in exchange for sexual interactions

As Gaza’s humanitarian crisis grows, some women say they're being exploited by local men promising food, money, or other aid in exchange for sexual interactions

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3 w. ago Nicola Sturgeon signs letter blasting far right over 'fake concern' for women

The former First Minister has joined more than 200 women in signing a powerful open letter slamming the far right for “exploiting fear” and pretending to protect women.

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