You and your body
Menopause is a good point to start laying the foundations
for health in the second half of life. It can be a time when we look hard
at our family inheritance or our friends and wonder about the risks of
developing, for example, heart disease, osteoporosis or cancer. Self-care,
however, is not just about efforts to prevent specific diseases; it is
also about looking after our bodies so that we can continue to enjoy inhabiting
them in ten, twenty or thirty years time. The main issues are:
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