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The Naked Scientists Podcast

Making sense of the menopause

The Naked Scientists Podcast

Dr Chris Smith

Science Radio, Engineering, Naked Scientists, Natural Sciences, Technology, Life Sciences, Health & Fitness, Medicine, Science

4.6957 Ratings

🗓️ 21 September 2021

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

This week we're looking into a topic that almost never gets mentioned at school but affects almost all of us, one way or another. It's the menopause. And we'll hear why it happens and when it happens, and what we can do to lessen the effects when it does. Plus in the news, COVID vaccines for kids: is the side effect everyone's worried about worth worrying about, farmers toilet train cows, and China clamps down on kids playing computer games. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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All engine running.

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running.

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Absolutely genius. Get this.

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Welcome.

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This is the show where we bring science.

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What that essentially means is discovery is

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the dances, research, technology, unbelievable. is discovery is the advances research technology unbelievable

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without further ado this is the naked scientist

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hello welcome to the program where we bring you the latest breakthroughs in science technology

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and medicine. That's with me Chris Smith and with Adam Murphy.

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This week COVID vaccines for kids is the side effect everyone's

0:30.1

worried about worth worrying about farmers toilet-train cows, plus China, clamps down on kids playing computer games.

0:38.0

And also this week we're looking into a topic that almost never gets mentioned at school,

0:42.0

but affects almost all of us one way or

0:44.7

another and that's the menopause.

0:46.9

We'll hear why it happens, when it happens and what we can do to lessen the effects when

0:51.2

it does.

0:52.4

The Naked Scientists Podcast is powered by UKfast.co.uk. This week has seen a slew of big announcements around the winter plans for COVID-19,

1:11.9

booster jabs for adults and the UK's chief medical

1:14.9

officers gave their verdict on whether coronavirus vaccines should be offered

1:18.8

to 12 to 15-year-olds. So overall our assessment is combining the marginal but assessed benefit

1:27.2

that JCPI made at individual level, taking on board, the issues around education,

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