The Menopause Research and Education Fund (MREF) is a Charity with a simple aim – to improve the health of all those who go through menopause, now and in the future.
Our mission is to ensure:
Research on menopause related issues is carried out
Healthcare professionals are educated and up-to-date so they can better help their patients
All those who go through menopause get the information and help they need.
Menopause may just be one day – the day of your last period – but it may have consequences that can affect our health into the future.
In the lead up to it, known as perimenopause, it can cause symptoms that disrupt our lives including mood changes, brain fog, anxiety, depression, aching joints and muscles.
Post menopause there are silent changes that can affect our heart, brain and bone health as well as our pelvic floor, bladder and vagina.
The result? Women spend 25% more time than men in poor health later in life. We may live decades in post menopause so we want to make sure we do it in good health.
To ensure that we do, we need research to find out what works best, and we need to have access to the best evidence-based education and information at hand.
We’re here to make that happen, but we need your help.
Donate today to help create a better future for all those who go through menopause.
Every person born with ovaries will go through menopause.
Some will sail through with no noticeable symptoms but:
- 30% will have severe symptoms
- 30% more will have moderate symptoms
- Around 10% quit their jobs or reduce their working hours
- The cost to the UK economy – £1.8 billion
- The cost to women – 10% of their income in the first four years after menopause due to absenteeism or reduced hours of work.
Women are 51% of the population but the UK’s National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) spends less than 0.3% of its budget on studies related to menopause.
This needs to to change.
With your help we can raise money to fund research to get vital questions about menopause answered, as well as funding education programs for medical and allied health professionals and all those who go through menopause or support them.
Donate £20 and get our Menopause 101 Management Course for healthcare professionals worth 8 CPD points.
A full day course with 16 topics covering everything from the basics to from the basics to managing complicated cases, presented by BMS accredited Menopause Specialists and worth 8 CPD points.
Send the message ‘send me the course’ with your donation and we’ll send you a the link!
Why is the Menopause Research & Education Fund (MREF) needed
Investing in our future health through research and education
Menopause is a hot topic at the moment but there is surprisingly little known about it, the long term effects of hormone replacement treatments, the long term effects of untreated symptoms, and the effect it has on our long term health.
There are enormous knowledge gaps – and that needs to change.
Not only that but most doctors have not received more than a few hours of education for on menopause and as a result women are not getting the help they need or are having to wait far too long for an appointment with a specialist.
That’s why we set up the Menopause Research and Education Fund (MREF) – to help fill the gaps in menopause health care, education and research.
We’ve educated more than 800 healthcare professionals.
Delivered talks, live interviews with experts and made handy ‘fast fact’ facts sheets available to those who need them.
With you’re help we can do more! Donate today!
What will my donation do?
It will help get the research done to answer the most pressing questions we need answered, such as:
– Does testosterone improve cognition or increase the risk of heart attack?
– What is the long term safety profile of HRT (MHT) in women after 60?
– Will HRT (MHT) prevent dementia, Alzheimer’s and heart disease?
These are just some of the many questions we need answers to.
Your donation will help us to continue to deliver our evidence-based education programs and make sure there is accurate information available to everyone who needs it.
So, support us to help us support you!
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