Five Things Nursing

This a podcast produced by, for and with the amazing nurses and health professionals of the Royal Brisbane & Women’s Hospital community. Our purpose is to inspire, educate and connect our local and global healthcare community as we collectively move from surviving to thriving in our personal and professional lives.

March 25, 2026

Ep 99: Five Things About Perimenopause & Menopause With Dr Emily Watters

Perimenopause is diagnosed clinically, not by a single hormone result. When insomnia, mood change, palpitations, bleeding and urinary symptoms cluster in midlife, look for one endocrine explanation and exclude common mimics rather than treating each symptom in isolation.

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