Menopause Research

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Health – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 5 November 1991.

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Photo of Mrs Teresa Gorman Mrs Teresa Gorman , Billericay 12:00, 5 November 1991

I thank my hon. Friend for her reply. I understand that the Government are spending somewhat less than £500,000 in that area. Is my hon. Friend aware of the proceedings of the international menopause conference which point out that the number of deaths of women in the post-50 age group from heart attack and particularly stroke is twice as great as the number dying from osteoporosis and 10 times as great as the number of deaths from breast cancer? Does not that mean that we should be putting a great deal more money into such research or is it to remain the Cinderella of medicine for ever?