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Alcohol and the menopause: Why are we only talking about this now?


by Amanda Cassidy
18th Feb 2023

Police said this week that missing mother Nicola Bulley had "significant issues with alcohol" and that some of the issues were brought about because of menopause. But would we talk about men's reproductive health in the same way? Amanda Cassidy reports

It’s a case that has captured the attention of millions – the mother of two who dropped her children off at school and went for a walk with her dog Willow and then vanished. After a shambolic two week search which involved amateur sleuths “finding” evidence, digging up nearby possible “burial sites” and divers claiming there was no way the 45-year-old could have fallen into the water, a new narrative has emerged. Following a press...

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