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Source: The Telegraph, 2022-06-29 17:26
Iain Duncan Smith and Wes Streeting wear vest mimicking menopausal hot flushes
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Iain Duncan Smith and Wes Streeting were among a selection of male MPs given the chance to wear a vest that mimics one of the menopause's most common symptoms – hot flushes.
The event held at Portcullis House in Westminster on Tuesday was part of an event raising awareness of the UK’s acute shortages of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) products.
Many women in the UK have been unable to sleep or work effectively due to the shortages, with some turning to buying items at hugely inflated prices online.
Sir Iain, the former Conservative Party leader, and Mr Streeting, the shadow health secretary, were joined by other MPs including Stephen Kinnock and Nick Thomas-Symonds to try out the device that is fitted with heated pads.
"I’m feeling this on my back now," Mr Smith said in a video shared by Carolyn Harris, the deputy leader of Welsh Labour and the co-chair of the menopause taskforce.
"Imagine making a speech in the House of Commons and suddenly getting a hot flush. If [men] had this, we’d be complaining a lot," he added.
Meanwhile, Mr Kinnock, who is the shadow minister for immigration, described it as "a very intense kind of heat and an internal feeling, not like being warmed by the sun, but almost volcanic inside".
The vest was developed by Over the Bloody Moon, a group that provides advice on menopause to companies and individuals, and funded by London-based Theramex, one of the biggest makers of HRT products in the UK.
Read more: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/health-fitness/body/will-wearing-menovest-make-men-empathetic-womens-hot-flushes/
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