Around ten per cent of hospital trusts have inherited polices to help staff members suffering from the male menopause – despite the NHS describing the term as “unhelpful and misleading”. The condition, which isn’t clinically recognised, is caused by a fall in testosterone levels which can result in symptoms such as weight gain, anxiety and depression. Some men are undertaking testosterone replacement therapy, yet many doctors believe that comparing it in the same light as the menopause is unnecessary. According to hormone specialist at Imperial College London, Dr Channa Jayasena, the diagnosis…