Objectıve: Obesity and age related vascular changes coupled with the effect of estrogen withdrawal increases predisposition to atherosclerosis in postmenopausal women. But the functions of high density lipoprotein (HDL) were not well established in postmenopausal women. In the present study, we mainly aimed to evaluate the changes in the functions of HDL and aimed to measure, lipid peroxidation...

The changes in some serum and urine biochemical parameters in Escherichia coli infected premenopausal and postmenopausal patients were studied. Blood specimens as well as early morning midstream urine specimens were collected from forty premenopausal patients aged 13-15 years, forty postmenopausal patients aged 45-60 years and twenty control subjects with no evidence of Escherichia coli infecti...

Abstract PURPOSE To evaluate the macular, retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) and choroidal thickness alterations by using spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) in postmenopausal, pregnant non-pregnant women. PATIENTS AND METHODS A comparative study included a total of 42 eyes (Right eye) healthy females period from march 2019 to September divided into 3 groups: a) Non b) Pregnant ...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of “Baduanjin” healthy Qigong exercise on physiological index in aged postmenopausal women. After 8 months of exercise, significant increase in serum antioxidant enzymes activities was observed in aged postmenopausal women compared to the initial stage of exercise (0 month). “Baduanjin” healthy Qigong exercise significantly enhanced serum ...

Learning objectives To review the current nonpharmacological agents that are available for the treatment of postmenopausal symptoms. To review nonpharmacological options for prevention of diseases that occur at an increased incidence after menopause. Ethical issues While hormone replacement therapy is highly effective in the treatment of postmenopausal symptoms, it is associated with health ris...

In a trial of combined hormone treatment and cytotoxic chemotherapy 464 patients with advanced breast cancer were randomly allocated to either concurrent or sequential treatment. Cytotoxic drugs were given only if the antitumour activity of the hormone treatment was inadequate. Hormone treatment consisted of oophorectomy for premenopausal and tamoxifen administration for postmenopausal patients...

background: the aim of this study was to investigate the effects of exercise training on maximum aerobic capacity, resting heart rate (rhr), blood pressure and anthropometric variables of postmenopausal women with breast cancer. methods : twenty nine women with breast cancer who received surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy with current hormone therapy were divided into two groups; interventi...

objective: a magnesium deficiency is known to be involved in many abnormalities in the post-menopausal women. previous studies proposed that magnesium (mg) might prevent atherosclerosis. in this study the efficacy of serum magnesium level and its relation with carotid intima media thickness (cimt) in post-menopausal women was evaluated. methods: eighty iranian postmenopausal women were included...