BACKGROUND Post-menopausal women may be at particular risk of developing cardiovascu-lar disease due to metabolic changes occurring at menopause. The present study aimed to assess the 10-year cardiovascular risk (CVR) among a group of post-menopausal women and to deter-mine associated factors. METHODS This was a cross-sectional study conducted among post-menopausal women in Yaoundé, Cameroon....

BACKGROUND Obesity and physical activity are modifiable risk factors in the development of post-menopausal breast cancer. The aim of this study was to assess the level of awareness and prevalence of these factors in women attending family history clinics. METHODS Women attending the breast cancer family history clinic from 2004 to 2006 completed a questionnaire (SP15 format) about their knowl...

Post-menopausal osteoporosis is one of the most common bone diseases in women. The aim of the present study was to predict the diagnostic function modules from a differential co-expression gene network in order to enhance the current understanding of the biological processes and to promote the early prevention and intervention of post-menopausal osteoporosis. The diagnostic function modules wer...

OBJECTIVE RA predominantly affects post-menopausal women and is strongly associated with development of generalised osteoporosis. To find treatments that target both joint manifestations and osteoporosis in RA is desirable. The third generation of selective oestrogen receptor modulators (SERMs) [lasofoxifene (LAS) and bazedoxifene (BZA)] are new treatment options for post-menopausal osteoporosi...

abstract background: hypovitaminosis d has been associated with a series of cardiovascular risk factors, such as hypertension, metabolic disorders, obesity, peripheral artery disease, coronary artery disease, myocardial infarction, heart failure and stroke. objective: to assess the effect of oral vitamin d3 on cardiovascular risk factors in post-menopausal women with vitamin d insufficiency. ma...

Background: To find out those reproductive factors to incidence of breast cancer overall and by menopausal status. Materials and Methods: This was a case – control study, in which, the risk of menstrual, pregnancy- delivery and menopausal factors were determined in women with breast cancer (case) against those without (control). The risk factors stratified by menopausal status also. A total of ...

A sample consisting of Menopausal, pre menopausal and post menopausal women in the age range of 36 to 50 years was studied using a two stage screening procedure for identifying and assessing psychiatric morbidity. The screening device, General Health questionnaire (GHQ) identified 21 of the 105 women studied as 'possible cases'. On further interviews using standard psychiatric interview (SPI) a...

OBJECTIVES Midlife women's knowledge, positive attitudes and management toward menopause may improve the quality of peri and post-menopause life. This study was to identify correlations of the knowledge, attitude, symptoms and management toward menopause in middle-aged women. METHODS We used a cross-sectional questionnaire study applying to 231 perimenopausal and menopausal women aged from 40...

OBJECTIVE To explore the efficacy of local oxytocin for the treatment of post-menopausal vaginal atrophy. DESIGN Double-blinded randomised controlled trial. SETTING Healthy post-menopausal women in Stockholm, Sweden. PARTICIPANTS Sixty four post-menopausal women between February and June 2012 at the Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge/Sweden. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES The efficacy of ox...

OBJECTIVE Toremifene and tamoxifen have been used for adjuvant therapy in post-menopausal patients with breast cancer in Japan. Dyslipidemias are common in post-menopausal women. However, limited data are available on the effects of these agents on lipid profiles in Japanese patients. The Japan Toremifene Cooperative Study Group has been conducting a Phase III randomized trial of post-menopausa...