BACKGROUND Prior studies indicate that women with menopausal symptoms have lower estrogen levels because they go through menopause as compared with women who do not experience them. Given the central role of hormones in the etiology of breast cancer, a link between menopausal symptoms and breast cancer is plausible. However, no prior studies have evaluated the association between menopausal sym...

During the menopausal transition, women frequently develop vasomotor symptoms. However, unpleasant symptoms may accompany this which can have a severe influence on daily functioning and overall quality of life. This article discusses cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) for suffering from such as worry, stress, poor mood, hot flushes, night sweats, well how thoughts, physical symptoms, behaviour...

OBJECTIVE To assess women's behaviours and attitudes regarding the treatment of menopausal symptoms in five European countries. STUDY DESIGN Women aged ≥45 years in France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the United Kingdom participated in an internet survey. Completers were those who reported menopausal symptoms and had treated their symptoms. Women were equally stratified by age (45-54 years, 55...

background : due to symptoms and its complications, menopause influences the mental, psychological and physical health, social performance and familial relationships. because of the undesirable side effects of hormone replacement therapy, tendency and desire toward alternative treatments in relieving menopausal symptoms have increased. among the alternative therapies are herbs and among those, ...

Results of recent trials highlight the risks of hormone therapy, increasing the importance of identifying preventive lifestyle factors related to menopausal symptoms. The authors examined the relation of such factors to vasomotor symptoms in the multiethnic sample of 3,302 women, aged 42-52 years at baseline (1995-1997), in the Study of Women's Health Across the Nation (SWAN). All lifestyle fac...

Objective The aim of this study was to determine the effect of revival soymilk consumption and moderate exercise on vasomotor symptoms, total antioxidant capacity (TAC) and alkaline phosphates activity in postmenopausal women. Materials and Methods In this study, daily for 3 months, 37 postmenopausal women (mean age = 52.2± 4.6 years) were randomly assigned to soymilk (n=15), exercise +soymi...