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...

BACKGROUND Evidence for an association between vitamin D status and breast cancer is now more convincing, but is uncertain in subtropical areas like Taiwan. This hospital-based case-control study examined the relationship of breast cancer with vitamin D intake and sunlight exposure. METHODS A total of 200 incident breast cancer cases in a Taipei hospital were matched with 200 controls by date...

BACKGROUND Some studies suggest that the clinical parameter "amenorrhea" is insufficient to define the menopausal status of women treated with chemotherapy or tamoxifen. In this study, we investigated and compared the ovarian function defined either by clinical or biological parameters in pre-menopausal breast cancer patients treated with tamoxifen administered as adjuvant therapy. MATERIALS ...

BACKGROUND Current evidence suggests that the relationship between obesity and breast cancer (BC) risk may vary between ethnic groups. METHODS A total of 1633 BC cases and 1504 controls were enrolled in hospital-based case-control study in Mumbai, India, from 2009 to 2013. Along with detailed questionnaire, we collected anthropometric measurements on all participants. We used unconditional lo...

Introduction: Menopause a critical phase in women life, is defined as last menses and can be declared after 12 months of amenorrhea. Menopause is accompanied by several distressing symptoms that burden patient`s quality of life. Moreover menopause is associated with several cardiovascular and bone complications. Cardiovascular complications are also major cause of mortality among women. Intensi...

Objectives: To critically evaluate the effect of red clover on hot flash, endometrial thickness, and hormones status in postmenopausal and peri- and post-menopausal women. Materials and Methods: MEDLINE (1966 to July 2014), Scopus (1990 to July 2014), and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (The Cochrane Library issue 1, 2014) were searched for published randomized controlled Tri...

Background: The menopausal transition called perimenopause, happens after the reproductive years, and isspecified with irregular menstrual cycles, perimenopause symptoms and hormonal changes. Women going throughperi menopausal period are vulnerable to bone loss.Osteoporosis is one of the most common debilitating metabolic bone diseases ,especially in the women almostaround 50 years .This study ...

Background Some studies have already proposed an inverse association between vitamin D levels and breast density. As breast density is already considered an established risk factor for breast cancer, such a connection could offer a new starting point for the prevention of breast cancer. Material and Methods To investigate this suggested connection, a total of 412 pre- and 572 post-menopausal wo...

OBJECTIVES The current study aims to summarize breast anthropomorphic measurement features in Chinese patients with breast diseases and to investigate their potential correlations with demographic factors. MATERIALS AND METHODS Fifteen breast anthropomorphic parameters of 605 Chinese female patients were collected prospectively. Breast ptosis status was scaled by two methods and breast volume...

The present study deals with the association of menopausal status of 146 patients (74 preand 72 postmenopausal women) with low back pain aged 35-55 years residing in and around Tarn Taran, Punjab, India, and their body composition components, viz. percent body fat and percent lean body mass. The results indicate strong association of percent body fat with all the ten pain measuring variables, v...