In women experiencing distressing climacteric symptoms during the peri- and postmenopause there is conclusive evidence from abundant randomised controlled trials that systemic hormone replacement therapy (HRT) of any type affords symptom relief, with no alternative treatment producing similar effect. Though this evidence is accumulating, the question of how to provide best clinical practice in ...

About half of American women crave chocolate, and approximately half of the cravers crave it specifically around the onset of menstruation. This study examines whether the primary cause of this "perimenstrual" craving is a direct effect of hormonal changes around the perimenstrum, or rather if the craving is a general response in some individuals to stress or other notable events. Insofar as th...

BACKGROUND Measurement of bone mineral density is the most common method of diagnosing and assessing osteoporosis. We sought to estimate the average rate of change in bone mineral density as a function of age among Canadians aged 25-85, stratified by sex and use of antiresorptive agents. METHODS We examined a longitudinal cohort of 9423 participants. We measured the bone mineral density in th...

In order to describe the relationships between endogenous sex hormones and bone mineral density in healthy postmenopausal women, we carried out a cross-sectional study of 90 community-based women, all at least one year since their last menstrual period (mean 9.6 +/- 4.9 years, range 1-22) and with a serum oestradiol level less than 100 pmol/l. None was currently using hormone replacement therap...

Menopause onset, on average, occurs earlier among women who smoke cigarettes than among women who do not smoke. Prenatal smoke exposure may also influence age at menopause through possible effects on follicle production in utero. Smoking information was obtained from the mothers of 4,025 participants in the National Cooperative Diethylstilbestrol Adenosis (DESAD) Project, a US study begun in 19...

Menopause is a gradual three-stage process that concludes with the end of periods and reproductive life. The antioxidant enzyme system get affected in postmenopause due to deficiency of estrogen, which has got antioxidant properties. The objective of the present study was therefore, to analyze the effect of supplementation of drumstick and amaranth leaves powder on lipid profile and blood press...

prescribed and 3 months after surgery no relapse was Labial fusion which is equal to phimosis is rarely seen in noted and the patient felt comfortable about her urinary 1 symptoms. adults of postmenopause . Different terms describing this condition have been used in literature. The first report of labial fusion was described in1936 in American 2 literature .This condition is mostly discussed in...

UNLABELLED Introduction Cardiovascular morbidity and mortality increase in women after menopause. Various scoring models assess qualitative risk of cardiovascular disease. The Framingham Heart Study global risk score is among the most widely used. Objective Determine level of coronary heart disease risk among women aged ≥60 years in a Havana health catchment area (geographic area whose resident...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether hot flashes, depressed mood, sleep, cognitive and sexual symptoms correlate with urinary follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), estrone (E(1)G), and testosterone (T) and with each other during the menopausal transition and early postmenopause (PM). METHODS Forty-one women who transitioned from middle or late transition stage to PM rated symptoms and provided monthl...

Henry Burger, Australia; David Archer, USA; David Barlow, UK; Martin Birkhäuser, Switzerland; Joaquim Calaf-Alsina, Spain; Marco Gambacciani, Italy; Andrea Genazzani, Italy; Peyman Hadji, Germany; Ole Erik Iversen, Norway; Herbert Kuhl, Germany; Rogerio A. Lobo, USA; Thierry Maudelonde, France; Manuel Neves e Castro, Portugal; Morris Notelovitz, USA; Santiago Palacios, Spain; Tomas Paszkowski, ...