OBJECTIVES First, to evaluate the longitudinal changes of HIV RNA in genital secretions in HIV-positive women with plasma HIV RNA <50 copies/mL before and after the onset of menopause. Second, to assess inflammatory markers and prevalence of comorbidities after the onset of menopause. METHODS This was a prospective observational study with two time points. HIV RNA in genital secretions (GVL) ...

OBJECTIVES To investigate the age at menopause in three urban populations in Central and Eastern Europe and to assess whether the (suspected) differences can be explained by a range of socioeconomic, reproductive and behavioural factors. METHODS The Health, Alcohol and Psychosocial factors in Eastern Europe (HAPIEE) Study examined random samples of populations aged 45-69 years in Novosibirsk ...

Menopause has an important influence on risk of breast cancer. We have examined longitudinally the effect of menopause on mammographic densities, a strong risk factor for the disease, in women in the Canadian National Breast Screening Study. Baseline mammograms from women in the National Breast Screening Study, who were premenopausal at entry and had undergone menopause after entry, were compar...

Vasomotor symptoms start about 2 years prior to menopause in women who are approaching menopause, and early menopause symptoms appear including emotional disturbance and anxiety, followed by physical changes such as vaginal dryness, urinary incontinence and skin wrinkles. As time progresses, osteoporosis, cardiovascular diseases, and dementia occur consecutively. Hormone therapy is primarily co...

I_ve not yet reachedmenopauseVwhy should I worry about losing fertility? It_s important to understand how fertility declines with age. Menopause may mark the end of a woman_s natural ability to have children, but that doesn_t mean that a woman will be able to conceive right up until the time of menopause. The time of menopause for individual women can vary from age 40 through about age 60. For ...

OBJECTIVE Menopause is the consequence of exhaustion of the ovarian follicular pool. AMH, an indirect hormonal marker of ovarian reserve, has been recently proposed as a predictor for age at menopause. Since BMI and smoking status are relevant independent factors associated with age at menopause we evaluated whether a model including all three of these variables could improve AMH-based predicti...

Background. Studies have shown that women are more likely to have irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and more women seek healthcare because of IBS than men. Aim. We wanted to examine the natural history of IBS and dysmenorrhea in women over a 10-year period and to assess the change in IBS after menopause. Method. A population-based postal study. A questionnaire was mailed to the same age- and gende...

Objective: Our aim was to gain insight into the experiences of women suffering from urinary component Genitourinary Syndrome Menopause (GSM) and understand impact complaints as part GSM on lives affected women.

OBJECTIVES To investigate awareness and experience of menopausal symptom and hormone therapy in Korean postmenopausal women. METHODS A total of 570 postmenopausal women were accepted our survey. The women filled out the questionnaires composed of medical and surgical history, menopausal age and symptom, demand of treatment on menopausal symptom, and personal method for overcoming the symptom....