a survey on women’s knowledge about menopause in rasht sh seyam msc received: 23 july, 2009 accepted: 17 oct, 2009 abstract background & aims: menopause is a natural period of life that means permanent cessation of menstruation and end of fertility period. menopause is an important phenomenon in any women’s life. the aim of this research was to determine the knowledge of women about signs and s...

Background Patterns of symptom clustering in midlife women may suggest common underlying mechanisms or may identify women at risk of adverse health outcomes or, conversely, likely to experience healthy aging. This paper assesses symptom clustering in the Study of Women's Health Across the Nation (SWAN) longitudinally by stage of reproductive aging and estimates the probability of women experien...

ABSTRACT Objective: to assess sleep quality in menopausal women and its association with symptoms related this period. Method: is a cross-sectional, analytical correlational study. Sleep was assessed using the Pittsburgh Quality Index; climacteric symptoms, according Menopause Rating Scale. To compare total score each Scale domain PSQI classification, Mann-Whitney U non-parametric test used. P&...

BACKGROUND We examined whether type of menopause affects sex differences in coronary heart disease (CHD) events and whether the impact is similar in blacks and whites. METHODS AND RESULTS Participants were enrolled in the Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) cohort between 2003 and 2007 without CHD at baseline (n=23 086). Cox regression models were used to calcula...

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 is a process in the climacteric period, characterized by a reduction in ovarian activity, a fall in the fertility rate, and a range of symptoms including irregular menstruation intervals. Most women enter menopause in their 40s, but this can vary from one individual to another. Although there are many factors affecting the age of menopause onset, there is no general agreement on them....

BACKGROUND Seasons may influence prenatal growth and future fertility. This study investigated whether season and month of birth influenced the timing of menopause in a group of women attending three Italian menopause clinics. METHODS AND RESULTS Age at menopause of 2822 post-menopausal women (>12 months of amenorrhoea) was stratified by month and season of birth. Mean age at menopause was 49...

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...

Dental implants are commonly used to replace missing teeth. However, the dysbiotic polymicrobial communities of peri-implant sites are responsible for peri-implant diseases, such as peri-implant mucositis and peri-implantitis. In this study, we analyzed the microbial characteristics of oral plaque from peri-implant pockets or sulci of healthy implants (n = 10), peri-implant mucositis (n = 8) an...

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...