BACKGROUND Early age (<45 years) at menopause has been postulated to be associated with increased cardiovascular disease risk; however, evidence of its relation with heart failure (HF) incidence is limited. We examined whether age at menopause is associated inversely with HF incidence in the Atherosclerosis Risk In Communities (ARIC) study and summarized all existing data in a meta-analysis. ...

Thanks to the progress in oncostatic treatments, young women affected by cancer have a fairly good chance of surviving the disease and leading a normal post-cancer life. Quite often, however, polychemiotherapy and/or radiotherapy can induce ovarian damage and significantly reduce the content of follicles and oocytes inside the ovary, thus predisposing the patient to menstrual disorders, inferti...

Background: Significant changes in scalp, facial and body hair occur after the menopause. These can have a significant negative impact on self-esteem and are also potential markers of endocrine or metabolic diseases. Knowledge of postmenopausal hair changes is important for clinicians to distinguish between normal physiological change and those that require further medical investigation. Object...

BACKGROUND Osteoporosis is a major health problem worldwide, and is included in the WHO list of the top 10 major diseases. However, it is often undiagnosed until the first fracture occurs, due to inadequate patient education and lack of insurance coverage for screening tests. Anamnestic risk factors like positive family anamnesis or early menopause are assumed to correlate with reduced BMD. M...

BACKGROUND Since time of menopause is influenced by a variety of racial, environmental, and physiological factors, determining age at natural menopause and its main indicators seems to be necessary. The present study attempted to determine average age at menopause and its main predictors among Iranian women. MATERIALS AND METHODS This descriptive-analytic study was carried out on 400 postmeno...

BACKGROUND Fertility problems are frequently followed by early menopause, and early menopause has been associated with increased risk of type 2 diabetes (T2D). Thus far, it is unknown whether low fertility is independently associated with future T2D risk. METHODS We assessed the association between measures of low fertility and T2D in the Prospect-European Prospective Investigation into Cance...

OBJECTIVES To asses the menopause related symptoms and to determine the impact of these symptoms on the quality of life of menopausal women. METHODS It was a cross sectional hospital based survey conducted at the department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Isra University Hyderabad Sindh Pakistan from November 2007 to August 2008. Two hundred two women of age 40-60 years, who presented in out pat...

BACKGROUND The aim of the study was to explore the extent to which accelerated ovarian ageing may lead to subfertility early in reproductive life and eventually cause early menopause. METHODS The population studied (n = 2393) never used oral contraceptives, hormone replacement therapy or an intrauterine device. Logistic regression analyses were performed using age at menopause as proxy for ac...

In 2005 there were an estimated 79,480 newly diagnosed cancer of female genital system in the US, approximately 28,910 women will die if these types of disease (Leitao and Chi, 2005). Today treatment of gynecologic cancer is possible through surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy which lead to high remission and long term survival rates. In these cured patients, quality of life is increasingly ...

What do we think about cognition and menopause? T he recent reappraisal of the effects of hormone therapy in the wake of the publication of the WomenÕs Heath Initiative study has included consideration of the effect of hormone therapy on cognitive function. 1,2 This aspect of the WomenÕs Heath Initiative came via the WomenÕs Health Initiative Memory Study, which included only women aged 65 to 7...