BACKGROUND The effect of the menopause and HRT on the intervertebral discs has not been investigated. METHODS One hundred women were recruited, comprising of 44 post-menopausal women on HRT, 33 untreated post-menopausal women and 23 pre-menopausal women. The height of the intervertebral discs between the 12th thoracic vertebra and the 3rd lumbar vertebra was measured by utilizing the bone den...

It is widely recognized that changes in levels of ovarian steroids modulate severity of autoimmune disease and immune function in young adult women. These observations suggest that the loss of ovarian steroids associated with menopause could affect the age-related decline in immune function, known as immune senescence. Therefore, in this study, we determined the impact of menopause and estrogen...

The marked change in a woman's hormonal profile that happens at menopause affects many aspects of behaviour. We investigated circum-menopausal women's preferences for femininity in the faces of young adult men and women. Post-menopausal women demonstrated stronger preferences for femininity in same-sex faces than pre-menopausal women did. This effect was independent of possible effects of parti...

Introduction and Aim: Menopause is a phase of woman’s natural aging process and is marked by the cessation of ovarian function. The increased incidence of cardiovascular risk in the post-menopausal women may partly be due to hormonal changes leading to derangement of lipid metabolism. The present study is aimed at determining the degree of dyslipidemia in preand post-menopausal women. Materials...

Lipid profile, haematocrit, fibrinogen, and blood viscosity were studied in 26 healthy volunteers (15 premenopausal, 11 post menopausal). Menopausal women had significantly higher total cholesterol, fibrinogen, hematocrit and blood viscosity levels as compared to premenopausal women. Also, triglyceride, LDL-cholesterol and HDL-cholesterol levels were higher in menopausal women, but the differen...

Essential hypertension affects 75% of post-menopausal women in the United States causing greater cardiovascular complications compared with age-matched men and pre-menopausal women. Hormone replacement and current anti-hypertensive therapies do not correct this post-menopausal increased risk suggesting a distinct pathogenic framework. We investigated the hypothesis that distinct genetic determi...

objective: to correlate serum estrogen levels with cognitive functions calculated objectively as per mini mental state examination (mmse) in the females in reproductive age group and those attaining menopause. materials and methods: this study was conducted in christian medical college and hospital, ludhiana, punjab, india. 150 subjects (100 postmenopausal females and 50 regularly menstruating ...

OBJECTIVES To address whether menopause affects outcome of catheter ablation (CA) for atrial fibrillation (AF) by comparing the safety and long-term outcome of a single-procedure in pre- and post-menopausal women. METHODS A total of 743 female patients who underwent a single CA procedure of drug-refractory AF were retrospectively analyzed. The differences in clinical presentation and outcomes...

Consciousness about climacteric and menopausal symptoms in relationship to menopausal stage and mental health was investigated. Midlife women (N = 407, 40-60 years old) were asked about their menstrual status, consciousness of climacteric and menopausal symptoms, self-esteem and depression. Based on their menstrual status, 222 participants were divided into three groups (pre-menopause, peri-men...

This qualitative study focuses on peri-menopausal and post-menopausal experience and its signs and symptoms for women with and without use of hormone replacement therapy (HRT). Empirical data were obtained through interviews with 11 women (range: 45 to 59 years) with or without HRT at different health clinics in the Municipality of Sao Paulo, Brazil. The analysis used the hermeneutic method. Mo...