Background: Menopause occurs between the ages of 40 and 50, marks end a woman's menstrual cycle. A period time during which woman does not have monthly cycle for more than 12 months is known as post-menopause. Women may suffer challenges in their daily lives this period, such depression, anxiety, sleep loss, all can negative impact on quality life. decrease hormone production, estrogen progeste...

objective: the aim of this study was to determine the symptoms associated with menopause among women referred to menopause clinic of tehran women general hospital. materials and methods: in this cross sectional study which has been done between january 2011 and january 2012, in  menopause clinic of tehran women's general hospital 134 women were studied. for each woman a questionnaire was comple...


 Menopause is defined by its relationship to menstruation––it the cessation of menstruation. Medical texts identify menopause as part cycle “decay” associated with female reproductive functions; early often a dreaded result various medical treatments and sign disfunction.
 It turns out that only three types animals experience menopause: killer whales, short-finned pilot humans, while...

conclusions the majority of iranian women had neutral attitudes towards menopause, which may be evidence of poor knowledge about menopause. therefore, it is suggested that appropriate educational programs be developed and implemented by policymakers in order to increase knowledge and raise awareness among women about menopause. results out of the 21 selected documents, 11 studies were eligible ...

background: sexual instinct which is the cause of numerous changes in an individual’s life could be influenced by different factors such as menopause and ageing. this study was designed to compare sexual dysfunction before and after menopause. materials and methods: this was a cross-sectional study. participants were 174 menopausal women who referred to medical health centers of isfahan, iran. ...

BACKGROUND Early onset of menopause is a risk factor for several health problems. The objective was primarily to investigate the association between early menopause and current, past active and passive smoking. A second aim was to investigate the association between coffee and alcohol consumption and early menopause. METHODS The present population-based cross-sectional study included a sub-sa...

Age at menopause is an important epidemiologic characteristic whose reliability of reporting in the US population is not known. The authors examined four hypotheses about the reliability of reported age at menopause in the United States: 1) women with hysterectomy-induced menopause more reliably report their age at menopause than women who have undergone natural menopause; 2) reliability declin...

Women generally spend the last third of their lifetime in menopause, after their reproductive years have ended. During menopause, women experience a variety of predictable symptoms and conditions related to changes in sex hormone levels and aging. The menopausal transition precedes menopause by several years and is usually characterized by irregularity of the menstrual cycle and by hot flashes ...

background : with regard to an increase in the life expectancy for women and the consistency of the menopause age, a significant portion of women's age is passed after the menopause. menopause is considered as a critical and sensitive period due to the changes and the disorders that are involved in it. vasomotor symptoms, sleep disorders and psycho-mental changes are among the most prevalent sy...