Women become infertile approximately 10 years before menopause, and as more women delay childbirth into their 30s, the number of women who experience infertility is likely to increase. Tests that predict the timing of menopause would allow women to make informed reproductive decisions. Current predictors are only effective just prior to menopause, and there are no long-range indicators. Age at ...

BACKGROUND Although several studies have reported increased mortality risk with early menopause, there were no studies examining the relationship between age at menopause and mortality in Japan. The goal of this analysis is to investigate the relationship between age at menopause and all-cause mortality among the Japanese. METHODS Study subjects were 4,683 postmenopausal females in the Jichi ...

OBJECTIVE To assess body weight composition in postmenopausal women and determine correlations with metabolic and hormonal parameters. METHODS Medical records of 574 postmenopausal Caucasian Spanish women first time attending a menopause clinic were retrospectively reviewed. Retrieved information included general demographic data, type of menopause, time since menopause onset and baseline hor...

INTRODUCTION Studies of menopausal women are providing increasing evidence of the reasons for complementary and alternative medications (CAM) use during menopause, the types of CAM used and the prevalence of use; however, further insight into the experiences of women using CAM during menopause is required. The aim of this study was to put CAM use during menopause into context by identifying and...

PURPOSE Although important associations between epilepsy and women's hormonal phases are described, the relation of menopause to epilepsy has received little attention. METHODS By using a structured interview, we studied menopausal women with epilepsy seen at the University of Maryland Epilepsy Center over a 1-year period from 1994 to 1995. We analyzed the characteristics and temporal relatio...

BACKGROUND Polyfluoroalkyl chemicals (PFCs) such as perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoate (PFOA) have been associated with early menopause. However, previous cross-sectional studies have lacked adequate data to investigate possible reverse causality (i.e., higher serum concentrations due to decreased excretion after menopause). OBJECTIVES We investigated the association betw...

Obesity and adult weight gain are well-established risk factors for postmenopausal breast cancer. Although there are a few studies demonstrating the contribution of adult weight gain to breast cancer risk, whether weight gain during a critical time period is specifically associated with risk, or whether subsequent weight loss among women who have gained weight will reduce the excess risk, is no...

The menopause is a transitional phase in women’s life.The level of oestrogen is decreased ,because of which a variety of symptoms such as hot flushes, mucosal dryness, excessive sweating, emotional fluctuations, psychoses, decr-eased strength and calcification of bones occurs. Attitudes, perception and expectations are part of the psychosocial phenomenon surrounding menopause. Natural menopause...

Our aim in conducting this study is to describe the representations and perceived consequences of menopause, elicited through a semistructured interview with 36 Portuguese women, in peri- and post-menopause. The most prevalent response of the interviewed women was to see menopause as a normal/neutral phase of their life cycle (28.3%). Menses' cessation (58.7%) was identified as the most prevale...