Background and Purpose—Women have increased lifetime stroke risk and more disabling strokes compared with men. Insights into the association between menopause and stroke could lead to new prevention strategies for women. The objective of this study was to examine the association of age at natural menopause with ischemic stroke risk in the Framingham Heart Study. Methods—Participants included wo...

BACKGROUND Early natural menopause has been postulated to increase the risk of cardiovascular disease. OBJECTIVE To examine the relation of age at natural menopause with risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) and stroke in the Nurses' Health Study. METHODS Analysis was restricted to 35 616 naturally postmenopausal women who never used estrogen replacement therapy and with no diagnosed cardiov...

Abstrak: Gejala Vasomotor Monopause. Menopause adalah berhentinya haid secara permanen setelah didahului oleh amenorea selama minimal satu tahun beserta gejala pada masa transisinya. Usia menopause wanita dapat terjadi usia 45-50 namun beberapa keadaan lebih awal atau terlambat. dini yang kurang dari 40 tahun. Masa transisi dan proses masih menjadi mengkhawatirkan bagi kaum baik perubahan fisik...

conclusions spiritual intervention effectively could reduce the severity of postmenopausal depression. considering the high prevalence of depression in postmenopausal women and the effectiveness, simplicity, and affordability of spiritual intervention, using such interventions in postmenopausal women is recommended. patients and methods a randomized controlled clinical trial was conducted on po...

this research is a cross sectional study conducted to survey of young women knowledge about menopause and prevention of its complication in kerman healthy centers. a questionnaire including 36 three optional items prepared by researcher and given to subject via reference to healthy centers. result show that most subjects had not favorable knowledge about menopause and prevention of its complica...

An unprecedented number of women will experience menopause in the next decade. Although the timing of menopause affects long-term disease risk, little is known about factors that affect this timing. In the present 1995--1997 cross-sectional study, the Study of Women's Health Across the Nation, the relation of demographic and lifestyle factors to age at natural menopause was examined in seven US...

This crosssectional study was conducted for a period of one year on 200 postmenopausal women attending Gynaecology outpatient department to evaluate the age at menopause and prevalence of menopausal symptoms, also to determine the awareness and attitude towards menopause and the treatment seeking behavior among these women. Eligible women were interviewed using a pretested, self-designed oral, ...

Various studies have investigated potential predictors of age at natural menopause but have produced inconsistent results. The relationship between age at natural menopause and socioeconomic, reproductive, and health behavioral factors was evaluated using longitudinal data from 5961 Australian female twins, aged 17 to 88 years at the time of study. The sample consisted of women voluntarily enro...