menopause

Sleep problems associated with menopause vary among ethnic groups

harminka — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 07:46:15 -0500

Difficulty falling asleep and staying asleep increase as women go through menopause according to research by Rush University Medical Center. Waking up earlier than planned also increases through late perimenopause but decreases when women become postmenopausal. The study is published in the July 1 issue of the journal SLEEP.

Hot flashes underreported and linked to forgetfulness

harminka — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 11:33:33 -0500

Women in midlife underreport the number of hot flashes that they experience by more than 40 percent, and these hot flashes are linked to poor verbal memory, according to a study by researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Complex Changes in Brain's Vascular System Occur after Menopause

harminka — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 08:45:12 -0500

Many women experience menopausal changes in their body including hot flashes, moodiness and fatigue, but the changes they don’t notice can be more dangerous. In a new study, researchers at the University of Missouri have discovered significant changes in the brain’s vascular system when the ovaries stop producing estrogen.

HRT is safe for healthy women entering menopause

harminka — Tue, 20 May 2008 07:01:21 -0500

An international group of menopause experts has concluded that HRT in the early postmenopausal period is safe, and healthy women going through the first few years of menopause who need HRT to relieve symptoms should have no fears about its use

Treatment advances for fibroids, menopause

harminka — Mon, 05 May 2008 08:19:28 -0500

Women with fibroids and endometriosis facing the possibility of hysterectomy may now choose less invasive treatment options to preserve fertility, according to Yale professor Aydin Arici, M.D., who will direct a scientific session exploring these alternatives at the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) Annual Clinical Meeting May 3-7 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Hormone may predict age at menopause

harminka — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 08:23:09 -0500

Age at menopause may now be predicted more realistically according to a new study accepted for publication in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM). The study revealed that anti-Mьllerian hormone (AMH) levels are related to the onset of menopause and are able to specify a woman’s reproductive age more accurately than chronological age alone.

New research provides insight into menopause

seher — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 07:20:50 -0500

Insight into why females of some species undergo menopause while others do not has proven elusive despite an understanding of the biological mechanisms behind the change.

Hormone Replacement Therapy Menopause Symptoms Affects Mammogram

admin_huliq — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 08:09:45 -0600

Women who take hormone replacement therapy to ease menopause symptoms have abnormal mammogram results. This makes breast biopsies hard to be detected by doctors.

Menopausal women need better health care, community support in rural areas

harminka — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 10:01:41 -0600

Good social support and reliable information are essential for women who find menopause an intense and life-altering experience, especially if they live in rural areas where health services are patchy or inaccessible. That’s the key finding from research published in the latest issue of the Journal of Advanced Nursing.

Walk away menopausal anxiety, stress and depression

harminka — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 05:45:54 -0600

With more menopausal women seeking natural therapies to ease symptoms, a new study has found that simply adding a brisk walking routine can reduce a variety of psychological symptoms such as anxiety, stress and depression. The research is published in the January issue of Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention.

Wild chimpanzees appear not to regularly experience menopause

harminka — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 11:34:30 -0600

A pioneering study of wild chimpanzees has found that these close human relatives do not routinely experience menopause, rebutting previous studies of captive individuals which had postulated that female chimpanzees reach reproductive senescence at 35 to 40 years of age.

Unlike humans, chimpanzees don't go through menopause

harminka — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 11:31:08 -0600

Researchers have found no evidence that chimpanzees in the wild undergo menopause in the way that women do, according to a new report published online on December 13th in Current Biology, a Cell Press publication. That’s despite the fact that reproduction tends to peter out at a similar age in both species.