Postmenopausal women

Postmenopausal women also benefit from endurance training

harminka — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 04:05:28 -0500

Marilyn Graham was 56 when she signed up for a grueling hour of cycling each morning for 12 weeks, occasionally decked out in a mask, a heart monitor and a bag of intravenous fluid and subjected to needle pricks to obtain blood samples.

Estrogen supplements not enough effective

harminka — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 13:38:14 -0500

Dietary supplements claiming to help postmenopausal women with bone health may not be doing what they say, according to new research from Purdue University.

Postmenopausal women's loss of sexual desire affects health

harminka — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 03:31:25 -0600

Women with low levels of sexual desire, often as a result of menopause, are more likely to be depressed and to suffer physical symptoms such as back pain and memory problems than women who report higher levels of desire, according to a new study by researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Procter & Gamble Pharmaceuticals.

Hormone therapy linked to brain shrinkage, but not lesions

harminka — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 05:56:28 -0600

Two new studies show that commonly prescribed forms of postmenopausal hormone therapy may slightly accelerate the loss of brain tissue in women 65 and older beyond what normally occurs with aging.

High insulin levels play role in link between obesity and breast cancer

harminka — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 14:11:23 -0600

Higher-than-normal levels of insulin place postmenopausal women at increased risk of breast cancer, researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University report.

Meta-analyses of global trials finds in favor of aromatase inhibitors

harminka — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 15:08:03 -0600

Two separate meta-analyses of clinical trials from around the world that tested tamoxifen against aromatase inhibitor drugs in postmenopausal women with early breast cancer have each reached the same conclusion: aromatase inhibitors are more effective in preventing breast cancer from coming back.

Vitamin K does not stem BMD decline in postmenopausal women with osteopenia

harminka — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 12:41:19 -0500

In a randomized controlled trial called the "Evaluate the Clinical use of vitamin K Supplementation in Postmenopausal Women with Osteopenia" (ECKO) trial, Angela Cheung and colleagues at the University of Toronto found that a high dose daily vitamin K1 supplement did not protect against age-related bone mineral density (BMD) decline.

Changes in sex steroids associated with menopause

harminka — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 02:36:20 -0500

Objective and subjective measures show that postmenopausal women slept longer than premenopausal women but felt less satisfied with the quality of sleep

Too much, too little sleep increases ischemic risk in postmenopausal women

harminka — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 02:29:55 -0500

Postmenopausal women who regularly sleep more than nine hours a night may have an increased risk of ischemic stroke, researchers reported in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association.

Hormone replacement therapy may be beneficial for postmenopausal women

harminka — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 11:37:47 -0500

Postmenopausal women are at an increased risk of developing coronary artery disease, yet recent research studies have sometimes resulted in conflicting data regarding how best to treat or minimize the effects of the disease.

Hormone use related to lower risk of macular degeneration in postmenopausal women

harminka — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 12:56:59 -0500

Women who take postmenopausal hormones appear to have a lower risk of developing advanced stages of the eye disease age-related macular degeneration, especially if they had also taken oral contraceptives in the past, according to a report in the April issue of Archives of Ophthalmology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

Sexual satisfaction is not associated with cardiovascular disease in postmenopausal women

harminka — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 02:33:27 -0500

Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and Boston Medical Center (BMC) and collaborators nationwide have found that decreased sexual satisfaction in postmenopausal women, is not clearly associated with cardiovascular disease.