Menopause
From the Journals
Is BMI Underestimating Breast Cancer Risk in Postmenopausal Women?
Researchers conducted a case-control study including 1,033 breast cancer cases and 1,143 postmenopausal population controls; both BMI and body fat...
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Hypothyroidism Treatment Does Not Affect Cognitive Decline in Menopausal Women
There was no significant effect of levothyroxine-treated hypothyroidism on working memory or episodic memory, although an annual decline in...
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Dealing with Hot Flashes? Try Hypnosis
Hypnosis can address the “perfect storm” of mental and physical issues that come with menopause symptoms.
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Laser, Radiofrequency Therapies Offer Little Benefit for Genitourinary Syndrome of Menopause
While not surprised to find little evidence of benefit, “we were a little bit surprised that we also didn’t find significant evidence of harms.”...
Commentary
Hot Flashes: Do They Predict CVD and Dementia?
It’s important that we not alarm women about the associations seen in some of these studies because often they are not independent associations....
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Remedies for Menopause Symptoms Show Short-Term Benefit, Need Long-Term Data
“That’s one of the biggest questions — what is the safety [of hormonal treatments] in women with cardiovascular risk...
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Hormone Therapy Can Benefit Women into Their 80s
Analysis finds hot flashes were the top reason women continued hormone therapy after age 65 but many other reasons were reported.
From the Journals
High Breast Cancer Risk With Menopausal Hormone Therapy & Strong Family History
A modeling study integrated a data set of women with age-specific breast cancer risk with family history and another that covers relative risk for...
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Type 2 Diabetes Fracture Risk Likely Due to Impaired Physical Function
Despite having higher bone mineral density, older women with type 2 diabetes have higher fracture risk and poorer physical performance than older...
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Don’t Fear Hormone Therapy, but Prescribe It Correctly
Menopause is having a moment because women are less willing to suffer in silence.
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Ovarian Cancer Risk Doubled by Estrogen-Only HRT
Long-term follow up in women with hysterectomy included in the WHI reveals significantly more cases of ovarian cancer.