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Perimenopausal Women At Risk For Depression

Women who are nearing menopause are more likely to experience depression, according to a new study. Lee S. Cohen and other researchers// at the Massachusetts General Hospital monitored about 460 Boston women aged 36 and 45 and found that those who suffered the most hormonal imbalan...

To cope better with HRT, a good option is Hysterectomies

... older, among them hormone replacement therapy for menopause symptoms. In this trial the effects of estrogen versus placebo in almost 11,000 women, aged 50 to 79, over seven years were compared. It was designed to conclude after eight years, but was halted 12 months early after increased rates of stroke and...

Confusion Prevails Over the Risk and Benefits of Hormone Therapy

...mone replacement therapy used to treat symptoms of menopause does not raise the risk of breast cancer for women who have had a hysterectomy. The finding contrasts with the higher risk of breast cancer among menopausal women taking estrogen plus progestin which is a combination designed to protect against uteri...

Dry Eye Is A Symptom Of Menopause

...ere are many symptoms that are associated with the menopause and dry eye is one among them. But most of the wom...re unaware that the symptom is associated with the menopause or peri-menopause. // Dry eye if left untreated may lead to increased risk of infection or visual im...

Women Afflicted With Dry Eyes As They Approach Menopause

...o 57 and found that 86 percent were not aware that menopause caused dry eyes. "Dry eye isn't just a necessary e...y eye is related to the changing hormone levels of menopause just as much as hot flashes, depression, insomnia and vaginal dryness," said Phyllis E. Greenberger,...

Secret Herb Could Tackle Hot Flushes And Night Sweats In Breast Cancer Patients

...cancer cells. This can lead to early or revisiting menopause with symptoms such as anxiety, dry skin, bone thinning and hot flushes, with some women having up to 30 flushes a day. It is too risky for them to take Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) as this will increase the hormone levels again. Instead they are...

Long Term Mediation Not Advisable To Treat Hot Flashes

...w that about 50 % of women have hot flashes during menopause and that 20 % of those affected seek treatment. Ho...eurontin (gabapentin). The drugs eased symptoms of menopause and were suggested by women who were taking them for other reasons. They told doctors the drugs seem...

Testtube Babies Born in Kenya

...s for single people, same-sex couples, women after menopause and thereby several legal and ethical concerns as well. Only time will tell whether IVF has served as a boon or a bane to manknd....

Treatment of Menopausal Symptoms Without Consulting Doctors

...vide useful insights into women's attitudes toward menopause treatments and how much physician guidance they ha...sted that physicians know enough about alternative menopause therapies to put them in four categories: those that have data suggesting some effectiveness, those ...

Grumpy Women: Society Not Hormones At Fault

... than a medical illness. Post-natal depression and menopause have become catch-all diagnostic categories that attribute women's unhappiness to their reproductive bodies and legitimize medical management of their condition." she says and adds that the problem lies with ignoring the fact that a female's unhappin...

PMS - All in the Mind

A recent research has revealed that PMS, menopause and post natal depression are all in women's minds...f these symptoms for pre-menstrual syndrome (PMS), menopause and post natal depression (PND) are primarily caused by stress. Professor of women's health and ps...

Women With Severe Hot Flashes May Have Increased Chronic Sleep Problem

... The article explains that almost 85% of women in menopause experience hot flashes, heightened sensations to heat that may also mean increased sweating. It was explained that hot flashes often occur during the night and have been linked with insomnia, or difficulty sleeping. Insomnia includes problems like fa...

Women Doubtful of Food Research Benefiting Them

...xample, menstrual cycles, pregnancy, lactation and menopause can all change the outcome of food studies specifically targeting women's needs. Women metabolize food and drugs at different rates than men, and suffer from heart disease at a higher rate. "One size does not fit all," said Dr. Ioana Carabin of the...

Gabapentin Reduced Menopausal Symptoms as Estrogen – Study Find

..., which used to be the gold standard treatment for menopause symptoms. Estrogen is no longer the preferred th...owed a substantial placebo effect similar to other menopause studies – women taking the sugar pill reported a 54-percent reduction in hot flashes – the women tak...

Childhood Cancer could Predispose to Premature Menopause

... increased risk of premature menopause, defined as menopause before age 40. Charles A. Sklar, M.D., of Memori...ed the incidence of and risk factors for premature menopause in 2,819 childhood cancer survivors over age 18 as identified in the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study...

Muscles May Need Estrogen to Regain Strength, Especially as Women Age

It is believed that menopause plays a role in the loss of muscle mass as women age. Inactivity also can result in an accelerated loss of muscle //mass and strength in aging women. Now, a University of Missouri-Columbia researcher studied the effect of inactivity combined with the...

Weight Gain After Post-menopause Could Increase Cancer Risk

Gaining even a moderate amount of weight after menopause could increase the risk of breast cancer, says a s...ews. Around 50,000 of the women who went through menopause during the course of the study were also assessed for weight change. It was found that women who g...

Menopausal Women Cautioned

...to their consumption of a herbal remedy to counter menopause symptoms.// An official alert was issued by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency yesterday over Cimicifuga racemosa, and such warnings are to soon appear on all products containing the plant extract. Black cohosh, as the extrac...

Men Think Clearly Only If They Sleep Alone

... the menstrual cycle, bringing up children and the menopause stage. ...

Alternative Therapies May Not Ease Menopause Symptoms

...rnals. Twenty-five million women will go through menopause in the next decade, and many of them will experien...ed the supplements provided a benefit in relieving menopause symptoms. In the four qualifying studies of black cohosh, the root of a native North American shrub,...

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