Articles Tagged With: Menopause
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Cumulative Estrogen Exposure Linked to Lower Stroke Risk
These findings could help clinicians sustain their postmenopausal patients’ neurological health.
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Plant-Based Diets and Menopausal Hot Flashes
Women randomized to a low-fat, vegan diet including one-half cup of cooked whole soybeans daily experienced a reduction in total hot flashes of 79% vs. 49% in the control group over 12 weeks of observation.
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Plant-Based Diets and Menopausal Hot Flashes
In this clinical trial, women randomized to a low-fat, vegan diet including one-half cup of cooked whole soybeans daily experienced a reduction in total hot flashes of 79% compared to 49% in the control group over 12 weeks of observation.
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Menopausal Hot Flashes: Can a Plant-Based Diet Provide Effective Treatment?
In this clinical trial, women randomized to a low-fat, vegan diet including one-half cup of cooked whole soybeans daily experienced a reduction in total hot flashes of 79% compared to 49% in the control group over 12 weeks of observation.
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Dairy, Bone Health, and Menopause
An analysis of data from the Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation cohort did not reveal a significant association between daily dairy intake frequency, femoral and spine bone mineral density loss, and non-traumatic fracture risk among women transitioning to menopause.
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Dairy, Bone Health, and Menopause
An analysis of data from the Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation cohort did not reveal a significant association between daily dairy intake frequency, femoral and spine bone mineral density loss, and non-traumatic fracture risk among women transitioning to menopause.
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Estrogen Replacement: Is Long Duration of Therapy Good for the Brain?
Longer lifetime exposure to endogenous estrogen and menopausal estrogen replacement were associated with better cognitive status in older adult women.
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Estrogen Replacement: Is Long Duration of Therapy Good for the Brain?
Longer lifetime exposure to endogenous estrogen and menopausal estrogen replacement were associated with better cognitive status in older adult women. Women who initiated estrogen therapy early (within five years of the onset of menopause) showed higher cognitive test scores than those who started later.
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Vaginal Dryness: The Keystone Symptom of Postmenopausal Sexual Dysfunction?
In a large, cross-sectional, multicenter study in Italy that evaluated factors predictive of sexual dysfunction, vaginal dryness correlated independently and negatively with each Female Sexual Function Index domain.
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Early Loss of Ovarian Function May Increase Risk for Cardiovascular Disease
Natural and surgical menopause appear to be associated with an increased risk for cardiovascular disease.