Counselling is essential to minimise the impact of early menopause....Am 2001; 28: 405-16. 7. Pearlstein T, Rosen K, Stone AB. Mood disorders and menopause. Endocrinol ... ABSTRACT Premature menopause has wider clinical implications than simply the cessation ... Premature menopause is defined as menopause occurring at an age two SD below the mean for a reference ...
ABSTRACT Menopausal symptoms can disrupt a woman's life and their severity can ... that weight gain prevention is an important health goal for women before they approach menopause. Key words Menopausal symptoms, obesity, raised BMI, overweight postmenopausal women Menopause usually results from ...
of the menopause. Many patients now seek advice about alternative therapeutic options, but this decision must ... information to help patients make their choice. Key words Menopause, HRT, alternative therapies Consultations about the menopause have changed radically in the past decade, since the publication of the WHI 1 ...
with the condition, including increased risk of cardiovascular disease and type-2 diabetes mellitus. The menopause ... ovary syndrome, menopause, cardiovascular risk PCOS demonstrates marked heterogeneity in clinical ... not confirm it. PCOS is a common disorder affecting 7-8 per cent of women in an unselected population. 2 ...
A range of therapeutic options is available to treat symptoms of the menopause. By Dr Jenifer...ABSTRACT Menopausal symptoms can disrupt a woman's personal and social life ... -hormonal, prescribed and non-prescribed therapies. HRT is not the treatment of choice for all menopause ... Menopausal symptoms, HRT, obesity, BMI The number, type and intensity of menopausal ...
. Following the menopause, falling estrogen levels may present with vaginal and/or urinary symptoms. 1 ... . The symptoms of vaginal atrophy may take at least 10 years to manifest after the menopause;5 further risk ... to experience at least one urogenital symptom. 5,6 BOX 1: RISK FACTORS 1,13 Surgical menopause ...
Most gynaecological cancers occur in the menopause....ABSTRACT Common gynaecological cancers occurring during the menopause include those ... is relatively rare and its prognosis depends on the stage of disease at diagnosis. Key words Menopause ... by amenorrhoea. The onset of the menopausal transition is marked by changes in the menstrual cycle ...
Women are more likely to develop cardiovascular disease after the menopause. By Dr Heather Currie...undergone the menopause. Being overweight is a significant risk factor for CVD; during the menopause, there is a shift in women's fat distribution and storage from the hips to the waist. The menopause is also ... to a fourfold increased risk of CVD for women in the 10 years following the menopause. Practitioners ...
of the menopause affected breast cancer incidence.... The risk for breast cancer was greater if HRT began before or soon after menopause than if it began after a ... or more after menopause. Risks were greater among users of estrogen-progestogen combinations than in estrogen-only users if hormonal therapy started at around the time of menopause rather than later. Beral ...
Growing numbers of women are living longer with the menopause. By Mr Matt McKernan and Dr Heather...The term menopause , derived from the Greek menos (month) and pausos (cessation), refers ... . Natural menopause is a retrospective diagnosis that can only be made following 12 consecutive months ... of the menopause in developed countries, 51 years, has not changed significantly for centuries. Female life ...
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