-
January 30, 2012
Study clouds evidence on soy and menopause
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Middle-aged women may find some relief from hot flashes and other menopause problems with soy supplements, according to Chinese researchers.
-
December 20, 2011
DHEA hormone may help women through menopause
LONDON (Reuters) - A hormone called DHEA and mostly secreted by the adrenal glands might be able to help women who are going through menopause and could also give them better sex lives, according to a preliminary study out Tuesday.
-
November 30, 2011
Yoga may ease insomnia, menopause problems
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A couple of yoga sessions a week could help ease sleep problems and other effects of menopause, a small study suggests.
-
October 14, 2011
Smoking linked to earlier menopause
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women who smoke may hit menopause about a year earlier than those who don't light up, according to a new look at past research.
-
October 11, 2011
Women who exercise a lot hit menopause earlier
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women who spend a lot of time exercising or eat a heart-healthy diet appear to reach menopause earlier, a new Japanese study shows.
-
August 8, 2011
Soy may not provide relief during menopause: study
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Taking soy supplements may not help women ease their menopause symptoms or prevent the bone changes that start at that time of life, suggests a new study from Florida.
-
June 17, 2011
Celiac disease linked to earlier menopause
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women with untreated celiac disease may hit menopause earlier, and have a higher risk of some pregnancy complications, than women without the disease, suggests a small study.
-
June 1, 2011
Dad's smoking linked to menopause in daughters
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - When men smoke while their partners are pregnant, their daughters may end up hitting menopause about a year earlier, suggests a new study.
-
May 25, 2011
Menopause age related to when mom went through it
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The age at which women go through menopause depends a lot on when their relatives did, according to new study findings.
-
April 6, 2011
PFCs linked to earlier menopause
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women exposed to high levels of certain household-product chemicals may go through menopause at a younger age than other women, a new study finds.
-
July 7, 2010
Womb environment may affect timing of menopause
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Events surrounding a baby girl's birth may affect the age at which she later goes through menopause.
-
July 2, 2010
Testosterone may not help memory after menopause
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Researchers have wondered whether replacing the small amount of testosterone women stop producing after having hysterectomies could improve the memory loss many postmenopausal women experience. But testosterone treatment may not improve women's memory skills after such surgeries, according to a new study, suggesting that it may not help other women after menopause either.
-
December 16, 2009
Antidepressants may have risks after menopause
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Older women who take an antidepressant seem to have a small but noteworthy increased risk of stroke and death compared to older women not on an antidepressant medication, a new study shows.
-
October 2, 2009
Watch for depression during and after menopause
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The risk for major depression more than doubles while women are going through menopause and afterward, according to research presented this week at the annual meeting of the North American Menopause Society in San Diego.
-
July 16, 2009
Weight gain during menopause tied to brain changes
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Healthy women who put on weight between the premenopausal and postmenopausal years risk losing nerve cells in the brain, research suggests.
-
June 26, 2009
Diet may lower breast cancer risk before menopause
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women who want to protect themselves from developing breast cancer before menopause should be sure to eat their carrots, the results of new research suggest.
-
June 22, 2009
Obesity, early menopause tied to uterine cancer
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women who are very obese and go through early menopause may have a substantially elevated risk of endometrial cancer, a new study suggests.
-
May 25, 2009
Menopause transition linked to learning difficulties
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Many women may not be able to learn as well shortly before menopause compared to other stages in life, according to a new study. After menopause, however, brain function improves to its premenopausal level.
-
May 8, 2009
DHEA ovules, estrogen gel ease menopause symptoms
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The search goes on for alternatives to estrogen pills for women bothered by menopausal symptoms such as hot flashes or vaginal discomfort. Several possibilities were described at the American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologist's annual clinical meeting in Chicago on Friday.
-
April 13, 2009
Desvenlafaxine useful for vasomotor symptoms of menopause
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Desvenlafaxine, also known by the trade name Pristiq, is a safe and effective treatment for hot flashes in postmenopausal women, according to a report in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
-
March 17, 2009
Ovarian condition affects assisted repro outcome
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A severe form of endometriosis affecting the ovaries, called ovarian endometriomata, is a risk factor for preterm birth in women who become pregnant through assisted reproduction techniques such as in vitro fertilization, doctors in Australia have found.
-
September 4, 2008
Prenatal counseling may aid black women's health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Counseling on smoking cessation and other health issues during pregnancy may have lasting benefits for low-income African-American women, a study suggests.
-
August 22, 2008
Yoga eases physical and mental menopause symptoms
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Yoga can reduce hot flashes and night sweats among women going through menopause, and also appears to sharpen their mental function, researchers from India report.
-
July 31, 2008
Risk of metabolic syndrome rises near menopause
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - As women begin to enter menopause, their risk of developing a collection of heart disease risk factors appears to climb, a study has found.
-
July 16, 2008
Low sex drive more common after menopause
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Up to 16 million U.S. women 50 years or older experience low sexual desire, while as many as 4 million of them suffer significant distress as a result, a new study suggests.
-
June 30, 2008
Shorter time between periods can signal menopause
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A shorter-than-normal time between menstrual periods may be the first sign of menopause for many women, while heavy bleeding may have other causes, a new study shows.
-
June 13, 2008
Race appears to impact timing of menopause
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A woman's race and ethnicity appear to be important predictors of the age at which she will enter menopause, study findings hint.
-
May 20, 2008
Hormone therapy safe in early menopause: researchers
LONDON (Reuters) - Women entering menopause should not worry about hormone replacement therapy -- despite a highly publicized study that put off many woman from the drugs, an international panel of experts said on Tuesday.
-
May 6, 2008
Some women have hot flushes late into menopause
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Persistent hot flushes into the late postmenopausal years may occur but they are not common, according to new research.
-
April 18, 2008
Prenatal exposure to smoking may affect menopause
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women who were exposed to cigarette smoke prenatally may go through menopause earlier than other women, a study has found.
-
March 27, 2008
Worsening incontinence not linked to menopause
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The worsening of symptoms of incontinence among middle-aged women is attributable to weight gain, not menopause, according to findings published in the journal Obstetrics and Gynecology.
-
March 10, 2008
Unease with weighing may threaten women's health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Young women tend to be highly uncomfortable with being weighed in public, and that could discourage them from going to the doctor, according to researchers.
-
January 14, 2008
Exercise may ease menopause symptoms
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A regular brisk walk may help women going through menopause improve their mental well-being, a new study suggests.
-
January 11, 2008
Soy may thwart belly-fat gain after menopause
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A daily serving of soy may help postmenopausal women avoid gaining fat around the middle, preliminary research suggests.
-
January 8, 2008
Lipitor doesn't improve bone health after menopause
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - When administered at doses that lower lipid levels, atorvastatin, sold in the U.S. under the trade name Lipitor, appears to have no effect on bone mineral density or bone metabolism in postmenopausal women, according to researchers.
-
November 2, 2007
Weight loss during menopause linked to bone loss
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Weight loss during menopause appears to be associated with increased rates of bone loss at the hip, the findings of a long-term study suggest.
-
September 12, 2007
Pine bark extract may improve menopause symptoms
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Pine-bark extract might offer a hormone-free alternative for women with hot flashes and other symptoms of menopause, a study suggests.
-
August 29, 2007
Early surgical menopause raises neurologic risk
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Premenopausal women who undergo surgical removal of the ovaries (oophorectomy) have an increased risk of developing neurological disorders, including cognitive decline, dementia, and parkinsonism, a team of researchers reports in two studies published in the online edition of Neurology.
-
August 16, 2007
Menopause hard on couple's sex lives
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - When a woman enters menopause, her sex life and that of her partner may suffer, according to a survey in which more than half of the women reported a decrease in sex drive and in the amount of sex they were having since entering menopause.
-
July 19, 2007
Smoking may bring on early menopause
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women who smoke are more likely to begin menopause before the age of 45 years, which puts them at increased risk of osteoporosis and heart disease, Norwegian researchers report.
-
July 11, 2007
Hormone therapy risky when started after menopause
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Findings from a new study confirm previous reports that starting hormone replacement therapy (HRT) many years after menopause increases the risk of heart and vascular events and blood clots.
-
March 28, 2007
Early menopause related to bladder cancer risk
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women who are relatively young when they go through menopause seem to be at increased risk of developing bladder cancer, researchers from the University of Minnesota School of Public Health in Minneapolis report.
-
March 15, 2007
Short-term estrogen may be safe for menopause
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In healthy women, short courses of estrogen, given for up to 3 years to treat hot flashes and other bothersome symptoms of menopause, are associated with a relatively low rate of endometrial hyperplasia, an abnormal thickening of the lining of the uterus that can lead to cancer and that has been associated with estrogen-only hormone therapy.
-
March 1, 2007
FDA funding for women's health stirs concern
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The head of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday told Congress no final decision had been made to cut funding for women's health initiatives at the agency.