If you’re female and middle-aged, there are certain things you know: hormones for menopause used to be good, then they were bad, now they’re, well, better, but not great, depending on your health profile.
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Hysterectomy Not Tied to Greater Depression Risk
Researchers who followed nearly 2,000 middle-aged women for 10 years found that those who had hysterectomies, with or without ovary removal, were as likely as women who went through natural menopause to experience depression or anxiety — and for all women, those symptoms declined steadily within a few years.
How Easing Menopause Creates Jobs in the USA
That old adage, “when the going gets tough, the tough get going” certainly applies to end-user entrepreneurs, that is, those people who face a problem, solve the problem, then market the solution.
Early Menopause May Pose Mortality Risk
Menopause before age 47 significantly increased the risk of osteoporosis, fragility fractures, and premature mortality over the next 30 years, Swedish investigators reported.
Health Tip: Recognize Common Symptoms of Menopause
Menopause — the point at which a woman’s menstrual cycle stops for good — usually occurs when the ovaries stop producing the hormones estrogen and progesterone.
Soy Can Cool a Hot Flash
Hot flashes, the most common menopause-related symptom, cause many women to seek foods and supplements touted to offer relief despite flimsy evidence. Now, according to the most comprehensive study to date, eating two servings of soy foods a day may help reduce the frequency and severity of hot flashes.
Lose Your Keys? Blame Menopause
Women going through menopause, pay attention. That trouble staying focused and keeping track of things? It’s real.
Scientists to Apply for License to Fertilize Human Eggs Grown in Laboratory
Scottish scientists are set to revolutionise fertility treatment following the development of a new technique that could lead to a reversal of the menopause in older women.
Height, BMI, Tied to Ovarian Cancer
A new analysis of published and unpublished studies concludes that risk for ovarian cancer is associated with increasing height. It also finds that among women who have never used hormone therapy for the menopause, the risk for developing the disease is also tied to increasing body mass index, BMI, a measure of obesity.
Should Women Freeze Ovarian Tissue To Have Babies Later In Life?
A doctor at an infertility clinic has performed “ovary transplants” on a small number of infertile women who have gone on to have healthy babies. Though the procedure sounds futuristic, it’s definitely possible (it freezes a piece of ovary, not the whole organ), and not so bizarre as the other suggestion in his new study: That the procedure might help women avoid menopause altogether. Before you ask your doctor to toss a piece of your ovary in the freezer, know that there are many caveats, and it’s not likely to be used as a method for having babies very late in life, or to dodge the symptoms of menopause altogether.