Low levels of the hormone estrogen are not to blame for mood swings and poor memory after menopause, a new study suggests.
Tag: menopause
No Hot Flashes? Then Don’t Count on Hormones to Improve Quality of Life
Hormones at menopause can help with sleep, memory, and more, but only when a woman also has hot flashes, find researchers at Helsinki University in Finland. Their study was published online today in Menopause, the journal of The North American Menopause Society (NAMS).
Estrogen After Menopause May Blunt Stress’ Effects on Memory
Estrogen therapy after menopause may help reduce the memory problems associated with stress in some older women, a small new study suggests.
Painful Menopausal Sex: New Drug Prompts Discussion
When it comes to menopausal symptoms, hot flashes get all the press. But another common problem associated with menopause isn’t talked about much outside of doctors’ offices – and sometimes not there either.
Next From Science’s Aladdin’s Lamp? Reversible Menopause
The 27 women who went through the study all had their menopause before they were 30. Researchers, having fragmented their ovaries, managed to switch off the trigger that made the eggs dormant. The first baby to result from the treatment was born in Japan this week.
Hormone Therapy Not for Disease Prevention: Study
Hormone therapy may help some women manage hot flashes during menopause. But it should not be used to prevent conditions like heart disease and dementia, a new study confirms.
Baby Born After Infertile Woman has Ovaries ‘Reawakened’
A previously infertile woman has given birth to a healthy baby, after scientists discovered a way to beat the menopause by inducing ovaries to produce eggs.
What Is the Male Menopause?
Is the male menopause myth or reality? When men reach their late forties to early fifties, some may experience a reduction in libido (sex drive), erectile dysfunction, weight gain, fatigue, depression, and other emotional symptoms which bear some similarities to the female menopause.
Novo Taps Five Experts for Their Brash Take on Menopause
Novo Nordisk’s latest women’s health effort is taking on a distinct voice and approach to menopause. Instead of creating a campaign from the ground up to talk about vaginal dryness associated with menopause, the drug maker has brought together five women’s health advocates with established social media followings and a less-than-clinical tone under an umbrella called the GLAM alliance, with GLAM standing in for Great Life After Menopause.
Women’s Lower Risk for Cardiovascular Disease May be Tied to Reproduction
New research shows that once women hit menopause, their risk of heart disease is the same as the risk for men.