A woman may think she’s infertile or mistake missed periods for menopause when she’s actually pregnant.
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Study Finds Important Differences in the Way Clinicians Understand and Treat Early Menopause After Breast Cancer
Hormonal treatment for breast cancer causes menopause in over 80% of women in the first year of therapy, but now new research, published in the peer-reviewed journal Climacteric, has found that how these women are diagnosed and treated for menopausal symptoms can vary substantially according to which type of doctor a woman sees.
New Clue to Hot Flashes
The hot flashes that bedevil many women going through menopause appear to originate in specific brain areas, scientists say.
Hot Flashes Likely Not Relieved with Exercise
Researchers in the U.S. randomly assigned 142 women who were either approaching menopause or postmenopausal to continue their usual activities and 106 to do aerobic exercise three times a week for 12 weeks. The women kept diaries to record their hot flashes and night sweats — known as vasomotor symptoms — as well as how well they slept.
Taller Women May Face Higher Cancer Odds After Menopause, Study Suggests
Sizing up cancer risk after menopause, scientists say taller women may face higher odds of developing a malignancy than their shorter peers.
Conventional Wisdom on Hot Flashes, Menopause Questioned
Doctors and researchers may reconsider some of what they know about hot flashes and menopause.Researchers at the University of Washington found that more than half of the women they surveyed started having hot flashes and night sweats before menopause.
Depomed Fails to Win U.S. Approval for Menopause Drug
Depomed Inc. (DEPO) failed to win U.S. approval for a drug to ease hot flashes associated with menopause that regulatory advisers had said was too risky to clear for sale.
Women Could ‘Evolve’ Out of Menopause and Bear Children Later, Says Scientist
Women could end up routinely bearing children into their fifties and beyond as the menopause dies out, a genetics expert has predicted.
Hot Flashes and Hormones: A Complex Issue
When night sweats, hot flashes and other signs of menopause come to call, many women find themselves desperate to soothe their symptoms. For some, the search for relief will lead them to consider bioidentical hormone therapy, a treatment that has been popularized by such celebrities as Suzanne Somers and Oprah Winfrey. Proponents say bioidentical hormones are natural, effective and safe, but is that true?
The Doctor’s Corner: An Early Start on Treating Menopause
A Global Consensus Statement, hot off the press in the April issue of the journal Climacteric, concludes that the benefits of menopausal hormone therapy (MHT) outweigh the risks when started before the age of 60, or within 10 years of menopause.