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An Australian study on hysterectomies, menopause and overweight women debunks the long-held myth that hysterectomies cause weight gain, but found overweight women are more likely to have hysterectomies, according to ABC Science.
Postmenopausal women who experience a slump in their sex drive may rediscover their libido by taking the male sex hormone testosterone. However, researchers are unsure if there may be a link between the use of testosterone and breast cancer, according to FoodConsumer.org.
Years before the onset of menopause, women can begin to feel many of the symptoms as part of perimenopause, according to a story by AsiaOne.
Perimenopause is the body’s natural transition toward menopause. This is period leading up to menopause – anywhere from two to eight years – as well as the first year after a woman’s last menstrual cycle.
Women who have never given birth and women who take postmenopausal hormone replace therapy (HRT) may have a higher risk of severe hip or knee and osteoarthritis, according to a story by Med Page Today. The medical publication credits the Million Women Study, a confidential national study of women’s health involving more than one million UK women aged 50 and older. The project is a collaborative project between Cancer Research UK and the National Health Service and focuses on the effects of HRT. Because the study group is so large, a broad range of topics can be addressed.
Many women begin hearing the silent ticking of their biological clocks when they hit 30. By 40, that ticking can become downright deafening, especially for women who want to have a baby but have yet to conceive. After all, there is no telling when a woman will enter menopause, which would greatly reduce her likelihood of becoming pregnant.
If only there was some way of knowing when our reproductive cycles will end.
Wyeth, the pharmaceutical company that makes hormone replacement therapies Prempro and Premarin, announced today that it is ending its research in its signature areas of contraceptives and menopause treatments to focus on other female problems such as ovarian and breast cancers, according to the Associated Press/Washington Post.
Strong bones may make older, post-menopausal women at greater risk for breast cancer, according to a study conducted by University of Arizona, reported by KABC-TV in Los Angeles.
Bone scans are used to check for osteoporosis, a disease in which bones become fragile and more likely to break. Women are typically four times more likely than men to suffer from osteoporosis. Because there is a direct relationship between the lack of estrogen after menopause and the development of osteoporosis, most doctors advise older women to have bone density tests every year along with a mammogram.
Ovarian cancer is the deadliest of all gynecologic cancers, expected to kill about 15,000 women in 2008, according to the Ovarian Cancer National Alliance. Risk factors remain a mystery; however, researchers believe a woman is at increased risk if she has a family history of cancer, personal history of cancer, is older than 55, has never been pregnant, and has used menopausal hormone therapy.
Menopause hit Terri Myerson like a high-temperature hurricane breeze, jolting her awake with at night with dripping sweats. For relief, she turned to a most unexpected treatment – acupuncture.
