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Menopause

General Information

NEWS:

Menopause May Boost Salt-Linked Hypertension

Panel: Menopausal Women Need Better Info

Popular herbal remedy for hot flushes is no better than placebo

Predicting the onset of menopause is still an inexact science.

ARTICLES:

A Guide to Perimenopause

AHRQ - Management of Menopause-Related Symptoms: Evidence Report (2005)

AHRQ - Management of Menopause-Related Symptoms: Summary (2005)

Menopause

Menopause

Menopause And Perimenopause

Menopause Basics

Menopause: Assessment, Treatment, and Patient Education

NGC - Menopause: a guide to management. (2005)

Perimenopause

JOURNAL ARTICLES:

A behavioral group treatment program for menopausal hot flashes: results of a pilot study. (Appl Psychophysiol Biofeedback. 2005)

Acute Changes in Blood Lipids and Enzymes in Postmenopausal Women after Exercise. (J Appl Physiol. 2005)

Age at menopause, cause-specific mortality and total life expectancy. (Epidemiology. 2005)

Age at Natural Menopause and Cause-specific Mortality. (Am J Epidemiol. 2005)

Age at natural menopause in Spain and the United States: results from the DAMES project. (Am J Hum Biol. 2005)

Ascorbic Acid Selectively Improves Large Elastic Artery Compliance in Postmenopausal Women. (Hypertension. 2005)

Association of gain and loss of weight before and after menopause with risk of postmenopausal breast cancer in the Iowa women's health study. (Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2005)

Childhood cognitive ability and age at menopause: evidence from two cohort studies. (Menopause 2005)

Confronting the Challenges: Epidemiological Study of Female Sexual Dysfunction and the Menopause (Journal of Sexual Medicine 2005)

Defining menopause status: creation of a new definition to identify the early changes of the menopausal transition. (Menopause. 2005)

Effects of age, menopause, and comorbidities on neurological function of the female genitalia. (Int J Impot Res. 2005)

Energy expenditure from physical activity and the metabolic risk profile at menopause. (Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2005)

Exercise Effects on Menopausal Risk Factors of Early Postmenopausal Women: 3-yr Erlangen Fitness Osteoporosis Prevention Study Results. (Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2005)

[Fifty and menopause. Complaints expressed and unexpressed by women. Practitioners' perception and therapeutic impact.] (Gynecol Obstet Fertil. 2005)

Follicular phase hormone levels and menstrual bleeding status in the approach to menopause. (Fertil Steril. 2005)

Geographical distribution of hot flash frequencies: Considering climatic influences. (Am J Phys Anthropol. 2005)

Heritability of Age at Natural Menopause in the Framingham Heart Study. (J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2005)

Hot flashes are associated with psychological symptoms of anxiety and depression in peri- and post- but not premenopausal women. (Maturitas. 2005)

Hot flushes during the menopause transition: a longitudinal study in Australian-born women. (Menopause. 2005)

Hot flashes: Behavioral treatments, mechanisms, and relation to sleep (The American Journal of Medicine 2005)

Hyperhomocysteinemia Is Associated with Lower Performance on Memory Tasks in Post-Menopausal Women (Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders 2005 )

Impact of Menopause on the Augmentation of Arterial Stiffness with Aging. (Gynecol Obstet Invest. 2005)

Influence of aquatic and weight-bearing exercises on quantitative ultrasound variables in postmenopausal women. (Am J Phys Med Rehabil. 2005)

Lack of sleep disturbance from menopausal hot flashes. (Obstet Gynecol Surv. 2005)

Libido and orgasm in middle-aged woman. (Maturitas. 2006)

Lifetime changes in the vulva and vagina. (Arch Gynecol Obstet. 2005)

Management of post-menopausal vaginal atrophy and atrophic vaginitis. (Maturitas. 2005)

Memory after menopause: preliminary considerations of hormone influence on cognitive functioning. (Arch Women Ment Health. 2005)

Menopause: A review of botanical dietary supplements (The American Journal of Medicine 2005)

Menopause, physical activity, and body composition/fat distribution in midlife women. (Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2005)

Natural History of Menopause Symptoms in Primary Care Patients: A MetroNet Study. (J Am Board Fam Pract. 2005)

Natural menopause and risk of stroke in elderly women. (J Korean Med Sci. 2005)

Oral dryness, nocturia and the menopause. (Maturitas. 2005)

Osteoporosis is markedly underdiagnosed: a nationwide study from Denmark. (Osteoporos Int. 2005)

Perimenopausal mental disorders: epidemiology and phenomenology. (CNS Spectr. 2005)

Perimenopause: more than hot flushes and night sweats for some Australian women. (J Obstet Gynecol Neonatal Nurs. 2005)

Postmenopausal breast cancer risk and cumulative number of menstrual cycles. (Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2005)

Power training is more effective than strength training for maintaining bone mineral density in postmenopausal women (J Appl Physiol 2005)

Predictive factors for age at menopause in Caucasian females. (Maturitas. 2005)

[Prevalence of osteopenia and osteoporosis in postmenopausal women.] (Aten Primaria. 2005)

Relationship between self-reported periodontal status and skeletal bone mineral density in Japanese postmenopausal women. (Menopause. 2005)

Season of birth influences the timing of menopause. (Hum Reprod. 2005)

Status of climacteric symptoms among middle-aged to elderly Japanese women: comparison of general healthy women with women presenting at a menopausal clinic. (J Obstet Gynaecol Res. 2005)

Sun exposure and age at natural menopause: A cross-sectional study in Turkish women (Maturitas 2005)

The menopausal transition (The American Journal of Medicine 2005)

The relationship between the endocrine characteristics and the regularity of menstrual cycles in the approach to menopause. (Menopause. 2005)

The role of anxiety and hormonal changes in menopausal hot flashes. (Menopause. 2005)

INTERNET SITES:

NIH - Hormone Replacement Therapy

NIH - Medical Encyclopedia Menopause

NIH - Menopause

NIH - Menopause and Bladder Control

NIH - Menopause Resources

NIH - Menopause Tutorial

NIH - NCCAM Alternative Therapies for Managing Menopausal Symptoms

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