Current Smoking at Menopause Rather Than Duration Determines the Onset of Natural Menopause

Determinants of Age at Natural Menopause in Shiraz

The mean age at natural menopause and its determinants among Shirazi women (southern Iran) was calculated.  The data were obtained from a population- based cross-sectional study carried out in the year 2000.  Interviews were carried out and observations made on 948 women who had incurred natural menopause. They were randomly chosen using postal zones housing sample framework of Shiraz.Mean±SD a...

What determines the age at the menopause?

Age at Natural Menopause and Stroke Mortality

Background and Purpose—Young age at natural menopause has been related to increased cardiovascular mortality, but few studies have examined the relationship with stroke risk specifically. Methods—In a cohort of 19 731 Norwegian women, we analyzed the relationship between age at natural menopause and stroke mortality. A total of 3561 women died of stroke during the 37-year follow-up from 1961 th...

Natural Therapy for Menopause

There are nearly 20 million women in the United States experiencing menopause at present. It is estimated this number will grow to 60 million by the year 2010.(1) Menopausal women are faced with a variety of symptoms and the difficult decision of whether to undergo Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) with its unhealthy side-effects. What many woman don’t know is that there are effective alternati...

HPV detection at menopause

This e-newsletter presents reviews of important, recently published scientific articles selected by The North American Menopause Society (NAMS), the leading nonprofit scientific organization dedicated to improving women’s health and quality of life through an understanding of menopause and healthy aging. Each review has a commentary from a recognized expert that addresses the clinical relevance...