BACKGROUND Reports of relationships between dietary fibre intake and breast cancer have been inconsistent. Previous cohort studies have been limited by a narrow range of intakes. METHODS Women who developed invasive breast cancer, 350 post-menopausally and 257 pre-menopausally, during 240,959 person-years of follow-up in the UK Women's Cohort Study (UKWCS) were studied. This cohort has 35,792...

AIMS In a large ethnically diverse nationwide sample of post-menopausal women we explored the relationship between fasting insulin levels, ethnicity, and a wide range of anthropometric, socio-economic, and lifestyle factors. METHODS Subjects were post-menopausal women aged 50-79 years without diagnosed diabetes mellitus comprising a subsample (n = 3500) of the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) ...

hot flash is among the most common complaints of menopausal women, affecting their career, social activities and quality of life. this study aimed to investigate the effects of valerian on hot flashes in menopausal women. in this double blind clinical trial, 68 menopausal women with the chief complaint of hot flash were enrolled using sampling at hand and were randomly divided into drug and pla...

BACKGROUND Given the lack of data clarifying the manner in which women with metabolic syndrome (MetS) in different eras of their life perceive their health-related quality of life (HRQoL), this study aimed at investigating the association between MetS and HRQoL in reproductive age and post menopausal women. METHODS This was a cross-sectional study conducted within the framework of Tehran Lipi...

This review aimed to address the concept of adherence to adjuvant therapy in post-menopausal women. Thirteen studies were included in the review. Study quality was assessed using Critical Appraisal Skills Programme and CONSORT tools. Adherence to adjuvant medication was assessed using a variety of methods. Estimates of adherence rates to adjuvant therapies indicated that of the post-menopausal ...

to evaluate the tolerance and effectiveness of conjugated estrogen for women with established post-menopausal osteoporosis and hot flushes, with the use of paired comparison, randomized, we tested during an 10 month period the bone mineral contents and plasma glucose in subjects who afforded by premarin in dosages of 0.625 mg for days 1 to 25 and oral medroxy progesterone acetate for days 15 to...

abstract background: hypovitaminosis d has been associated with a series of cardiovascular risk factors, such as hypertension, metabolic disorders, obesity, peripheral artery disease, coronary artery disease, myocardial infarction, heart failure and stroke. objective: to assess the effect of oral vitamin d3 on cardiovascular risk factors in post-menopausal women with vitamin d insufficiency. ma...

Objectives The aims of the research are to examine the problems of abnormal menopausal women: the relationship between depression and menopausal-specific quality of life (MENQOL)-symptoms among postmenopausal women; the association of MENQOL-symptoms between pre- and postmenopausal female society in Bangladeshi real community. Methods This cross sectional study was conducted on 435 women of T...

OBJECTIVES This study was designed to measure the beneficial effects of continuous testosterone therapy, delivered by subcutaneous implant, in the relief of somatic, psychological and urogenital symptoms in both pre- and post-menopausal patients, utilizing the validated Health Related Quality of Life (HRQOL), Menopause Rating Scale (MRS). STUDY DESIGN 300 pre- and post-menopausal women with s...

Cytohormonal evaluation was done on the vaginal smears of 480 normal, asymptomatic, post-menopausal women whose ages ranged from 36 to 74 years. About 50% showed atrophic smears consistent with total oestrogen lack. 41% had mild to moderately proliferative smears compatible with sub-optimal oestrogen stimulus. 9% showed a highly proliferative pattern typical of unopposed oestrogen effect and in...