Cigarette smoking continues to be a major public health problem that specifically affects the adolescent population. The prevalence of cigarette smoking among Iranian adolescents has been reported between 2.5 to 17.0% (1). Such a broad range is primarily due to the variety of the definition of “being a smoker”, the age difference of the samples under study and the location where such studies ha...

Background: Menopause occurs between the ages of 40 and 50, marks end a woman's menstrual cycle. A period time during which woman does not have monthly cycle for more than 12 months is known as post-menopause. Women may suffer challenges in their daily lives this period, such depression, anxiety, sleep loss, all can negative impact on quality life. decrease hormone production, estrogen progeste...

Background & aim: The incidence of sexual dysfunction increases during the menopause period. Some menopause women are worried about the reduction of their marital satisfaction due to sexual dysfunction. Regarding this, the present study aimed to compare the marital satisfaction among the menopause women with and without sexual dysfunction. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 80...

Although cardiovascular diseases are less prevalent in premenopausal women than in men, their occurrence in women increases at the onset of menopause, and the loss of female sex hormones contributes to the striking increase in cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in postmenopausal women. We present here a description of age-related disruption of lipid homeostasis, which particularly affects 3...

More than half of persons living with HIV infection in the United States (U.S.) will be ≥50 years of age by 2020, including postmenopausal women. We conducted a systematic literature review about the effects of (1) HIV infection on age at menopause and (2) menopause on antiretroviral therapy (ART) response, in order to inform optimal treatment strategies for menopausal women living with HIV inf...

PURPOSE Although important associations between epilepsy and women's hormonal phases are described, the relation of menopause to epilepsy has received little attention. METHODS By using a structured interview, we studied menopausal women with epilepsy seen at the University of Maryland Epilepsy Center over a 1-year period from 1994 to 1995. We analyzed the characteristics and temporal relatio...

  Background: Considering the physical, emotional and psychological complications of early or delayed menopause on women`s life, it is necessary to determine associated factors of menopause age. This study designed to determine menopausal age and associated factors in women of Gorgan, i.e. the capital of Golestan province in the north-east of Iran.   Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 804 ...