UNLABELLED Bone loss in postmenopausal women is mainly due to estrogen deficiency affecting the balance between osteoclast resorption and bone formation controlled by osteoblasts. AIM To determine the relationship between bone mineral density (BMD) in pre and postmenopausal Caucasian women, and estrogen levels. MATERIAL AND METHODS Cross-sectional study including six groups of 8 to 15 pre- ...

Increases in weight have been associated with corresponding increases in insulin resistance in postmenopausal women. Although estrogen has significant impact on body fat and body fat distribution, the cellular mechanisms that influence this process are not yet known. We measured adipose tissue fatty acid (FA) storage and FA storage factors in 12 premenopausal and 11 postmenopausal women matched...

Background: Breast cancer is a hormone-dependent malignancy that is associated with estrogen and progesterone interactions. The liver is the most important organ to be affected by the metastasis of breast cancer, which causes functional impairment. We compared levels of obesity, 17β-estradiol, and secreted proteins in postmenopausal women with breast cancer but without hepatic symptoms to those...

abectract introduction & objective: acute urinary retention is an unusual symptom among women. this is a case report of acute urinary retention due to endometriosis in a postmenopausal woman. case: the patient was a 49 – years old woman who had referred with dull abdominal pain and acute urinary retention for a few weeks. in physical examination, cervix was displaced anteriorly and superiorly a...

overweight and elevated bmi can increase the risk of breast cancer in postmenopausal women. on the other hand, it seems that exercise training affect weight and bmi. the aim of this study was to investigate the effects of exercise training on some anthropometric variables in postmenopausal women with breast cancer. thus, 29 postmenopausal women with breast cancer who received surgery, chemother...

OBJECTIVES To know the nature, incidence and severity of oral manifestations occurring in postmenopausal women. STUDY DESIGN Oral changes were observed in 365 postmenopausal women and 365 age matched male individuals attending the department of Oral Medicine and Radiology. The patients were asked about complaints of dry mouth, taste and breath changes, mucosal and facial pain and were examine...

Osteoporosis is a common disease characterized by low bone mineral density, deterioration in bone microarchitecture, and increased fracture risk and is more prevalent in postmenopausal women. HLA is a complex gene family; previous studies have shown that it plays an important role in the pathogenesis of osteoporosis among Japanese and Greek populations. Prompted by these findings, this study wa...

BACKGROUND In postmenopausal women, the two major causes of bone loss are oestrogen deficiency after menopause and age related processes. Bone turnover increases to high levels and oestrogen deficiency may induce calcium loss by indirect effects on extra skeletal calcium homeostasis. Objective of this study was to evaluate calcium status in pre-menopausal and postmenopausal women. METHODS Thi...

OBJECTIVES Menopause is a natural aging process causing estrogen deficiency, accelerating atherogenic processes including dyslipidemia. Prevalence of thyroid dysfunction is also high in postmenopausal women, and it is known to elevate the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Therefore, we are to study on the associations in between serum thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) and prevalence of CVD ...