During the menopausal transition, women frequently develop vasomotor symptoms. However, unpleasant symptoms may accompany this which can have a severe influence on daily functioning and overall quality of life. This article discusses cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) for suffering from such as worry, stress, poor mood, hot flushes, night sweats, well how thoughts, physical symptoms, behaviour...

Humans suffer a steep increase in aneuploidies when oocytes age, and deterioration of cohesin was suggested recently as a prominent cause. In the November 15, 2010, issue of Genes & Development, Tachibana-Konwalski and colleagues (pp. 2505-2516) answered a question central to this hypothesis: Can cohesin be reloaded onto mouse oocyte chromosomes long after birth? They found that it cannot, or a...

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Obturator hernia is a rare type of hernia which accounts for only 0.07-1.4% of all intra-abdominal hernias and 0.2-5.8% of small-intestinal obstructions. It develops predominantly in elderly underweight women. It has nonspecific early symptoms, so these hernias are usually discovered only after they have become incarcerated. Incarcerated obturator hernias are usually discovered on abdominal com...