Background and Purpose—Women have increased lifetime stroke risk and more disabling strokes compared with men. Insights into the association between menopause and stroke could lead to new prevention strategies for women. The objective of this study was to examine the association of age at natural menopause with ischemic stroke risk in the Framingham Heart Study. Methods—Participants included wo...

BACKGROUND Early natural menopause has been postulated to increase the risk of cardiovascular disease. OBJECTIVE To examine the relation of age at natural menopause with risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) and stroke in the Nurses' Health Study. METHODS Analysis was restricted to 35 616 naturally postmenopausal women who never used estrogen replacement therapy and with no diagnosed cardiov...

Abstrak: Gejala Vasomotor Monopause. Menopause adalah berhentinya haid secara permanen setelah didahului oleh amenorea selama minimal satu tahun beserta gejala pada masa transisinya. Usia menopause wanita dapat terjadi usia 45-50 namun beberapa keadaan lebih awal atau terlambat. dini yang kurang dari 40 tahun. Masa transisi dan proses masih menjadi mengkhawatirkan bagi kaum baik perubahan fisik...

BACKGROUND This study aims to explore the safety, efficacy, and feasibility of Danggwijagyaksan (DJS) for alleviating climacteric syndrome in peri- and postmenopausal women with a blood-deficiency dominant pattern. METHODS/DESIGN This is a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled pilot clinical trial. A total of 34 women with climacteric syndrome who have signed informed consent forms wil...

The level of gonadal hormones to which the female brain is exposed considerably changes across the menopausal transition, which in turn, is likely to be of great relevance for neurodegenerative diseases and psychiatric disorders. However, the neurobiological consequences of these hormone fluctuations and of hormone replacement therapy in the menopause have only begun to be understood. The prese...

conclusions spiritual intervention effectively could reduce the severity of postmenopausal depression. considering the high prevalence of depression in postmenopausal women and the effectiveness, simplicity, and affordability of spiritual intervention, using such interventions in postmenopausal women is recommended. patients and methods a randomized controlled clinical trial was conducted on po...

this research is a cross sectional study conducted to survey of young women knowledge about menopause and prevention of its complication in kerman healthy centers. a questionnaire including 36 three optional items prepared by researcher and given to subject via reference to healthy centers. result show that most subjects had not favorable knowledge about menopause and prevention of its complica...

o bjective : increased levels of oxidative stress markers in periodontitis have been reported by recent studies. malondialdehyde (mda) and superoxide dismutase (sod) are both in- creased during oxidative stress. the aim of this study was to detect and measure the level of oxidative stress markers in peri-implant crevicular fluid (picf). their correlation with peri-implant clinical parameters wa...

An unprecedented number of women will experience menopause in the next decade. Although the timing of menopause affects long-term disease risk, little is known about factors that affect this timing. In the present 1995--1997 cross-sectional study, the Study of Women's Health Across the Nation, the relation of demographic and lifestyle factors to age at natural menopause was examined in seven US...