Few studies have prospectively examined lipid changes across the menopause transition or in relation to menopausal changes in endogenous hormones. The relative independent contributions of menopause and age to lipid changes are unclear. Lipid changes were examined in relation to changes in menopausal status and in levels of estradiol and follicle-stimulating hormone in 2,659 women followed in t...

OBJECTIVES Midlife women's knowledge, positive attitudes and management toward menopause may improve the quality of peri and post-menopause life. This study was to identify correlations of the knowledge, attitude, symptoms and management toward menopause in middle-aged women. METHODS We used a cross-sectional questionnaire study applying to 231 perimenopausal and menopausal women aged from 40...

Consciousness about climacteric and menopausal symptoms in relationship to menopausal stage and mental health was investigated. Midlife women (N = 407, 40-60 years old) were asked about their menstrual status, consciousness of climacteric and menopausal symptoms, self-esteem and depression. Based on their menstrual status, 222 participants were divided into three groups (pre-menopause, peri-men...

In this article, I explore the interplay of yoga, theology and time perimenopause menopause. Through an approach centered physically, theologically philosophically on becoming, find integrated web thinking, feeling moving that weaves new ways perceiving living change; example, suggest, what Keller calls creatio ex profundis, creation from depths a life. bring aspects process (along with feminis...

INTRODUCTION: Menopause, also known as the climacteric, is time in most womens lives when menstrual periods stop permanently, and they are no longer able to bear children. Menopause typically occurs between 49 52 years of age. Medical professionals often define menopause having occurred a woman has not had any bleeding for year. It may be defined by decrease hormone production ovaries. In those...

Purpose: This study systematically reviewed the effects of physical activity on depression and various menopausal symptoms in middle-aged women. We aimed to identify as a useful intervention for mitigating physiological psychological challenges associated with menopause promoting healthy aging.Methods: Electronic searches were conducted MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, Cochrane Library databases using ...

There is accumulating evidence that vitamin D (VD) has important effects besides its well-known role in calcium and bone metabolism. Hypovitaminosis D is associated with cardiovascular disease, the metabolic syndrome, type 2 diabetes mellitus, cancer as well as with increased mortality. Further, VD deficiency is related to depression and impaired cognitive function. Increasing age and elevated ...

Background: The menopausal transition called perimenopause, happens after the reproductive years, and isspecified with irregular menstrual cycles, perimenopause symptoms and hormonal changes. Women going throughperi menopausal period are vulnerable to bone loss.Osteoporosis is one of the most common debilitating metabolic bone diseases ,especially in the women almostaround 50 years .This study ...

This article updates clinicians on the use of menopausal hormone therapy (HT) by reviewing key recommendations and observations from the North American Menopause Society's (NAMS) 2007 position statement on HT use in peri- and postmenopausal women and then summarizing and interpreting three new reports from the Women's Health Initiative released after the NAMS statement.

BACKGROUND Previous studies, mostly of Western women, have reported inconsistent findings on the association of menopause characteristics (status, age, and time since menopause) and total reproductive years with risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). METHODS AND RESULTS The China Kadoorie Biobank recruited 302 632 women in 2004 to 2008 from 10 regions across China. During 9-year follow-up, 19 ...