OBJECTIVE To update the evidence-based position statement published by The North American Menopause Society (NAMS) in 2004 regarding recommendations for estrogen and progestogen use in peri- and postmenopausal women. DESIGN NAMS followed the general principles established for evidence-based guidelines to create this updated document. An Advisory Panel of clinicians and researchers expert in t...

Menopause involves dramatic declines in estradiol production and levels. Importantly, estradiol and the class of stress hormones known as glucocorticoids exert countervailing effects throughout the body, with estradiol exerting positive effects on the brain and cognition, glucocorticoids exerting negative effects on the brain and cognition, and estradiol able to mitigate negative effects of glu...

OBJECTIVE The pineal gland, through its hormone melatonin, is involved in the mechanisms that regulate the aging process involved in the onset of menopause. Considering the melatonin changes reported during pre-, peri-, and postmenopause, an influence of melatonin on the hormonal changes associated with menopause transition could be expected. DESIGN We report the first longitudinal case study...

OBJECTIVES To determine serum levels of Follicle Stimulating Hormone (FSH) and Estradiol (E) in peri/postmenopausal women attending the menopause clinic. STUDY DESIGN Retrospective descriptive study. SETTING Siriraj Menopause Clinic, Gynecologic Endocrinology Unit, Division of Reproductive Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital. STUDY POPUL...

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...

OBJECTIVE To assess attitudes and beliefs about the menopausal transition in a population of peri- and postmenopausal women, and if these attitudes differed before and after publication of studies on risks and benefits with hormone therapy (HT). MATERIALS AND METHODS In 1999 and 2003 all women aged 53 and 54 years in the community of Linköping, Sweden, were sent a questionnaire about use of H...

BACKGROUND The association between changes in menopausal status and menopause-related symptom reporting over the course of the menopause transition is not well understood, especially whether there are any racial differences in this association. OBJECTIVE To determine (1) the prevalence and the natural history of menopause symptoms among primary care patients approaching, or at menopause; (2) ...

OBJECTIVES To investigate awareness and experience of menopausal symptom and hormone therapy in Korean postmenopausal women. METHODS A total of 570 postmenopausal women were accepted our survey. The women filled out the questionnaires composed of medical and surgical history, menopausal age and symptom, demand of treatment on menopausal symptom, and personal method for overcoming the symptom....