BACKGROUND Women commonly use soy products, herbs, and other complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) therapies for menopausal symptoms. Randomized, controlled trials have evaluated the efficacy and short-term safety of these therapies. PURPOSE To review randomized, controlled trials of CAM therapies for menopausal symptoms in order to better inform practice and guide future research. D...

Menopausal symptoms have been suggested to be an indicator of better prognosis among patients treated for breast cancer, because women who experience these symptoms usually have a lower level of estrogen. We tested this hypothesis in a population-based, prospective cohort study involving 4,842 women with stage 0 to III primary breast cancer who were enrolled in the Shanghai Breast Cancer Surviv...

Hormone replacement therapy involves restoring estrogen (female hormone) to body when levels are diminished. Menopause is the most common cause of low estrogen levels. During menopause ovaries (glands that produce eggs and hormones) stop producing estrogen and body no longer menstruate. Women who have had their ovaries surgically removed have decreased levels of estrogen and experience the same...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To identify factors associated with hospitalization after diagnosis of breast cancer in working-age women. DESIGN Descriptive, retrospective survey. SETTING Caseload of a single medical oncologist affiliated with an urban, not-for-profit, academic medical center. SAMPLE 123 consecutively evaluated women aged 21-65 years with breast cancer associated with projected survi...

The present study explored symptoms, attitudes and treatments surrounding women's health and menopause among the Q'eqchi Maya of the eastern tropical lowlands of Guatemala. Data were obtained through participant observation, semi-structured interviews, focus groups and plant walks with 50 Q'eqchi community members from the state of Izabal, Municipality of Livingston, including five midwives, fi...

Although most women report vasomotor symptoms (hot flashes, night sweats) during midlife, their etiology and risk factors are incompletely understood. Body fat is positively associated with vasomotor symptoms cross-sectionally, but the longitudinal relation between changes in body fat and vasomotor symptoms is uncharacterized. The study aim was to examine whether gains in body fat were related ...

Although most women report vasomotor symptoms (hot flashes, night sweats) during midlife, their etiology and risk factors are incompletely understood. Body fat is positively associated with vasomotor symptoms crosssectionally, but the longitudinal relation between changes in body fat and vasomotor symptoms is uncharacterized. The study aim was to examine whether gains in body fat were related t...