INTRODUCTION Hot flashes have been postulated to be linked to systemic inflammation. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between hot flashes, pro-inflammatory factors, and leukocytes in healthy, non-obese postmenopausal women. PARTICIPANTS AND DESIGN In this cross-sectional study, a total of 202 women aged 45-60 years were stratified into one of four groups according to their hot...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To provide a clear definition of the hot flash experience in men with prostate cancer receiving hormonal treatment. DATA SOURCES Articles, book chapters, and electronic sources. DATA SYNTHESIS The hot flash experience has not been explored previously in men with prostate cancer. The physiologic and psychological scopes of the phenomenon are described as a multidimensional...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to critically assess whether acupuncture therapy reduces vasomotor menopausal symptoms and to evaluate the adverse effects of acupuncture therapy on the basis of the results of randomized controlled trials (RCTs). METHODS Nineteen electronic databases, including English, Korean, Japanese, and Chinese databases, were systematically searched for RCTs in which...

PURPOSE Most men who undergo castration therapy for prostatic carcinoma will have vasomotor symptoms that usually persist for years. Vasomotor symptoms are elicited from the thermoregulatory center, possibly due to a decrease in hypothalamic opioid activity induced by low sex steroid concentrations. Acupuncture treatment in women, which stimulates hypothalamic opioid activity, alleviates vasomo...

-1. The effect of ambient temperature on frequency, intensity and duration of hot flashes was studied in six women with hot flashes who were exposed to cool (T a = 19°C) and warm (ira = 31°C) /'as for 8-h periods. Heart rate, skin resistance, core and skin temperatures, subjective hot flash intensity and duration were recorded. 2. In the cool T~ as compared with the warm Ta, hot flashes were si...

introduction: hot flashes can be prominent problem in menopausal women. the treatment of hot flashes is hormonal thrapies but in some patients that are unable to use estrogen other treating hot flashes are required. based on anecdotal information reqarding the efficacy of fluoxtin for treating hot flashes , the present trial was developed . methods: this trial used a double blinded randomized t...

OBJECTIVE Several reviews have evaluated the clinical evidence relating isoflavone treatment to the relief of menopausal hot flash symptoms. The majority of these reviews included a variety of isoflavone sources, often without discriminating between the identities of individual isoflavones contained in the study product. An evaluation of published studies using well-characterized isoflavone-con...

objectives: to critically evaluate the effect of red clover on hot flash, endometrial thickness, and hormones status in postmenopausal and peri- and post-menopausal women. materials and methods: medline (1966 to july 2014), scopus (1990 to july 2014), and the cochrane central register of controlled trials (the cochrane library issue 1, 2014) were searched for published randomized controlled tri...