background and aim: menopause refers to the cessation of menstruation due to hormonal changes and ovarian inactivity in women. these changes in hormone levels lead to various health consequences. this period of physiological changes usually starts in women with 40-50 years of age, and is characterized by the reduction of estrogen level. the mortality rate of premenopausal women, due to cardiova...

background: considering the physical, emotional and psychological complications of early or delayed menopause on women`s life, it is necessary to determine associated factors of menopause age. this study designed to determine menopausal age and associated factors in women of gorgan, i.e. the capital of golestan province in the north-east of iran.   methods: in this cross-sectional study, 804 me...

Background and aim: Menopause refers to the cessation of menstruation due to hormonal changes and ovarian inactivity in women. These changes in hormone levels lead to various health consequences. This period of physiological changes usually starts in women with 40-50 years of age, and is characterized by the reduction of estrogen level. The mortality rate of premenopausal women, due to cardiova...

Abstract: Introduction: Menopause is an essential part of human life that affects women's quality of life (QOL). Objective: This study investigated the quality of life and some relevant factors in menopausal women. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 45-60 years old menopausal women in 3 areas of Kashan city, Iran in 2018. By cluster sampling method, 236 partic...

menopause is a physiological change for women, which occurs between 40-59 years of age and has a great impact on their life quality and its patterns. this is a descriptive and analytic research, which was carried out to assess the impact of menopause and some socio-demographic and medical variables on quality of life and its patterns in tehran in 2001. samples were taken at random from 210 heal...

BACKGROUND Abnormal uterine bleeding is the Common presenting complaint in Gynaecology Outpatient Department in all age groups. It is due to the anovulatory cycles which are commonly seen in adolescent and peri-menopausal women. Abnormal uterine bleeding is caused by wide variety of organic or non-organic causes. Histopathological examination of endometrial sample remains the gold standard for ...

Menopausal age is important as a retrospective marker for ovarian senescence, an early menopausal age is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular diseases and osteoporosis, whereas a later menopausal age has been associated with an increased risk of breast cancer. The worldwide average for age at natural menopause is approximately 51 years and is more or less normally distributed wit...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the difference between pre- and post-menopausal breast cancer regarding menstrual and reproductive risk factors METHODS The case-control study was conducted in Mayo Hospital, Lahore, between October 2008 and April 2009. Cases were breast cancer patients admitted in the surgical and oncology floors of the hospital. Controls were hospital patients without breast cancer. Th...