Medical Xpress: PHYSorg news tagged with: onset of menopause http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Chemicals in cookware, carpets may raise arthritis risk in women (HealthDay)—In what researchers are calling a first, a new analysis suggests that the greater a woman's exposure to a type of common chemical compound called PFCs, the greater her risk for developing osteoarthritis. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-chemicals-cookware-carpets-arthritis-women.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 14 Feb 2013 12:40:02 EST news280065230 Soy-rich diets may not prevent hot flashes in most menopausal women (HealthDay)—Consuming soy products doesn't prevent hot flashes and night sweats in most women, a large study suggests. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-soy-rich-diets-hot-menopausal-women.html Health Thu, 22 Nov 2012 11:20:05 EST news272803294 Mothers' age at menopause may predict daughters' ovarian reserve A mother's age at menopause may predict her daughter's fertility in terms of the numbers of eggs remaining in her ovaries, according to the new research published online in Europe's leading reproductive medicine journal Human Reproduction today. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-mothers-age-menopause-daughters-ovarian.html Medical research Tue, 06 Nov 2012 19:00:01 EST news271417770 Long-term hormone treatment increases synapses in rat prefrontal cortex A new study of aged female rats found that long-term treatment with estrogen and a synthetic progesterone known as MPA increased levels of a protein marker of synapses in the prefrontal cortex, a brain region known to suffer significant losses in aging. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-long-term-hormone-treatment-synapses-rat.html Medical research Mon, 09 Jul 2012 13:35:47 EST news261059739 Gene research sheds light on timing of menopause (Medical Xpress) -- An international team of researchers has discovered 13 new regions of the genome associated with the timing of menopause. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-gene-menopause.html Genetics Mon, 23 Jan 2012 07:04:59 EST news246524616 Socioeconomic class and smoking linked to premature menopause Women from the lowest social class are almost three times as likely to have premature ovarian failure as those from the highest social class, a researcher told the annual conference of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology Wednesday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-socioeconomic-class-linked-premature-menopause.html Health Wed, 06 Jul 2011 08:06:21 EST news229158353