Medieval doctors saw fertility as having a cutoff point rather than slowly declining with age, ancient medical texts show.
Dec 22, 2022
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Beyond the physical dangers of COVID-19, the pandemic has wreaked havoc mentally and emotionally. A new study suggests the pandemic may have had a greater impact on the mental health of women with a history of childhood abuse ...
Sep 22, 2021
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A healthy diet is especially important during the menopause – a period in which the risk of suffering from health problems increases. Various studies analyse the diet of peri- and postmenopausal women in Spain alongside ...
Oct 20, 2011
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A trial investigating the use of zoledronic acid to aid chemotherapy for breast cancer has found a significant benefit for post-menopausal women, according to results presented at the 2011 European Multidisciplinary Cancer ...
Sep 25, 2011
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Heart disease is still the No. 1 killer of women, but 80 percent of heart disease is preventable. Although the majority of heart attacks occur in the ten years after menopause, the disease process starts much earlier. If ...
Feb 3, 2012
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Late- and post-menopausal women have significantly greater volumes of fat around their hearts - a risk factor for heart disease - than their pre-menopausal counterparts, a University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public ...
Jul 22, 2015
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There is an ongoing debate regarding the relationship between knee osteoarthritis and hormone therapy (HT), with small-scale studies providing mixed results. A new large-scale study from Korea shows that women receiving HT ...
Jan 8, 2019
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Obesity has been linked to a wide array of health problems. A new study suggests that abdominal obesity as measured by body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference, may result in a greater risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary ...
Feb 23, 2022
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(Medical Xpress) -- Post-menopausal women who experience breast tenderness after starting combination hormone therapy have a higher risk of breast cancer than women who don't, a study by researchers with UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive ...
Oct 24, 2011
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Menopause. It's a topic many don't feel comfortable talking about openly, yet it's a transitional phase of life that most women will spend a third of their lives in. The number of postmenopausal women is expected to rise ...
Feb 17, 2022
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