Background/Objectives: The general health and well-being of middle-aged women have become a major public health issue worldwide. More than 80% of women experience physical or psychological symptoms during the transition to menopause. This study aims...
6 July 2020
The aim of this study was to investigate the knowledge of Emirati women aged 30–64 about menopause, menopausal hormone therapy (MHT), and their associated health risks, and additionally, to determine the relationships between Emirati women&rsqu...
This article explores the link between menopause and changes in the hair follicle (HF) lifecycle, focusing on hormonal and metabolic dynamics. During menopause, hormonal fluctuations and aging can impact the HF, leading to phenomena such as thinning,...
The menopausal transition, or perimenopause, is characterized by menstrual irregularities, vasomotor symptoms, sleep disturbances, mood symptoms, and urogenital tract atrophy. These changes can also affect the quality of life and one’s self-est...
Background: Menopausal symptoms may adversely affect women’s overall health and well-being. Aim: This study investigated the effects of menopausal symptoms on subjective well-being in women in the 40–65 age group. Methods: The study sampl...
During the menopausal transition, which begins four to six years before cessation of menses, middle-aged women experience a progressive change in ovarian activity and a physiologic deterioration of hypothalamic-pituitary-ovarian axis function associa...
Background: Menopause affects every woman worldwide, with varying degrees of severity. In addition to traditional treatments such as hormone replacement therapy, there is also a growing interest in alternative treatments. One possible way to address...
Menopause is the permanent cessation of menstrual cycles following the loss of ovarian follicular activity. Quality of life of postmenopausal woman is the result of a series of psychobiological transformations, that see in the reduction of sex hormon...
27 December 2021
Oral health awareness during the menopausal period is essential to minimize the inevitable inconveniences which may occur due to hormonal changes. The decrease in estrogen hormone concentration impacts the oral mucosa in a similar way to the vaginal...
Body image is an important aspect of psychological well-being that is influenced by several biological and psychosocial risk factors. Cultural determinants of body image include the patterns of shared beliefs, values, practices, and social norms with...
12 September 2023
Background: There is a lack of scientific evidence regarding the specific challenges faced by menopausal medical professionals in different work settings. This study aims to investigate the relationship between work environment and the menopausal qua...
The aim of this review is to provide an overview of genitourinary health in peri- and postmenopause, particularly of vulvovaginal atrophy (VVA), which is part of genitourinary syndrome (GSM). This condition has a high prevalence among post-menopausal...
Background: The adverse cardiometabolic outcomes that have been associated with early menopause include obesity, insulin resistance, and metabolic syndrome. Other studies have also linked metabolic dysfunction with vitamin D deficiency. However, the...
Background: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of a structured barefoot walking program on menopausal symptoms, sleep quality, stress, and quality of life in middle-aged women experiencing menopausal symptoms. Methods: A quasi-expe...
Background: Menopause is often accompanied by menopausal symptoms and reduced quality of life. Studies on the combined effects of time-restricted eating and exercise in this population are lacking. This approach may provide additive preventive benefi...
Sex-specific differences in biology and physiology likely start at the time of conception and progress and mature during the pre-puberty time frame and then during the transitions accompanying puberty. These sex differences are impacted by both genet...
Hormonal replacement therapy (HRT) is effective in treating the symptoms of menopause. Endometriosis is defined as the presence of functional endometrial tissue outside the uterine cavity with a tendency towards invasion and infiltration. Being an es...
Objective. The current study determined the association between menopausal symptoms and marital quality of life, and explored the role of several demographic variables (education, occupation, and income) on these symptoms. Materials and Methods. The...
Background/Objectives: Midlife is associated with changes in body weight and fat distribution in women; however, it remains unclear whether these changes can be attributed to chronological aging, menopause, or associated lifestyle changes. The object...
Background: A woman’s entry into the menopause period is associated with a number of changes in the body, including those related to the immune system. Immune aging is a consequence of age-related changes in the function of immune cells and the...
This study aims to identify the awareness of dyslipidemia and the factors affecting it in menopausal women to prevent cardiovascular disease, a major cause of female mortality. This study used data from 2019, the first year of the eighth (2019–...
Background: Menopause is a biological process characterised by the cessation of menstruation and substantial changes in ovarian hormone production. As many women seek non-hormonal alternatives to hormone replacement therapy, interest in herbal supple...
The impact of menopausal transition on change of serum uric acid level remains unknown. The present study evaluated the relationship of menopausal stages with prevalent hyperuricemia in middle-aged women. This cross-sectional study included 58,870 mi...
10 April 2020
The aim of this study was to estimate differences in selected physicochemical properties of saliva between menopausal and premenopausal women. Methods: The study population consisted of 9 menopausal women and 15 women of the control group. Laboratory...
Background and Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate lifestyle, menopausal symptoms, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and sleep disorders in post-menopausal women throughout the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, inc...
Nutraceuticals and functional foods are the main sources of antioxidants and have positive effects on health through regulation of the redox balance. Accordingly, they represent a useful nutritional source for the prevention of noncommunicable diseas...
Isoflavones have gained popularity as an alternative treatment for menopausal symptoms for people who cannot or are unwilling to take hormone replacement therapy. However, there is still no consensus on the effects of isoflavones despite over two dec...
During menopause, women experience various symptoms including hot flashes, mood changes, insomnia, and sweating. Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) has been used as the main treatment for menopausal symptoms; however, other options are required for wo...
Objectives: This study aimed to determine the relationship between the fear of COVID-19 and menopausal symptoms in women during the menopausal period. Methods: This study is a descriptive cross-sectional study. This study was completed with a total o...
A balanced interaction between the host and its microbiome is crucial to health. Research regarding the significance of the gut and vaginal microbiomes in female health is substantial. However, less data regarding the urinary microbiome are available...
Menopause is a period during which women undergo dramatic hormonal changes. These changes lead to physical and mental discomfort, are greatly afflictive, and critically affect women’s lives. However, the current safe and effective management me...
Background/Objective: Menopause marks a significant life transition for women, signaling the end of reproductive ability and triggering various physiological and psychological changes. During this phase, women may experience a range of physical and e...
Background: The objective of this study was to determine the effects of royal jelly and fermented soy extracts on menopausal symptoms and on quality of life in pre- and post-menopausal women. Materials and method: This prospective observational study...
The interrelationship between menopausal stage, excessive adiposity and dense breasts remains unclear. We aimed to investigate the relationship between menopausal stage and dense-breast prevalence in midlife women while considering a possible effect...
Background: Psychological distress during menopause may reflect the combined influence of symptom burden and psychological resources. This study examined the concurrent conditional associations of nonpsychological menopausal symptom burden and genera...
Menopause, probably the most important natural change in a woman’s life and a major component of female senescence, is characterized, inter alia, by cessation of ovarian estrogen and progesterone production, resulting in a gradual deterioration of th...
Menopause syndrome causes a decline in the quality of life of postmenopausal women. Hormone therapy is recommended for the treatment of menopausal syndromes. However, it has several side effects. Soybean has been safely used to relieve the symptoms o...
24 July 2021
Rhabdomyosarcoma of the cervix is a soft tissue sarcoma that usually occurs in young women. It is very rare in adulthood. We discuss symptoms, the process of diagnosis of rhabdomyosarcoma embryonale of the cervix in a 61-year-old women and difference...
The menopausal transition represents a critical period in women’s lives characterized by profound hormonal, metabolic, and behavioral changes. Estrogen deficiency during menopause triggers complex alterations in eating behavior through multiple...
Background/Objectives: Post-menopausal women are at an increased risk of developing cardiovascular disease. Menaquinone-7 (MK-7) is a fat-soluble vitamin involved in coagulation and maintaining vascular health. The aim of the post hoc analysis of thi...
Background/Objectives: Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) prevalence increases during the menopausal transition, yet its interaction with obesity phenotypes in influencing cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk remains unclea...
Menopausal symptoms negatively impact quality of life in breast cancer survivors. The paucity of data on the impact of Menopausal Hormone Therapy (MHT) on oncological outcomes in these patients limits informed clinical discussion. Defining the risk o...
Background and Objectives: Menopausal hormone therapy (MHT) is the most efficacious treatment for vasomotor symptoms and genitourinary conditions associated with menopause. Modern menopause care increasingly encompasses women with multimorbidity, ren...
Introduction: Post-menopausal women living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (WLHIV) face an increased risk of bone fractures due to the relationship between HIV-related factors and menopause. This narrative review aims to summarise the current knowl...
Objectives: The aim of this study was to estimate differences in selected physicochemical and antibacterial properties of saliva between menopausal and premenopausal women. Methods: The study population consisted of 30 menopausal women and 22 premeno...
Background and Objectives: This study investigated changes in quality of life (QOL), depression, and menopausal symptoms after surgical menopause, and the efficacy of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) in gynecological cancer survivors (GCS). Material...
The aim of the present study was to determine the associations between the severity of the menopausal symptoms and postural balance and functional mobility in middle-aged postmenopausal women. A cross-sectional study was performed (171 participants,...
Plant-derived compounds have recently attracted greater interest in the field of new therapeutic agent development. These compounds have been widely screened for their pharmacological effects. Polyphenols, such as soy-derived isoflavones, also called...
22 September 2016
Many factors affect menopausal age, and early or late onset of menopause may be associated with many chronic health problems. However, limited data are available regarding this phenomenon in the Northeast China population. For this study, 2011 elderl...
Background/Objectives: Current menopause assessment instruments primarily evaluate vasomotor, somatic, and urogenital symptoms, with limited attention to oral, sensory, and integrated psychological domains. Evidence that oral tissues are estrogen-res...
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