THURSDAY, Jan. 26 (HealthDay News) — New genetic factors associated with a woman’s age when she begins menopause have been identified by an international team of researchers.
Researchers identified 13 loci (specific location of a gene on a chromosome) linked with immune function and DNA repair, which have an effect on when menopause begins, said the researchers from the Boston University Schools of Public Health and Medicine and colleagues.
TUESDAY, Jan. 3 (HealthDay News) — Sexual satisfaction increases with age among sexually active older women, according to a new study, while those who don’t have sex are satisfied with their sex lives.
The study included 806 older women who live in a planned community in the San Diego area and whose health has been tracked for 40 years. The study participants’ average age was 67 years and 63 percent of them were postmenopausal.
FRIDAY, Nov. 18 (HealthDay News) — Women who develop breast tenderness after starting combination estrogen and progestin menopause therapy have a 33 percent higher risk of developing breast cancer than those who don’t experience breast tenderness, a new study says.
It also found that new-onset breast tenderness was not associated with increased breast cancer risk among women taking estrogen alone.
SUNDAY, Oct. 23 (HealthDay News) — Gaining a significant amount of weight after menopause may be associated with an increased risk of developing endometrial cancer, a new study suggests.
“Fat tissue is the major source of circulating estrogen in postmenopausal women, and estrogen promotes the development of endometrial cancer,” Victoria L. Stevens, strategic director of laboratory services at the National Home Office of the American Cancer Society in Atlanta, said in a news release from the American Association for Cancer Research.
TUESDAY, Oct. 18 (HealthDay News) — Certain factors have been found to be associated with a raised risk of early menopause, including having a chronic inflammatory disease or having one of two genes known to be linked to breast cancer, especially among those who smoke, according to two new studies.
The studies were slated for presentation Tuesday at the annual meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) in Orlando, Fla.
By Denise Mann
HealthDay Reporter
TUESDAY, Oct. 18 (HealthDay News) — Women do have options when it comes to treating hot flashes and other symptoms of menopause, and these still include the short-term use of hormone replacement therapy using estrogen alone, experts conclude in a new consensus report.
“Hormone replacement therapy should be considered a very reasonable option for recently menopausal women who have moderate-to-severe hot flashes or night sweats,” said Dr. JoAnn E. Manson, chief of the division of preventive medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston and the current president of the North American Menopause Society (NAMS).
THURSDAY, October 6, 2011 (Health.com) — Linda Bianchini was in her mid-50s when sex with her husband became unbearably painful.
“Before I started to have discomfort, our sex life was good. I had only remarried in 2004 so, although we were middle-aged, we were still like newlyweds,” recalls Bianchini, now 57, a human resources manager at a hospital in Staten Island, N.Y. “It had been going on for at least a year, but I just did not bring it to my doctor since I thought it is just the way it is.” Read More
TUESDAY, Sept. 6 (HealthDay News) — There’s no link between menopause and increased risk of death from heart disease, says a study that challenges a long-held medical belief that the rate of cardiovascular death in women spikes after menopause.
Aging alone, not the hormonal impact of menopause, explains the increasing number of deaths among older women, according to the Johns Hopkins researchers.
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 31 (HealthDay News) — Older, heavier women tend to have fewer hot flashes than younger, leaner menopausal women, a small, new study suggests.
The study included 52 women who experienced hot flashes and were not taking medication for those symptoms.
By Kathleen Doheny
HealthDay Reporter
MONDAY, Aug. 22 (HealthDay News) — The dramatic decline in women’s use of hormone therapy mid-decade also appears linked to a decline in mammograms, new research suggests.
“We found that women in the age group 50 to 64 reduced their hormone therapy use from 41 percent down to 16 percent between 2000 and 2005,” said study lead author Nancy Breen, an economist with the U.S. National Cancer Institute. “At the same time, that age group dropped their mammogram use from 78 percent to 73 percent.”
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