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Relatively few studies have evaluated relationships between stress, psychological distress, psychosocial factors and menopause symptoms, and none have evaluated emotional intelligence (EI) in relation to menopause. In this study, direct and indirect relationships were evaluated between stress, psychological distress, psychosocial factors (e.g. social support, coping, EI), menopause symptom severity...
Author lists should inform readers about who did a piece of research. If authorship attribution is incorrect, the wrong people may take the credit or the blame. Correct authorship of medical papers is also important because the research and publication process relies on trust. If scientists or clinicians are prepared to lie about who was involved with a research project why should we believe their...
Vertebral fracture assessment (VFA) is a fast, low-radiation technique which produces images that are of sufficient quality to be used to diagnose the presence of vertebral deformity consistent with fracture.To study prevalence and risk factors of vertebral fractures using VFA in asymptomatic Moroccan women.The study cohort consists of a population of 328 consecutive women aged over 50 (mean age,...
The aim of this study was to compare stimulated whole saliva 17β-estradiol of menopausal women with/without oral dryness (OD) feeling, and evaluate the relationship between saliva 17β-estradiol and severity of OD feeling.A case-control study was carried out in 76 selected menopausal women aged 41–77 years with or without OD feeling (38 as case and 38 as control) conducted at the Clinic of Oral Medicine,...
Intussusception is the most common cause of bowel obstruction in children, but it is a very rare cause of bowel obstruction in the elderly. Diagnosis is based on a high index of suspicion, complete anamnestic recall, physical examination, and imaging modalities. We find abdominal CT scans to be highly sensitive and accurate for making the diagnosis.Treatment of intussusception in adults is always...
The aim of this study was to document the age-specific prevalence of different types of urinary incontinence (UI) in women and to identify the risk factors associated with each type of UI.A detailed self-administered questionnaire was mailed to 542 community-dwelling women, aged 24–80 years. The questionnaire included a validated instrument, the Questionnaire for Urinary Incontinence Diagnosis (QUID),...
Cultural, social, physiological and psychological factors may alter the course of sexual function in climacteric women.The objective of the present literature review is to survey the prevalence of sexual dysfunctions in the climacteric and to establish the association between the organic and psychic changes that occur during this phase and sexual dysfunction. We also discuss potential treatments.We...
To use the Menopause-Specific Quality of Life Questionnaire (MENQOL) to assess the impact of menopausal symptoms on health-related quality of life in a large US population-based study.Participants were recruited from the US population through random-digit-dialing and probability sampling. Analyses included 2703 postmenopausal women 40–65 years old in our Menopause Epidemiology Study. Respondents answered...
Endometrial carcinoma is the most common genital cancer in women. While patients usually present with vaginal bleeding, in 10–20% this characteristic symptom is absent. Endometrial thickness (double layer) is measured by transvaginal sonography and thickening indicates an increased risk of malignancy or other pathology (hyperplasia or polyps). Objective: We sought to correlate hysteroscopic and pathological...
Menopause, an estrogen deficient state, is known to increase the cardiovascular risk. Lipid changes accompanying menopause account for only few cases of coronary artery disease (CAD). Endothelium-dependent nitric oxide-mediated vasodilatory mechanisms are also known to play a role in development of coronary artery disease, but studies in menopausal women are very few. This study was hence undertaken...
To compare the influence of different delivery forms of estrogen therapy on menopausal and psychological symptoms in surgically menopausal women.Surgically menopausal women were assigned to a 1-year-therapy with oral conjugated estrogen 0.625mg/day (n=35), intranasal 300μg/day estradiol hemihidrate (n=33), percutaneous gel 1.5mg/day estradiol hemihidrate (n=32) or no treatment (control group, n=32)...
To evaluate the effects of conjugated equine estrogens (CEE) on the pilocarpine-induced epilepsy in rats.40 female rats were divided into: GPC (positive control) presented “status epilepticus” (SE) induced by pilocarpine; GOC (ovariectomized control) only castrated; GNC (negative control) received only saline solution; GPE received pilocarpine, presented SE, castrated and received 50μg/kg CEE treatment;...
To investigate the relations among hot flashes, other menopausal symptoms, sleep quality and depressive symptoms in midlife women.A large population-based cross-sectional study of 639 women (ages 45–54 years) consisting of a questionnaire including the Center for Epidemiologic Studies-Depression (CES-D) Scale, demographics, health behaviors, menstrual history, and menopausal symptoms.After controlling...
The aim of the present study was to compare the effects on serum cytokine concentrations of paroxetine, a selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitor, and kamishoyosan, a Japanese traditional medicine, in midlife women with psychological symptoms.Seventy-six women with psychological symptoms such as anxiety and mild depression as menopausal symptoms were enrolled in this study. Thirty-eight women received...
Few studies have examined the association between genetic variants of the estrogen receptor β (ESR2) and obesity in postmenopausal women.The relationship of three polymorphisms (rs1271572, rs1256049 and rs4986938) and their associated haplotypes in the ESR2 gene with obesity and overweight were evaluated in 561 apparently healthy women (median age 63 years) from the Women's Health Study. Most of the...
The present study investigated the effects of exercise training on arterial pressure, baroreflex sensitivity, cardiovascular autonomic control and metabolic parameters on female LDL-receptor knockout ovariectomized mice. Mice were divided into two groups: sedentary and trained. Trained group was submitted to an exercise training protocol. Blood cholesterol was measured. Arterial pressure (AP) signals...
In 1999 and 2000 the Royal College of Physicians published guidelines for the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis [Royal College of Physicians. Osteoporosis: clinical guidelines for the prevention and treatment. London: Royal College of Physicians; 1999; Royal College of Physicians and Bone and Tooth Society of Great Britain. Update on pharmacological interventions and an algorithm for management...
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