Menopause
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New study ‘changes understanding of bone loss after menopause’
The study sheds light on long-term changes in BMD in postmenopausal women and “stresses the importance of high peak bone mass before menopause and...
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Bone risk: Is time since menopause a better predictor than age?
The amount of time since a woman’s final menstrual period factors into bone density and fracture risk, in some cases with an even stronger...
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Preterm delivery raises lifetime hypertension risk
Hypertension risk was significantly higher 10 years after preterm delivery and remained elevated up to 43 years.
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Oral PTH shows promise for osteoporosis in early phase 2 study
The most likely patients for oral PTH, he added, “are those that have osteoporosis, previous fracture, or very low BMD, particularly those...
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Abaloparatide significantly reduced fractures, increased BMD in women at high fracture risk
Abaloparatide showed noninferiority against teriparatide and significant improvement against placebo for women at high or very high fracture risk...
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New nonhormonal therapies for hot flashes on the horizon
Despite the high effectiveness of hormone therapy for treating vasomotor symptoms, some people need other options, and several promising...
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No increase in dementia with menopausal HRT
The researchers found no overall associations between hormone therapy and risk of dementia, regardless of hormone type, application, dose, or...
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Migraine history linked to more severe hot flashes in postmenopausal women
Researchers suspect the association between vasomotor symptoms and migraine could result from a common cause in neurovascular dysregulation, but...
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PCOS linked to menopausal urogenital symptoms but not hot flashes
The lack of an association between PCOS and severe vasomotor symptoms was surprising since each of these is linked to a greater risk of...
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Updates to CDC’s STI guidelines relevant to midlife women too
An uptick in STIs, especially syphilis, in perimenopausal and postmenopausal women means the new STI recommendations from the CDC are relevant for...
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Moderate alcohol intake may curb subsequent diabetes after gestational diabetes
Women with a history of gestational diabetes who consumed 5.0-14.9 g/d had a decreased risk for incident type 2 diabetes compared to women with no...