May 17th 2024
A recent study showcased at the 2024 ACOG Annual Clinical & Scientific Meeting unveils elinzanetant's efficacy in alleviating vasomotor symptoms, sleep disturbances, and enhancing menopause-related quality of life in postmenopausal women.
23rd Annual International Congress on the Future of Breast Cancer® East
July 19-20, 2024
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15th Annual International Symposium on Ovarian Cancer and Other Gynecologic Malignancies™
May 11, 2024
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Community Practice Connections™: 14th Annual International Symposium on Ovarian Cancer and Other Gynecologic Malignancies
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4th Annual International Congress on the Future of Women’s Health™
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Patient, Provider, and Caregiver Connection™: Exploring Unmet Needs In Postpartum Depression – Making the Case for Early Detection and Novel Treatments
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Identifying Health Care Inequities in Screening, Diagnosis, and Trial Access for Breast Cancer Care: Taking Action With Evidence-Based Solutions
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Assessing Bone Resorption Levels to Predict Skeletal Responses to HRT
October 13th 2011Osteoporosis is recognized as a significant contributor to morbidity and mortality in postmenopausal women. Several effective strategies, including calcium supplementation, weight-bearing exercise, and, most importantly, hormone replacement, have been developed to prevent or at least delay clinically significant bone loss.
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Thyroid Dysfunctional State Detected by QUS Measurements at Multiple Skeletal Sites
October 13th 2011Hyperthyroidism in postmenopausal women is associated with accelerated bone loss that results in lower BMD as detected by DEXA, SPA, QCT as well as bone markers’ levels. However, there is no data of QUS evaluation in thyrotoxic patients.
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"Doctor, just what is a hot flash?"
October 7th 2011Hot flashes, hot flushes, power surges-- they go by a variety of names and are one of the most common symptoms of the perimenopause and menopause. Often a premenopausal woman will ask, "how will I know if I am having hot flashes"? This can be compared to the question a woman who has never had a baby asks, "how I will know if it's really a contraction"? If a woman is having significant hot flashes, she will not have to ask!
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"Doctor, is the patch better, and how do I use it?"
October 7th 2011The benefits of using the patch for hormone replacement, with a few exceptions, are not significantly different from those when taken in a pill form. The choice should depend primarily upon the woman's preference, and for those choosing the patch there are a few small tricks for making it easier to use.
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Staying Smart with Estrogen: Estrogen Replacement and Mental Functioning
October 7th 2011Losing your keys? Losing your patience? Losing your mind? If you are a midlife woman having difficulties, the solution may be increasing your estrogen level. More and more research studies are showing beneficial effects of hormone replacement on mental functioning. Women taking estrogen showed increased brain activation and reinstated patterns observed in younger subjects performing memory tasks, according to a recent study.
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The Significance of Bleeding after Menopause
October 7th 2011Bleeding after menopause or "postmenopausal bleeding" ("PMB") can be defined as the resumption of vaginal bleeding at least 6 months after a woman experiences her last menstrual period. This assumes of course that she is indeed menopausal ie. in her late 40's, perhaps having hot flashes and night sweats, mood swings, insomnia, perhaps experiencing some vaginal dryness.
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Theories of Fibroid Information
October 3rd 2011Despite the major public health impact of leiomyomas, little is known about their cause. Until recently, the steroid hormones estrogen and progesterone were considered the most important regulators of leiomyoma growth. There is abundant evidence that estrogen promotes fibroid growth including the clinical observations that fibroids grow in the presence of high levels of estrogen, such as during the reproductive years, and that they regress in the presence of low levels of estrogen, such as following menopause or during gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH) agonist therapy.
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Is HRT still indicated for the primary prevention of osteoporosis?
October 2nd 2011Hormone Replacement Therapy: In most European countries, the actual Guideline on the Evaluation of New Medicinal Products in the Treatment of Primary Osteoporosis is incomplete in that, unlike the previous Note for Guidance on Postmenopausal Osteoporosis in Women (EMEA 2001 Guidance), it fails to address the prevention of osteoporosis indication.
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Climacterium and the menopause
October 2nd 2011The world of menopausal care is changing. For many years, the scientific community involved in menopause research has been amassing evidence that the menopause is associated with multiple complaints and chronic diseases, and that postmenopausal hormone therapy has the potential to prevent or treat most of them.
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Aging, Not Menopause, Linked to Increased Risk of Heart Disease
September 30th 2011Hormonal changes associated with menopause do not increase a woman’s risk for heart disease and heart disease mortality, according to new research published in BMJ. The work of Dr Dhananjay Vaidya, assistant professor of medicine at John Hopkins School of Medicine, and colleagues contradict the previously hypothesis that heart disease and heart attacks rise dramatically after menopause.
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Venous Thromboembolism and Estrogen Hormone Therapy: Patch Presents Less Risk Than Pill
September 25th 2011A new study provides a real-world snapshot of risks associated with venous thromboembolism in women receiving hormone replacement therapy, demonstrating that women who use an estradiol transdermal system may have less risk of developing thromboembolism than their counterparts who receive oral estrogen-only hormone therapy agents.
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FDA Bounces Request to Approve Desvenlafaxine (Pristiq) for Menopause
September 21st 2011Pfizer Inc. reports that it has received a "complete response letter" from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) denying its application to approve desvenlafaxine (Pristiq) for moderate to severe vasomotor symptoms of menopause such as hot flashes.
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Poll: How Are You Managing Women With Sleep Disturbances Who Have Discontinued Hormone Therapy?
September 13th 2011A recent study on sleep disturbances in menopause shows a direct connection to the use of hormone therapy. Specifically, when women stop taking hormone therapy they experienced greater periods of poor sleep, waking up during the night, difficulty falling asleep, waking up to early and not feeling rested.
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Popular Herbal Supplement Shows Promise in Treating Menopausal Sleep Disturbances
September 13th 2011According to results from a new study, a popular herbal remedy may come to the rescue of women suffering from postmenopausal sleep disturbances. About half of postmenopausal women experience some degree of sleep disturbance, which in turn impacts their quality of life.
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Hormone Therapy Discontinuation Linked to Increases in Sleep Disturbances
September 11th 2011Cessation of hormone therapy in menopausal women may result in sleep disturbances, according to a new study in Menopause. Since the hormone therapy has been associated with the alleviation of sleep problems in women experiencing menopausal symptoms, Dr Sarah E Tom, Interdisciplinary Women’s Health Research (IWHR) Scholar at the University of Texas Medical School, and colleagues sought to determine the resulting sleep effects during cessation of hormone therapy.
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Is Menopause a Risk Factor for Developing Diabetes?
August 15th 2011With the rate of diabetes and prediabetes/glucose intolerance increasing, it is imperative for clinicians to help reduce the risk of their patients developing full-blown diabetes as well as to help patients manage the illness.
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