The Rhythm of the Blues Am J Psychiatry (subscription) - In the case of circadian rhythms, the data are less extensive, but interventional data in depression suggest the utility of manipulating the relative timing...
Pregnant, two kids under five... and cancer. What would you do? guardian.co.uk, UK - Nov 29, 2008 Only 150 years ago, girls got their first period at 15 or 16 and went through menopause in their late thirties and forties. Today, girls begin puberty as ...
Learned This Week Vancouver Sun, Canada - Nov 29, 2008 The UM study came about, Sowers said, in trying to explain what's behind the so-called timing hypothesis. The timing hypothesis suggests that if a woman ...
Mixed findings cast doubt on HRT timing hypothesis TheHeart.Org, NY - Nov 5, 2008 The hypothesis speculates that HRT use should be started within six years of the menopause transition, the so-called "time window. ...
Black Cohosh Tied to Breast Cancer Spread WebMD - Nov 11, 2008 11, 2008 -- Black cohosh, a supplement taken to ease menopausal symptoms, may have a mixed relationship with breast cancer. That's according to a study ...
Heart risk rises with menopause Windsor Star, Canada - As women begin to enter menopause, their risk of developing a collection of heart disease risk factors appears to increase, according to a new study. ...
Menopause diet goodtoknow, UK - Aug 4, 2008 Have you started to put on weight because of the menopause? Don't worry, we've created a brilliant diet to help you feel better and lose the pounds! ...
5 things to know about menopause Chicago Tribune, United States - Jul 30, 2008 By Desonta Holder | McClatchy/Chicago Tribune newspapers ?Clinically speaking, menopause is only one day?the day a woman hasn't had a period for 12 ...
ABC News Medical Contributor ABC News - Aug 4, 2008 Hormone replacement therapy may not be as risky as thought for those in early menopause, researchers say. A new study from Kaiser Permanente, presented at ...
Treating menopause poses quite a dilemma Daily Press, VA - Aug 2, 2008 A study presented at the British Menopause Society conference last month says taking menopausal hormone therapy can reduce a woman's risk of developing ...
Genetics, lifestyle affect bone density Daytona Beach News-Journal, FL - Aug 3, 2008 Because estrogen plays an important role in keeping bone absorption under control, post-menopausal women are more prone to suffer rapid bone loss as ...
Hypnosis for Menopause: Real Or Scam? American Chronicle, CA - Jul 31, 2008 If someone says he or she can stop menopause, and turn the clock back 20 years, don?t buy it. I know it?s tempting. And maybe a decade from now it will be ...
NAMS position statement on HT and menopause updated Endocrine Today, NJ - Jul 31, 2008 The North American Menopause Society addresses the risk-benefit analysis and therapeutic issues of menopausal hormone therapy. The North American Menopause...
Androgen Levels in Adult Females: Changes with Age, Menopause, and Oophorectomy - SL Davison, R Bell, S Donath, JG Montalto, SR … - Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 2005 - Endocrine Soc ... inclusion of a dichotomous term for menopausal status in ... and the regression coefficient
for the menopause term was ... total T levels are 0.38 (0.26) nmol/liter ...
Age at Menopause and Childbearing Patterns in Relation to Mortality. - GS Cooper, DD Baird, CR Weinberg, SA Ephross, DP … - American Journal of Epidemiology, 2000 - pt.wkhealth.com ... RR = 0.40; 95 percent CI: 0.26, 0.62). ... TABLE 1. Associations between menopausal and
reproductive histories ... associated with early natural menopause (for natural ...
Ages at menopause and menarche in a high-altitude Himalayan population - CM Beall - Annals of Human Biology, 1983 - informaworld.com ...menopause are not correlated (r--0.10, P=0.26, N=57 ... nearly all Upper Chumik women
are post-menopausal, only half ... in India whose median age at menopause of 47.3 ...
Coronary Heart Disease Risk Factors in Relation to the Menopause - G RAZAY, KW HEATON, CH BOLTON - QJM, 1992 - Oxford Univ Press ... 0.01) 0.81 (0.01) 5.0 (0.08) 7.2 (0.26) 0.77(0.01) ... plasma insulin in our post-menopausal
women suggests ... in coronary heart disease after the menopause might be ...
Source: Google Scholar
The timing of menopause
Definitions:
Perimenopause is the time of transition between a woman's reproductive years and when menstruation ceases completely, or menopause.
Average age of onset of perimenopause: 46.
Age of onset for 95 percent of women: 39 to 51.
Percentage of women who have onset before age 40: 1 percent.
Average duration: 5 years.
Average age of menopause: 51.
What happens:
During perimenopause, hormone levels fluctuate and decline, but not necessarily in an orderly manner. Shifts in hormones are a major contributor to the physical, mental and emotional imbalance that many women experience. Eventually estrogen levels decrease to the point that the lining of the uterus no longer builds up and menstruation ceases. This is menopause.
Sources: Dr. E.C. Henley, Revival Menopause Home test; Dr. Deborah Moskowitz, Transitions for Health.
