During menopause, a woman’s body undergoes profound hormonal changes, which can radically affect bone health and cardiac well-being.
Published in the journal Archives of Ophthalmology, the research found that women with early-onset MD – a condition in which the eye’s retina degrades over time – may be able to prevent the onset of the ailment by taking vitamin D supplements.
Plenty of Americans drink green tea for its taste and mild caffeine content, but a new study has found that a substance found in the beverage – as well as in some dietary supplements – may help women stay healthy after menopause.
Now, a study has determined that acupuncture treatment may be able to reduce the perceived severity of hot flashes in women going through menopause.
Use of estrogen replacement therapy (ERT) may increase a postmenopausal woman’s risk of ovarian cancer, according to findings published in the journal Cancer Research. Furthermore, ERT may advance breast cancer, which starts in lymph nodes located under the arms.
Women who have already experienced menopause and are following a high-protein diet may be at risk of bone density loss, according to findings published in Journal of Gerontology: Medical Sciences. In order to determine the effects of this regimen on post-menopausal women, researchers from Purdue University examined the results of two studies that had female participants aged 43 to 80 follow certain diets.
A new study has found an alternative hormone that can benefit women who are going through menopause, according to findings presented at The Endocrine Society’s annual meeting. In fact, a different form of progesterone may help these women experience fewer hot flashes and night sweats. During the three-month trial, more than 100 women who were using hormonal therapy to treat signs of menopause were randomly chosen to take oral micronized progesterone, which is a steroid found in yams, or to take a placebo.
The use of oral contraceptives and hormone replacement therapy (HRT) may prevent brain aneurysms in post-menopausal women, according to findings presented at the Society of Neurointerventional Surgery annual meeting. Previous trials have found that women who have already experienced menopause are among the most common high-risk populations.
Post-menopausal women who include soy in their diets may be less likely to suffer from bone health problems, according to a study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. For three years, a team of investigators from the University of California, Davis asked women who had already experienced menopause to take supplements containing isoflavones, estrogen-like compounds found in soy. Two groups of the participants were given capsules containing different amounts of the nutrients and were compared to a control group.
Eating soy may improve weight loss in women who have already gone through menopause, according to findings presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior. Soy is a vegetable used to make milk, oil and other food products, and contains a variety of nutrients, including compounds similar to estrogen, that can lead to many health benefits when added to one’s diet.
Although symptoms of menopause are typically associated with middle-aged women, the truth is men undergo the change, as well, and many of them experience similar side effects.
Resveratrol, a plant-derived antioxidant, may provide anti-inflammatory benefits for humans, according to findings published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.
A brain disorder associated with fibromyaglia may cause intense pain episodes, according to a study conducted by Massachusetts General Hospital and the University of Michigan.
People who suffer from a certain sleeping disorder may be more likely to be diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease and other neurological disorders later on in life, according to a study published in the journal Neurology.
Adolescents who eat foods that are considered part of a fast food diet may be at a higher risk of developing attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), according to a report published in the Journal of Attention Disorders.
