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Treatment of Urge Incontinence in Postmenopausal Women: a Systematic Review

Treatment of Urge Incontinence in Postmenopausal Women: a Systematic Review

Source : https://www.pagepressjournals.org/index.php/aiua/article/view/11718

Urinary incontinence and other urinary symptoms tend to be frequent at menopause because of hormonal modifications and aging. Urinary symptoms are associated with the genitourinary syndrome of menopause which is...

At present, a combination of different treatments tailored to the characteristics of the individual patient can be suggested.

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A Systematic Review of Menopause Apps With an Emphasis on Osteoporosis

A Systematic Review of Menopause Apps With an Emphasis on Osteoporosis

Source : https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10542256/

Menopause can significantly hasten bone loss. Mobile phones provide an efficient way to manage, track and understand menopause using apps. A previous review of menopause apps found numerous apps designed...

Existing menopause apps need more input from experts to improve the quality and functionality, using simple language. More emphasis on specific health problems during menopause, including osteoporosis, is required.

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Impact of Estrogens on Resting Energy Expenditure: a Systematic Review

Impact of Estrogens on Resting Energy Expenditure: a Systematic Review

Source : https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37544655/

The fear of weight gain is one of the main reasons for women not to initiate or to early discontinue hormonal contraception or menopausal hormone therapy. Resting energy expenditure is...

It should be emphasized that estrogens have an anorexigenic effect and thus prevent increased EI from compensating for increased REE. Together with this fact, our results suggest that the energy balance changes in a negative direction under the influence of estrogens. Thus, the widespread fear of weight gain solely as a result of taking HC or...

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Summary of the 2023 North American Menopause Society Annual Meeting

Hot flashes, the havoc they can wreak on quality of life, and new ways to extinguish these challenging vasomotor symptoms took center stage at the 2023 annual meeting of the North American Menopause Society.

With a theme of Midlife Women’s Health in the Era of Precision Medicine, the four-day meeting was held at the Marriott Downtown in Philadelphia from Sept. 27 to 30, 2023. It featured up-to-date clinical information on treatment and prevention strategies for perimenopausal, menopausal, and postmenopausal women.

Click above to find our post-conference wrap-up report.

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Unexpected Drug-Induced Liver Injury Associated With MenoFit: A Synbiotic Menopause Supplement

Unexpected Drug-Induced Liver Injury Associated With MenoFit: A Synbiotic Menopause Supplement

Source : https://journals.lww.com/acgcr/fulltext/2023/09000/unexpected_drug_induced_liver_injury_associated.19.aspx

h 1 week of jaundice and abnormal liver biochemical tests in the absence of other risk factors and negative comprehensive workup for known etiologies of liver disease....

In the case described, given the significant improvement in liver tests on discontinuing the supplement and initiating steroids, the diagnosis of DILI was established. However, given the lack of long-term follow-up and lack of demonstration of normalization of liver tests, a suspicion of chronic DILI could not be ruled out.

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