Hormone replacement therapy prescribing in menopausal women in the UK: a descriptive study
Source : https://bjgpopen.org/content/early/2022/10/31/BJGPO.2022.0126
Background Recent studies on the prescribing of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) medicines to treat symptoms of menopause are lacking. Aim To describe the prescribing of HRT in a cohort of...
Conclusion: This study shows a steady increase in the number of women receiving their first prescription for HRT during the study period, which suggests regained acceptance of HRT medicines.
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Discussion: The current state of communications may increase inequities in residency application processes; differences between faculty communications for applicants from different racial and ethnic backgrounds are particularly concerning given that program directors are more likely to weigh communications from faculty in their decision-making.
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Cohort profile: a prospective Australian cohort study of women's reproductive characteristics and risk of chronic disease from menarche to premenopause (M-PreM)
Source : https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/12/10/e064333
Purpose Previous studies have identified associations between individual reproductive factors and chronic disease risk among postmenopausal women. However, few have investigated the association of different markers of reproductive function, their...
Conclusion: Compared with the participants who completed the self-assessment or did not participate in the M-PreM Study, in-clinic participants were more likely to be university educated and less likely to have three or more children, to ever have smoked or have a history of preterm birth. They also started having children at a later age....
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Assessment of menopausal symptoms with changing hormone milieus in different menopausal transitional stages
Source : https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/07399332.2022.2134390?src=&journalCode=uhcw20
Abstract The present cross-sectional study is an attempt to evaluate menopausal symptoms with changing hormone milieus among women of different menopausal transitional stages. Out of all the symptoms, sexual dysfunction...
Conclusion: The present cross-sectional study is an attempt to evaluate menopausal symptoms with changing hormone milieus among women of different menopausal transitional stages. Out of all the symptoms, sexual dysfunction was the most commonly occurring symptom. Results of the correspondence analysis exhibited a significant association of...
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State-of-the-art review of the clinical research on menopause and hormone replacement therapy association with Parkinson's disease: What meta-analysis studies cannot tell us
Source : https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnagi.2022.971007/full
The menopause is a midlife endocrinological process that greatly affects women's central nervous system functions. Over the last 2 decades numerous clinical studies have addressed the influence of ovarian hormone...
Discussion: Several works support the hypothesis that menopause may constitute a triggering risk factor, which interaction with other risk factors and other possible pathological processes may modify the onset of PD.
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