Clinical Practice Guidelines for Managing Genitourinary Symptoms Associated With Menopause
Treatment includes vaginal moisturizers and lubricants geared towards providing symptomatic relief; hormonal treatments which promote epithelial thickening and production of vaginal secretions; and pelvic floor physical therapy along with behavioral...
A group of experts author clinical practice guidelines for the management of select menopausal symptoms.
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A Dietary Intervention for Postmenopausal Hot Flashes: a Potential Role of Gut Microbiome
Source : https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0965229923000894?via=ihub
This study examined the role of gut microbiome changes in mediating the effects of a dietary intervention on the frequency and severity of postmenopau...
Total hot flashes decreased by 95% while patients were on a vegan diet. Changes in Porphyromonas and Prevotella corporis correlated with hot flashes, and changes in Clostridium asparagiforme correlated with changes in severe hot flashes.
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Military Sexual Trauma and Menopause Symptoms Among Midlife Women Veterans
Source : https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37957529/
Exposure to MST is common among midlife women Veterans and shows strong and independent associations with clinically significant menopause and mental health symptoms.
Military sexual trauma was associated with the presence of vasomotor symptoms, vaginal symptoms, clinically significant depressive symptoms, anxiety, and probable post-traumatic stress disorder.
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Association Between Depressive Mood and Body Image and Menopausal Symptoms and Sexual Function in Perimenopausal Women
Source : https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10698428/
Perimenopausal is the period when women's ovarian function begins to decline before and after menopause. During this period, women experience a series of mental state changes, such as decreased hormone...
This study shows that depression and body image play mediating roles between menopausal symptoms and sexual function in perimenopausal women, and reasonable countermeasures should be considered.
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Correlations Among Core Outcomes in Menopause-Recommended Vasomotor Symptom Outcomes in MsFLASH Trials
Source : https://journals.lww.com/menopausejournal/abstract/9900/correlations_among_core_outcomes_in.261.aspx
Participants were mostly postmenopausal (82.9%) and a mean of 54.5 years old.
Severity and bother of vasomotor symptoms were strongly correlated; interference of vasomotor symptoms was moderately correlated with insomnia and fairly to moderately correlated with sleep quality/disturbance.
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