Menopause Stories
- Compared to both younger and older women, perimenopausal women have higher levels of a brain protein linked to depression.
- Testosterone deficiency is not the only cause of age-associated changes in men, according to a Mass General Hospital study that found estrogen loss accelerates male aging
- Women who suffer from asthma are twice as likely to be hospitalized for the condition that male sufferers.
- A physician who treated a 16-year-old Australian girl found that the HPV vaccine Gardasil may have caused the girl to become infertile.
- Cancer survivors are twice as likely to experience severe menopause but their sexual activity and symptoms are about the same as women who do not have a history of the disease.
- A Chinese woman named Ma Ailun passed away over the weekend after she was electrocuted by her charging iPhone 5.
- A News 12 reporter's questions were not enough to sway what was on a sex-crazed 100-year-old grandma's mind.
- The symptoms of menopause, which include hot flashes, depression, and weight gain, make it particularly difficult for scientists attempting to treat it.
- Taken once daily, a medication containing a low dose of a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) was shown effective in reducing hot flashes in menopausal women.
- Two-week treatment with estrogen supplements increased the levels of natural antimicrobials in postmenopausal women and stymied UTIs in mice.
- Menopause, though a natural process, could be sped up by men's increasing preferences for younger women.
- More couples are steering away from traditional meeting venues and depending on social media and dating dates, a new study shows.