Top in women’s health: Alzheimer’s disease vulnerability; ozone exposure during pregnancy
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Developing menopause at an earlier age and late initiation of hormone therapy were associated with increased vulnerability to Alzheimer’s disease, according to researchers.
“Female individuals who experience younger age at menopause may represent a subgroup for priority inclusion in Alzheimer’s disease prevention trials,” Gillian T. Coughlan, MS, PhD, a research fellow in the department of neurology at Massachusetts General Hospital at Harvard Medical School, and colleagues wrote.
It was the top story in women’s health last week.
Another top story was about an association between ozone exposure and an increased risk for gestational hypertension during the first trimester. Researchers said that weeks 1 to 9 gestation had the highest susceptibility for ozone exposure and gestational risk.
Read these and more top stories in women’s health below:
Earlier age at menopause, later HT initiation linked to Alzheimer’s disease vulnerability
Being younger at menopause onset and initiating hormone therapy after more than 5 years were both linked to increased tau vulnerability among women, according to a cross-sectional study published in JAMA Neurology. Read more.
Ozone exposure increases gestational hypertension risk during first trimester
Ozone exposure was associated with an increased risk for gestational hypertension during the first trimester of pregnancy, according to a cohort study published in JAMA Network Open. Read more.
Infertility issues may account for some adverse birth outcomes with assisted reproduction
Same-sex couples undergoing assisted reproductive technology experienced more favorable or similar birth outcomes vs. heterosexual couples, suggesting infertility-related factors contribute to higher adverse birth outcomes, data show. Read more.
Pregnancy-associated cancers increase overall 5-year mortality
Cancers diagnosed during pregnancy or 1-year post-partum had greater overall 5-year mortality compared with those not diagnosed near pregnancy, but risks were not the same for all cancer sites, researchers reported in JAMA Oncology. Read more.
Similar genetic profiles in technology-assisted, naturally conceived births
Newborns in the NICU conceived naturally and through assisted reproductive technology had similar types of genetic diagnoses and incidence of de novo genetic variants, researchers reported in JAMA Network Open. Read more.