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Bone density decreases when stopping, never using menopausal hormone therapy
Postmenopausal women who stopped or never used hormone therapy over a 5-year period experienced a loss in bone density, whereas bone density was maintained for those who continued treatment, researchers reported in Menopause.
VIDEO: How to increase physician diversity without affirmative action
NEW ORLEANS — In this video exclusive, Valerie Montgomery Rice, MD, president and CEO of Morehouse School of Medicine, talks about implications for medical education of the recent Supreme Court decision limiting affirmative action.
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Survey identifies ways to improve midlife care for perimenopausal women
Women who sought health care for bothersome perimenopausal symptoms reported both positive and negative experiences in interactions with providers, according to results of the Women Living Better survey.
Survey: 42% of midlife women have used cannabis, 6% for menopause symptoms
PHILADELPHIA — Medical and recreational cannabis use by midlife women may be “relatively common,” with 6% of those who report use saying they use the drug to address symptoms of menopause, according to a speaker.
Higher endometrial cancer, hyperplasia rates with conjugated estrogens/bazedoxifene
In the first years of use, women prescribed conjugated estrogens/bazedoxifene vs. estrogen/progestin for menopausal symptoms may have higher rates of endometrial cancer and endometrial hyperplasia but lower breast cancer rates.
Nonhormonal treatments offer ‘more tools in the toolbox’ for menopausal hot flashes
PHILADELPHIA — Nonhormone therapy options for vasomotor symptoms are important considerations for women who are not good candidates for or may not want to initiate hormone therapy, according to a speaker.
Is menopausal hormone therapy linked with dementia risk? Studies offer conflicting views
PHILADELPHIA — The short-term effects of postmenopausal hormone therapies on the vascular system and the brain may differ from long-term effects and could be influenced by HT formulation and administration route, according to a speaker.
Not ‘panacea nor poison’: No long-term cognitive effects of menopausal hormone therapy
PHILADELPHIA — At 10 years of follow-up, women who had been assigned menopausal hormone therapy in the KEEPS study had cognitive function scores similar to those of women assigned placebo, according to a speaker.
Menopausal hormone therapy prescriptions remain low in US
PHILADELPHIA — The number of women aged at least 50 years prescribed hormone therapy for menopause symptoms remains low, particularly for Hispanic women, despite good efficacy and safety, according to a presenter.
Women with obesity report more menopausal symptoms, less relief with HT
PHILADELPHIA — In a small study, more women with obesity reported vasomotor, genitourinary, mood and libido symptoms associated with menopause than their peers without obesity, according to a presenter.
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