Menopause News

Breast arterial calcification identified during routine mammography was associated with greater risks for coronary artery disease and stroke within 10 years, data published in Menopause show.

The Healio editors have compiled the most read news from the NAMS annual meeting in October.

Lesbian, bisexual and pansexual perimenopausal and postmenopausal women reported being sexually active more often than heterosexual women and had better sexual function, according to data presented at the NAMS Annual Meeting.

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force has released two final recommendations on the use of hormone therapy for the primary prevention of chronic conditions in postmenopausal people.

ANAHEIM, Calif. — In this video exclusive, Nanette Santoro, MD, describes paradigm shifts in understanding the menopause transition and its implications for health.

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Midlife women with a history of infertility or involuntary childlessness had more depressive symptoms, particularly before menopause, and anxiety after menopause, compared with women without infertility.

Women who experienced vasomotor symptoms had elevated whole brain volume of white matter hyperintensities, which can affect brain health, data presented at the NAMS Annual Meeting showed.

Women diagnosed with type 1 diabetes before age 30 years or type 2 diabetes at age 30 to 39 years are more likely to reach menopause earlier than women without diabetes, according to study results.

Potentially perimenopausal women who took relugolix combination therapy for uterine fibroids and heavy menstrual bleeding experienced significant reductions in menstrual bleeding and fibroid-related pain vs. those who took placebo.

Women who did not receive menopausal hormone therapy had greater odds of developing adhesive capsulitis compared with those on HT, according to preliminary study results presented at the North American Menopause Society annual meeting.