Menopause News

In midlife and older smokers, natural menopause before age 45 years was associated with malignant and nonmalignant lung diseases and mortality, according to data published in the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology.

The FDA accepted a new drug application from Astellas for fezolinetant, a nonhormonal drug for treating moderate to severe menopause-related vasomotor symptoms, according to a company press release.

A denosumab biosimilar candidate demonstrated noninferior efficacy to its reference product, with similar safety profile, in postmenopausal patients with osteoporosis, according to data published in Arthritis Research & Therapy.

In postmenopausal women, eating prunes every day prevented loss of hip bone mineral density and protected against hip fractures, according to a randomized controlled trial published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

Women with a history of premature menopause, defined as menopause before age 40 years, are more likely to develop HF or atrial fibrillation over 9 years of follow-up compared with women without premature menopause, data show.

The Women’s Preventive Services Initiative — or WPSI — issued new guidelines for preventing weight gain in women aged 40 to 60 years.

Certain factors were associated with heart palpitations in menopause, according to findings of a scoping literature review in Women’s Health.

Female patients with rheumatoid arthritis are more likely to achieve remission when treated with exogenous sex hormones, particularly those who are perimenopausal and early postmenopausal, according to data published in Rheumatology.

Menopausal hormone therapy remains the most effective treatment for vasomotor symptoms and genitourinary syndrome of menopause, according to an updated position statement from the North American Menopause Society.

Postmenopausal women had a greater burden of white matter hyperintensity — or WMH — compared with men and premenopausal women, as well as a faster increase in WMH, according to a cross-sectional analysis of the Rhineland Study.