Menopause

Developing menopause at an earlier age and late initiation of hormone therapy were associated with increased vulnerability to Alzheimer’s disease, according to researchers.

High levels of lead and cadmium in dark chocolate can have adverse effects for pregnant women and their fetuses, according to experts.

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.

Japanese women who habitually slept 6 hours or less per night were more likely to experience menopause at an older age than those who reported longer sleep duration, according to data published in Menopause.

Three SKYLIGHT phase 3 trials demonstrated that treatment with nonhormonal fezolinetant was associated with alleviation moderate to severe vasomotor symptoms during menopause with acceptable safety and tolerability.

Women often receive information about menopause from family, friends and social media rather than health care providers.

For medicine to advance, entrenched paradigms must yield to new evidence. The widely held belief that menopausal hormone therapy causes breast cancer, and thus should never be given to breast cancer survivors, must be reassessed.

More than ever before, women today may have more information — and misinformation — about menopause.

Nearly two-thirds of midlife women reported a history of intimate partner violence, and that experience was associated with increased odds of clinical insomnia, according to a cross-sectional study published in Menopause.

For postmenopausal women, simple ovarian cysts were likely to remain unchanged or disappear during follow-up, according to a systematic review and meta-analysis published in Menopause.