Postmenopause

Healio spoke to Ashley Haggerty, MD, a board certified, fellowship-trained gynecologic oncologist at Hackensack Meridian Medical Group about better patient education in endometrial cancer patients.

Stressful life experiences, such as adverse childhood experiences, were not associated with age at natural menopause despite a negative impact of stress on the health of midlife women, researchers reported in Menopause.

The Healio Editors compiled news on menopause in women’s health for National Women’s Health Week.

Use of the hormone estetrol 15 mg once daily had estrogenic effects in the vagina while decreasing atrophy signs and may be a promising treatment option for menopausal symptoms other than vasomotor symptoms, according to researchers.

Menopausal status was associated with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, with postmenopausal women having more than double the odds compared with premenopausal women, researchers reported.

A recent study found that foot massage during menopause can lengthen daily sleep duration by a median of 1 hour and lower fatigue and anxiety, according to a press release from NAMS.

In the past 20 years, researchers have refined knowledge on the benefits and risks of hormone therapy for symptoms associated with menopause.