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Image credits: pleezebfree According to Dr. Cynthia Abraham, an Ob-Gyn at the Icahn School of Medicine in New York, hot flashes affect as many as 8 in 10 menopausal women in the United States ...
Menopause is a stage of life experienced in different ways. It can be characterized by personal challenges, changes in personal roles within the family and society. Women's approaches to changes during menopause are influenced by their personal, family and sociocultural background. [108]
We asked 1,500 women for their intimate thoughts about menopause — the best and worst symptoms, how they saw themselves and what they want others to know.
Menopause typically occurs between 44 and 58 years of age. [8] DNA testing is rarely carried out to confirm claims of maternity at advanced ages, but in one large study, among 12,549 African and Middle Eastern immigrant mothers, confirmed by DNA testing, only two mothers were found to be older than fifty; the oldest mother being 52.1 years at conception (and the youngest mother 10.7 years old).
Menopause and perimenopause are coming in every woman’s life, but I was caught unaware, thanks to the paucity of medical training, scientific studies and woman-to-woman discourse about it all ...
The grandmother hypothesis is a hypothesis to explain the existence of menopause in human life history by identifying the adaptive value of extended kin networking. It builds on the previously postulated "mother hypothesis" which states that as mothers age, the costs of reproducing become greater, and energy devoted to those activities would be better spent helping her offspring in their ...
The Women's Health Initiative (WHI) is an ongoing study of over 27,000 women that began in 1991, with the most recent analyses suggesting that, when initiated within 10 years of menopause, HRT reduces all-cause mortality and risks of coronary disease, osteoporosis, and dementia; after 10 years the beneficial effects on mortality and coronary ...
What to expect during perimenopause, including lesser-known symptoms and how long this phase lasts. Many women are blindsided by perimenopause. 5 facts everyone should know about this time of life ...