Removing Ovaries Before Menopause Leads to Memory, Movement Troubles
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WEDNESDAY, Aug. 29 (HealthDay News) -- Removing one or both ovaries before a woman reaches natural menopause increases the risk of both dementia and movement disorders such as Parkinson&#39;s disease.
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As if there weren&#39;t enough reasons to reconsider hormone replacement therapy, a new study highlights yet another negative health effect of taking estrogen plus progestin to combat the symptoms of menopause.
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Women with severe premenstrual syndrome may have a depressed nervous system, research suggests.
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After a stroke, the brain tries to reorganize itself. However, sometimes this process goes awry, leaving one woman to feel sounds on her skin.
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The type of progestin used in hormone therapy for menopausal women could affect heart attack severity, says a Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center study on monkeys.
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Women long past menopause should not use hormones to prevent heart disease, researchers said on Wednesday.
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NEW YORK -- Women who have their ovaries removed before menopause run a heightened risk of developing dementia or other mental problems later in life _ unless they take estrogen until age 50, a new study suggests.
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Women who swap hormone replacement therapy for alternative therapies to treat menopause symptoms risk harming themselves, doctors say.
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NEW YORK  - Women who smoke are more likely to begin menopause before the age of 45 years, which puts them at increased risk of osteoporosis and heart disease, Norwegian researchers report.
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NEW YORK  - Oral contraceptive use and loss of normal menstrual function may negatively impact bone health, according to a study of female military cadets.
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NEW YORK  - Women who are consistently  overweight or obese during adulthood may be at increased risk  for a decrease in the volume of certain areas of their brain --  according to a study from Sweden
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Five years after a landmark study scared millions of women off hormones for menopause symptoms, new research suggests the pills may offer some heart benefits for certain younger women who start taking them in their 50s. Women who took estrogen suffered less hardening of the arteries than those who took dummy pills, researchers reported in Thursday's New England Journal of Medicine.
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-- For women who have struggled with the symptoms of menopause but are fearful of taking risky hormone pills, there is at last a bit of hope.
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WASHINGTON -- Cutting dietary fat may also cut the risk of ovarian cancer, says a study of almost 40,000 older women that found the first hard evidence that menu changes protect against this particularly lethal cancer.
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Along with glass ceilings and high heels, a visit to the gynecologist falls somewhere on the dark side of being the fairer sex. It's something to which many women grimly resign themselves. That's because, from a woman's first signs of puberty to menopause and beyond, her gynecologic exams and rel...
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Post-menopausal women with low levels of the male sex hormone  are more likely to develop heart disease, research suggests.
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Cancer experts have identified a set of health problems that may be symptoms of ovarian cancer, and they are urging women who have them to see their doctors.