Articles Tagged With: Menopause
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New Research Eyes Acupuncture for Women with Menopausal Symptoms
Acupuncture treatments can reduce the number of hot flashes and night sweats associated with menopause by as much as 36%, according to recently published data.
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A Low-Dose Estrogen Capsule Examined as Possibility for Vaginal Atrophy
About 32 million postmenopausal women in the United States are affected by vulvar and vaginal atrophy, which can cause painful sexual activity and urination, as well as vaginal dryness, itching, and irritation. Recent data presented at ENDO 2016, the annual meeting of the Endocrine Society, suggests an investigational low-dose vaginal estrogen capsule may help relieve such symptoms.
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Try Acupuncture to Reduce Hot Flashes
Women now have a new option for easing the hot flashes and night sweats that often accompany menopause. -
Management of your patients’ menopause — Is your care on the right track?
By 2020, more than 50 million U.S. women will be older than 51, the mean age when menopause occurs. Despite the availability of effective hormonal and nonhormonal treatments for menopausal symptoms, few women with menopausal symptoms are evaluated or treated, reports a new scientific perspective.
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That’s Not a Hot Flash, It’s Kidney Yin Deficiency: Try Acupuncture?
Both real and sham acupuncture provide benefits for women suffering from menopausal hot flashes, including for months after the treatment ends.
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Menopausal Hormone Therapy: Useful and Indicated for Vasomotor Symptoms
The benefits may exceed the risks for most women within 10 years of menopause.
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Counsel women on how to cope with menopause’s vasomotor symptoms
New research indicates that frequent vasomotor symptoms associated with menopause could last more than seven years for many women.
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Special Feature: Estrogen Treatment of Postmenopausal Women With Unstable Angina
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Clinical Abstracts: Soy Intake and Hot Flashes
Fugh-Berman A. Soy intake and hot flashes. Altern Ther Women's Health 2002;4:31-32. -
Hormone Therapy and In-Hospital Survival after Myocardial Infarction in Postmenopausal Women