Menopause News

• New AHA Scientific Statement on Menopause and CVD Risk An AHA scientific statement aims to raise awareness of healthcare providers and women about the menopause transition as a time of increasing heart disease risk.
  Medscape Medical News, December 02, 2020
• Sedentary Postmenopausal Women Have Higher HF Risk The more time older women spent sitting or lying down, the more likely their risk for hospitalization for heart failure.
  Medscape Medical News, November 25, 2020
• ACR 2020 Denosumab Favored Over Alendronate for BMD Protection "Glucocorticoids remain the mainstay of treatment of rheumatic diseases, but [they are] a major risk factor for osteoporosis and fracture."
  Medscape Medical News, November 13, 2020
• New Estimates for Breast Cancer Risk With HRT A new study calculates the breast cancer risk with HRT, but the results suggest this risk is lower than was estimated by a meta-analysis last year.
  Medscape Medical News, October 29, 2020
• POP Surgeries Not Tied to Decreased Sexual Functioning The researchers determined that there is "moderate to high quality data" supporting the influence of POP on sexual activity and function.
  Medscape Medical News, October 28, 2020
• Local Estrogen Therapy for Vaginal Atrophy Can Start Before or After Age 60 Treatment with low-dose local estrogen therapy (ET) to improve symptoms of vaginal atrophy may start before or after age 60, according to a post-hoc analysis of a randomized, placebo-controlled trial in the US and Canada.
  Reuters Health Information, October 21, 2020
• NAMS 2020 More Women Trying Cannabis to Manage Menopause Symptoms A new study finds 1 in 4 women have tried cannabis to manage menopause symptoms.
  WebMD Health News, October 20, 2020
• ASRM 2020 PCOS Tied to Risk for Cardiovascular Disease After Menopause Even controlling for other baseline risk factors for cardiovascular disease, women with PCOS were more like to have earlier cardiovascular events than women without PCOS.
  Medscape Medical News, October 19, 2020
• NAMS 2020 Genitourinary Syndrome of Menopause Statement Stresses Tx Options Providers should take a proactive approach to GSM and ask about symptoms as many women aren't aware that effective treatments are available.
  Medscape Medical News, October 19, 2020
• Two-Stage Surgery to Reduce Ovarian Cancer Risk Piques Interest Women at high risk of developing ovarian cancer want to have options when it comes to taking steps such as surgery for reducing their risk, a survey finds.
  Medscape Medical News, October 16, 2020
• NAMS 2020 Fetal Estrogens Show Promise for Safer Therapy for Menopause Previously unexamined fetal estrogens may provide a safer alternative for treating menopause symptoms, according to new data.
  Medscape Medical News, October 14, 2020
• NAMS 2020 New Nonhormonal Hot Flash Treatments on the Way Hormonal therapies have been the most effective treatment for vasomotor symptoms, but new drugs in the pipeline may lead to nonhormonal therapies for women unable or unwilling to use hormonal ones.
  Medscape Medical News, October 06, 2020
• ASBMR 2020 Longer Bisphosphonate Use Ups AFF Risk In a Danish study, serious but rare atypical femoral fractures (AFFs) increased with longer bisphosphonate use and dropped quickly when use stopped, but 34% of patients with AFFs were not using the drugs.
  Medscape Medical News, September 21, 2020
• HM 2020 Drug Allergy in the Chart? Ask Patients for Specifics "Please, for all of your patients, take an allergy history on every listed medication; often you will be able to remove or clarify the medical record and the changes can be life saving."
  Medscape Medical News, September 09, 2020
• First Proposed Evidence-Based Guideline for Alzheimer's Prevention New findings from a large systematic review and meta-analysis reveal 10 key Alzheimer's risk factors, which have led to the publication of the first evidence-based pathway to disease prevention.
  Medscape Medical News, August 27, 2020
• Postmenopausal Estrogen Alone Lowers Breast Cancer Cases, Deaths Prior use of conjugated equine estrogen decreased both breast cancer incidence and mortality, a new study has shown.
  Medscape Medical News, July 30, 2020
• Elderly Women Benefit From Alendronate After Abaloparatide Sequential therapy with abaloparatide and alendronate is safe and effective for maintaining bone mineral density in women 80 and older, according to a new post-hoc analysis.
  Reuters Health Information, July 24, 2020
• Medications May Drive Postmenopausal Weight Gain Use of weight-promoting medications such as antidepressants, beta-blockers, insulin, and glucocorticosteroids may contribute to postmenopausal abdominal weight gain, data from the Women's Health Initiative indicate.
  Medscape Medical News, July 24, 2020
• Some Telepsychiatry 'Here to Stay' Post-COVID About 90% of clinicians are performing telepsychiatry through methods like phone consults, email, and video chat. It's unlikely to go away even after the pandemic subsides, according to one neurologist.
  Medscape Medical News, July 22, 2020
• Postmenopausal Hormone Therapy May Help Protect Against Recurrent UTI Older women who take menopausal hormone therapy have a greater variety of beneficial bacteria in their urine which may help guard against recurrent urinary tract infections.
  Reuters Health Information, July 21, 2020