Topic: Menopause
Contrary to previous research, a study out Sunday showed that flaxseed is ineffective in reducing hot flashes among menopausal women."The results were surprising. Pilot study data suggested that flaxseed use was associated with reduction in hot flashes," wrote study lead author Sandhya ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - If men smoke when their partners are pregnant, their daughters may end up reaching menopause about a year earlier than their peers, according to a study.Previous research has found that a woman's own smoking habits, as well ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - When men smoke while their partners are pregnant, their daughters may end up hitting menopause about a year earlier, suggests a new study.Previous research has found that a woman's own smoking habits, as well her partner's, may ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - New research throws a wet blanket on an earlier study that showed women in menopause might get dramatic relief from hot flashes by taking the antidepressant Lexapro.According to the new findings, Forest Laboratories' Lexapro, also called escitalopram, ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The age at which women go through menopause depends a lot on when their relatives did, according to new study findings.Specifically, women whose mothers or sisters experienced menopause by age 45 were roughly 6 times more likely ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - The hot flashes that are common during and after menopause may last an average of more than 10 years, more than twice as long as previously assumed, according to a U.S. Study.The research, published in "Obstetrics and ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women exposed to high levels of certain household-product chemicals may go through menopause at a younger age than other women, a new study finds.The chemicals in question are called perfluorocarbons, or PFCs, and they have historically been ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Girls who have a male twin seem more likely to put on a few extra pounds as they get older, suggests a new study.Previous studies have suggested that women with a male twin have higher levels of ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women with severe hot flashes said their quality of life improved after taking mindfulness classes that included meditation and stretching exercises, according to a new study.The findings also suggest that such classes could help improve sleep quality, ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Hormone replacement therapy may work slightly better than soy at reducing menopausal hot flashes, a new study says.Women who took such hormones had fewer hot flashes, on average, than women who took soy - and both had ...
