September 17, 2024 by Anna Zarra Aldrich, University of Connecticut Credit: Wikimedia CommonsAs we age, our bones lose density and become more fragile, putting us in danger of breaks and fractures. This is especially a concern among post-menopausal women who generally have much greater losses in bone density than men in their age group. Ock...
Tara Haelle October 25, 2023 Acute stress in pri- and postmenopausal women is associated with more depressive symptoms, while chronic stress showed greater association with memory and concentration problems, according to research presented at the annual meeting of the Menopause Society (formerly the North American Menopause Society). “This work suggests that markers of hypothalami-pituitary-axis activation that capture...
by David J. Hill, University at Buffalo Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain For women approaching menopause, a number of changes begin to occur. One of the most common is an increase in obesity, which, in turn, raises the risk for breast cancer after menopause. That much is known. What science hasn’t quite figured out yet is the...
