Updates

No one would argue with the concept that a person suffering a low-trauma hip/femur neck fracture has osteoporosis and needs therapy to prevent future fractures. But does this apply to a relatively young patient with a low-trauma radius fracture? Should we automatically diagnose and treat this patient in a similar way? It is actually a… Read More

For women with hot flushes who are not able to take hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and especially those who are having treatment for breast cancer, the lack of effective alternative therapies remains a difficult problem. Women taking tamoxifen or aromatase inhibitors will often experience severe vasomotor symptoms, which persist for at least as long as… Read More

A community-based sample of 685 women, aged 45–59 years (mean 51 years) living in East Turkey, was recruited in this recently published, cross-sectional study by Timur and Sahin [1]. An information form that included questions on descriptive characteristics and lifestyle variables of cases, the Menopause-Specific Quality of Life Questionnaire, and the Beck Depression Inventory were… Read More

In a recently published study, Jeon and colleagues report on a retrospective analysis of coronary-artery calcium scores in 436 postmenopausal women who underwent computed tomography (CT) scanning in the hospital’s Health Promotion Center [1]. Serum estradiol, lipids and bone mineral densities were also obtained. In women not receiving hormonal therapy, the women were divided into… Read More

In a recent publication, Lee and colleagues, using data derived from the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey and the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey from the US National Center for Health Statistics, evaluated changes in osteoporosis therapy in women aged ≥ 40 years, during the period January 1997 to December 2005 [1]. These office-based… Read More

I ran into a recently published and provocative article [1] by chance. Although this is not in the mainstream of [i]Menopause Live[/i] fields of interest, it certainly deals with an important aspect of adult women’s health – treatment of cancer. The main goal of chemo- and radiotherapy is eradication of cancer cells. However, we all… Read More

Shifren and Schiff have recently published a comprehensive CME review on the role of hormone therapy (HT) in the management of menopause [1]. The article addresses the following issues: vasomotor symptoms, urogenital atrophy, incontinence, osteoporosis, cardiovascular disease, cancer (breast, endometrial, ovarian, colorectal), depression and mood. Each section discusses treatment options including alternative non-hormonal medications and… Read More

In a recently published paper by Renoux and colleagues [1], the risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) is evaluated for a number of different hormone replacement therapies (HRT) for postmenopausal women. The analysis was made in the United Kingdom’s General Practice Research database using a nested case–control approach. The cohort of 955,582 postmenopausal women aged 50–79… Read More

It has been long debated whether the quantity of fruits and vegetables ingested is associated with cancer risk. A new article brings the results of a multi-national, prospective European study, based on the EPIC cohort, which examined this issue in 143,000 men and 336,000 women who were followed for 8.7 years [1]. Dietary habits were… Read More

[i]This issue is open to all members for discussion. Anyone who wishes to make a short comment may do so, either by leaving a comment in the Feedback box at the bottom of this e-bulletin or by sending an e-mail to jwright.ims@btopenworld.com. All the comments received will be published in the June issue of Our… Read More