Menopause - Nov 9, 2017 Edition

November 9, 2017     Menopause     The latest menopause news from News Medical

Severe hot flashes in midlife linked to higher risk for obstructive sleep apnea   Many menopausal women complain about poor sleep. Should the problem be blamed simply on menopause or on a more serious underlying sleep disorder such as obstructive sleep apnea (OSA)? What, if any, is the connection between hot flashes, which can also lead to cardiovascular risk, and OSA? New study results being published online today in Menopause, the journal of The North American Menopause Society, examine that relationship.       Hot flashes, night sweats in middle-aged women may be linked to high risk of obstructive sleep apnea   In a new study published today in Menopause, researchers have found that the hot flashes and night sweats faced by upward of 80 percent of middle-aged women may be linked to an increased risk of obstructive sleep apnea.

Discontinuation of hormone therapy linked to increased risk of cardiac, stroke death   Hormone therapy continues to be a hotly debated topic. The benefits of estrogen to the heart, however, appear to be universally accepted.         Menopausal hormone therapy may protect women from stress' negative effects on memory   Menopausal hormone therapy may shield women from stress' negative effects on some types of memory, according to a small-scale study published in the Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.         Pre-menopausal women with advanced breast cancer unnecessarily excluded from clinical trials   Pre-menopausal women with the most common type of advanced breast cancer are usually excluded from medical research unnecessarily, according to an expert panel at the Advanced Breast Cancer Fourth International Consensus Conference.

Broken Heart/Takotsubo Syndrome Causes   Broken heart syndrome, also known as Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TCM), is precipitated by some form of sudden acute stress in the body, either physical or emotional. Emotional stresses include tragic events such as a catastrophe, the loss of a loved one, a relationship breakup, or even happy events such as a wedding or a reunion. An instance of physical stress could be a recent surgery or acute brain injury.       Research sheds light on how bones affect appetite and metabolism   Your skeleton is much more than the structure supporting your muscles and other tissues. It produces hormones, too. And Mathieu Ferron knows a lot about it.       Women with ER-positive breast cancer face disease recurrence risk years after treatment ends   Even 20 years after a diagnosis, women with a type of breast cancer fueled by estrogen still face a substantial risk of cancer returning or spreading, according to a new analysis from an international team of investigators published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

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