... Quality of Life Working Group has assessed the uptake of FRAX worldwide. The study concludes that there were approximately 2.3 million FRAX calculations during a one-year period beginning in May 2012, ...
HRT in the early menopause:
... in different areas of the world1-5. In some places, menopause leads to a higher social status, in others - not. The forum agreed that the issue of quality of life is pivotal for any discussion on menopause ...
Menopause for Dummies
... wider reading audience, be they medically trained or not, as contemporary societies in most countries of the world today are multicultural.
Particular note should be made of the fact that the authors ...
IMS White Paper – Reproductive milestones across the lifespan and cardiovascular disease risk in women
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death for women across the developed and developing world. Beyond traditional cardiovascular risk factors, a number of reproductive milestones have ...
Osteoporosis
...
Osteoporosis is a condition characterised by weakened bones that fracture easily. Worldwide, osteoporosis causes more than 8.9 million fractures annually (1) and one in three women over the age of 50 ...
Postmenopausal bleeding may be a sign of endometrial cancer in obese Asian women
... are published online today in Menopause, the journal of The North American Menopause Society (NAMS).
Endometrial cancer is the sixth most common form of cancer in women worldwide and is a leading cause ...
New benchmark set to deliver optimal osteoporosis care throughout Asia Pacific
... of The APCO Framework, or a similar set of standards of care informed by the Framework, is expected to significantly reduce the burden of osteoporosis not only in the Asia Pacific region, but also worldwide. ...
Capture the Fracture® Partnership
... than 200 million people worldwide suffer from osteoporosis,4 resulting in an osteoporosis-related fracture every three seconds.(5) Osteoporosis is a serious chronic condition that weakens bones over ...
Cardiovascular disease risk is increased in postmenopausal women despite having normal BMI
13 January, 2020:
Summary
A recent study by Chen et al. (1) analyzed a sample of 2,683 postmenopausal women from the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) cohort, with normal body mass index (BMI; 18.5 ...
MHT & breast cancer
... to be risk free
Editorial opinion – This is an important article published in one of the world’s foremost journals and presents information about MHT and the risks of breast cancer. As such it deserves ...
5 minutes with IMS member and AMS President Sonia Davison
... world in which it seems that people no longer try to look out for each other.
I’ve been thinking...
About the IMS Congress in Melbourne https://www.imsmelbourne2020.com/ next year, of course! I can' ...
Testosterone and Women
Androgens are hormones produced by the ovaries and adrenal glands, with the principal androgen being testosterone. In women, the ovaries directly release testosterone into the blood stream, but testosterone ...
Experts rip into HRT-cancer study
... have been collecting worldwide data on HRT (also now known as Menopausal Hormone Therapy or MHT) for decades.
Their latest meta-analysis pooled data from 58 observational studies, including about 600,000 ...
International consensus on testosterone treatment for women
... medical journals today. The statement has been authored by a diverse team of leading experts based around the world and has been endorsed by internationally-esteemed medical societies. Read the press release ...
International consensus on testosterone treatment for women
... medical journals today. The statement has been authored by a diverse team of leading experts based around the world and has been endorsed by internationally-esteemed medical societies. Read the press release ...
Early onset of menstruation associated with higher risk of type 2 diabetes
Large-scale study confirms association may be partially mediated by body mass index
Diabetes is a global health concern expected to affect 693 million people worldwide by 2045. It's been well documented ...
Vitamin D and estradiol help guard against heart disease, stroke, and diabetes
... Society (NAMS).
Metabolic syndrome has emerged as a major public health concern, affecting 30% to 60% of postmenopausal women worldwide. The progression of abdominal obesity and heart disease that lead ...
Fertility protection by ovarian tissue cryopreservation - first in China - a case report
... in heterotopic sites, and one pregnancy has been reported worldwide [7]. In our case, the tissue fragments were retransplanted into a peritoneal pocket lateral to the right ovary where the blood supply ...
Five minutes with members of the IMS: Professor Tevfik Yoldemir
... the market, in this scenario, the Earth. How biotech and infotech will shape the future jobs and communities, as well as the changes in policies of nations that enable them to stand up on the world stage ...
Weight management and healthy ageing
... guidance for the management of health and quality of life of women during midlife and beyond.
Healthy ageing and women
According to the World Health Organization, healthy ageing is influenced by ...
A message from The Editor of Climacteric
... progress of our journal.
At the recent 16th IMS World Congress on the Menopause in Vancouver, Canada, our Editorial Board, Editors and publisher met to discuss progress and future plans. We will continue ...
Cervical screening participation rates - what influences them
... of its kind in the world, with combined registry data on a total of 581,008 women. It has been done in collaboration with researchers at Karolinska Institutet.
That women with higher education and income ...
No increased death toll for long-term MHT
25 September 2017:
The saga of the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) seems to have come to a turning point with a declaration that should vibrate now throughout the whole world. A new release of data from ...
Alcohol and disease risk with a spotlight on breast cancer: should women stop drinking?
... from the World Cancer Research Fund and the American Institute for Cancer Research addresses 'diet, nutrition, physical activity and breast cancer' [1]. The report states that there is strong evidence that ...
AMS Congress 2017
... your confidence in the diagnosis and treatment of disorders associated with menopause and ageing.
You know about the sparkling harbour, the world-class beaches, the iconic Opera House and the rich diversity ...