Rebecca C. Miller, Eleanor Brindle, Darryl J. Holman, Jane B. Shofer et al.
BACKGROUND: Specific gravity (SG) may perform as well as creatinine (CR) correction for adjusting urinary hormone concentrations, as well as offer some advantages. We compared the two methods and applied them to US and Bangladeshi specimens to evaluate their use in different populations. METHODS: Pe...
Lorraine Dennerstein, C. Spencer-Gardner, Gordon Gotts, J. B. Brown et al.
A double blind, randomised, crossover trial of oral micronised progesterone (two months) and placebo (two months) was conducted to determine whether progesterone alleviated premenstrual complaints. Twenty three women were interviewed premenstrually before treatment and in each month of treatment. Th...
Md. Sahab Uddin, M. M. Rahman, Md. Jakaria, Md. Sohanur Rahman et al.
Estrogens play a crucial physiological function in the brain; however, debates exist concerning the role of estrogens in Alzheimer's disease (AD). Women during pre-, peri-, or menopause periods are more susceptible for developing AD, suggesting the connection of sex factors and a decreased estrogen ...
Shah Ebrahim, M May, Y Ben Shlomo, P McCarron et al.
OBJECTIVE: To examine the relation between frequency of sexual intercourse and risk of ischaemic stroke and coronary heart disease. DESIGN: Cohort study with 20 year follow up. SETTING: The town of Caerphilly, South Wales and five adjacent villages. SUBJECTS: 914 men aged 45-59 years at time of recr...
Le Ma, Gang Liu, Ming Ding, Geng Zong et al.
Background: Whether soy products confer health benefits related to coronary heart disease (CHD) remains controversial because of inconsistent evidence. Methods: A total of 74 241 women from the NHS (Nurses’ Health Study; 1984–2012), 94 233 women from the NHSII (Nurses’ Health Study II; 1991–2013), a...
Shahedur Rahman, Faizus Salehin, Asif Iqbal
BACKGROUND: There are few menopausal study data available in South East Asia especially in Bangladesh. This study was conducted in a well populated town named Kushtia, which is located in the western part of Bangladesh. OBJECTIVES: This study was aimed to document the menopausal-related symptoms amo...
Jan L. Shifren, Isaac Schiff
There are many options available to address the quality of life and health concerns of menopausal women. The principal indication for hormone therapy (HT) is the treatment of vasomotor symptoms, and benefits generally outweigh risks for healthy women with bothersome symptoms who elect HT at the time...
P.M. Kićović, J Cortés-Prieto, S Milojević, A.A. Haspels et al.
Seventy-four postmenopausal women presenting with vaginal atrophy were treated with either Ovestin vaginal cream (Group A, 23 women: 1 mg/day E3; Group B, 30 women: 0.5 mg/day E3) or vaginal suppositories (Group C, 21 women: 0.5 mg/day E3), applied daily for 3 wk (A and B) or 2 wk (C) before retirin...
Shamima Akter, Subrina Jesmin, Md Mizanur Rahman, Md. Majedul Islam et al.
BACKGROUND: Parity increases the risk for coronary heart disease; however, its association with metabolic syndrome among women in low-income countries is still unknown. OBJECTIVE: This study investigates the association between parity or gravidity and metabolic syndrome in rural Bangladeshi women. M...
Mamun Ibn Bashar, Kawsar Ahmed, Muhammad Shahin Uddin, Farzana Ahmed et al.
The aims of the research are to examine the problems of abnormal menopausal women: the relationship between depression and menopausal-specific quality of life (MENQOL)-symptoms among postmenopausal women; the association of MENQOL-symptoms between pre-and postmenopausal female society in Bangladeshi...
Sabine Schwarz, Henry Völzke, Dietrich Alte, Christian Schwahn et al.
OBJECTIVE: Determinants of quality of life (QoL) in pre- and postmenopausal women including nonhormonal modulators of QoL in adult women are not well understood; there is an ongoing controversy about the impact of menopause on health-related QoL. We investigated the extent to which diverse mental an...
Lorna Murphy, Lynnette Leidy Sievert, Khurshida Begum, Taniya Sharmeen et al.
OBJECTIVES: To assess how different variables experienced across the life course, but particularly during early life, might affect age at menopause among 174 Bangladeshi migrants to London by comparing them to 157 nonmigrant sedentees and 154 women of European descent in London. METHODS: Participant...
Subrina Jesmin, AM Shahidul Islam, Shamima Akter, Md. Majedul Islam et al.
BACKGROUND: Prevalence of non-communicable diseases are a challenging problems among menopausal women specially in a least developed country like Bangladesh, where majority of women suffering from at least one chronic diseases after menopausal age. So, the main objective of this study was to determi...
Yi Yan, X. Li, Anne Blanchard, V. Bramwell et al.
Background Roles of Estrogen Receptor-beta 1 (ER-β1) and its co-regulator Steroid Receptor RNA Activator Protein (SRAP) in breast cancer remain unclear. Previously, ER-β1 and SRAP expression were found positively correlated in breast cancer and, therefore, expression of these two molecules could cha...
Lynnette Leidy Sievert, Khurshida Begum, Taniya Sharmeen, Osul Ahmed Chowdhury et al.
This study examined the pattern of occurrence and the rate of concordance between objective hot flashes measured by sternal skin conductance and the subjective experience of "gorom vap laga" (feeling steaming hot) among Muslim and Hindu women living in Sylhet, Bangladesh. Participants were aged 40-5...