Symptoms of menopause—global prevalence, physiology and implications

P Monteleone, G Mascagni, A Giannini… - Nature Reviews …, 2018 - nature.com
The symptoms of menopause can be distressing, particularly as they occur at a time when
women have important roles in society, within the family and at the workplace. Hormonal …

The menopause transition and women's health at midlife: a progress report from the Study of Women's Health Across the Nation (SWAN)

SR El Khoudary, G Greendale, SL Crawford… - Menopause, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Objective: Our initial understanding of the menopause transition (MT) has been framed by
clinical samples of women seeking treatment rather than by population-based studies. The …

Executive summary of the Stages of Reproductive Aging Workshop+ 10: addressing the unfinished agenda of staging reproductive aging

SD Harlow, M Gass, JE Hall, R Lobo… - The Journal of …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Objective: The aim of this article is to summarize the recommended updates to the 2001
Stages of Reproductive Aging Workshop (STRAW) criteria. The 2011 STRAW+ 10 reviewed …

High prevalence of moderate and severe depressive and anxiety symptoms in polycystic ovary syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis

LG Cooney, I Lee, MD Sammel, A Dokras - Human reproduction, 2017 - academic.oup.com
STUDY QUESTION Do women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) have an increased
prevalence of moderate and severe depressive and anxiety symptoms compared with …

Effects of hormone therapy on cognition and mood in recently postmenopausal women: findings from the randomized, controlled KEEPS–cognitive and affective study

CE Gleason, NM Dowling, W Wharton… - PLoS …, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Background Menopausal hormone therapy (MHT) reportedly increases the risk of cognitive
decline in women over age 65 y. It is unknown whether similar risks exist for recently …

Depression and its phytopharmacotherapy—a narrative review

L Dobrek, K Głowacka - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
Depression is a mental health disorder that develops as a result of complex psycho-neuro-
immuno-endocrinological disturbances. This disease presents with mood disturbances …

Endogenous and exogenous estrogen exposures: how women's reproductive health can drive brain aging and inform Alzheimer's prevention

S Jett, N Malviya, E Schelbaum, G Jang… - Frontiers in Aging …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
After advanced age, female sex is the major risk factor for late-onset Alzheimer's disease
(AD), the most common cause of dementia affecting over 24 million people worldwide. The …

Perimenopause as a neurological transition state

RD Brinton, J Yao, F Yin, WJ Mack… - Nature reviews …, 2015 - nature.com
Perimenopause is a midlife transition state experienced by women that occurs in the context
of a fully functioning neurological system and results in reproductive senescence. Although …

Vasomotor symptoms and menopause: findings from the Study of Women's Health across the Nation

RC Thurston, H Joffe - Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics, 2011 - obgyn.theclinics.com
The Study of Women's Health across the Nation (SWAN) is among the largest and most
ethnically diverse longitudinal studies of the menopausal transition. SWAN enrolled 3302 …

Guidelines for the evaluation and treatment of perimenopausal depression: summary and recommendations

PM Maki, SG Kornstein, H Joffe… - Journal of women's …, 2019 - liebertpub.com
There is a new appreciation of the perimenopause—defined as the early and late
menopause transition stages as well as the early postmenopause—as a window of …