
HRT pills 'blood clot risk link'
Menopausal woman who use oral HRT more than double their risk of blood clots, researchers find.
Ref. https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7414440.stm
Cancer gene mutation linked to earlier menopause
Biotechnology News
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women carrying BRCA mutations tied to breast and ovarian cancer may hit menopause a few years earlier than other women, according to a new study. Doctors already discuss with those women whether they want immediate surgery to remove their ovaries and breasts, or if they want to start a family first and hold off on ovary removal. "Now they have an additional issue to deal with," said Dr. Mitchell Rosen, who worked on the new study at the University of California, San Francisco Medical Center. An estimated one in 600 U.S. women carries the BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene ...
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Menopause Misery Can Last 14 Years: Study
The hot flashes that make menopause so miserable last an average of seven years - and persist for an average of 10 years among African-American women.
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In the report above it says that,
Use of cognitive abilities to care for grandkids may have driven evolution of menopause. Instead of having more children, a grandmother may pass on her genes more successfully by using her cognitive abilities to directly or indirectly aid her existing children and grandchildren. Such an advantage could have driven the evolution of menopause in humans. Source 5s.