A group of researchers have identified thirteen genome areas with a direct link to the timing and occurrence of menopause. The genes highlight biological pathways that are part of the reproductive lifespan. Additionally, it also provides an insight into conditions associated with menopause like heart disease and breast cancer. Apart from identifying thirteen gene regions connected to menopause, the study also confirmed the presence of four regions that have been identified previously. A good majority of the seventeen identified regions include genes that impact DNA damage. The new research focuses on biological pathways that have never been linked to reproductive lifespan before.

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Women in their post-menopausal stage are likely to run risks of endometrial cancer if they had gained considerable weight as adults, says a new research. The study was conducted by the American Cancer Society. Researchers investigated whether weight cycling during adulthood vented the risks for endometrial cancer when a woman enters her post-menopausal phase. Here, weight cycling or weight gain denotes the number of times a person lost ten pounds of weight purposefully. Weight cycling, also commonly known as yo-yo dieting, is a method that has been suggested by doctors time and again to accentuate the amount of fat mass against lean body mass, the research further reveals.

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A group of researchers at the Duke University, in a recent study, reported that women who had undergone hysterectomy are twice as much vulnerable to early menopausal symptoms than those who had not. The study appeared in Obstetrics and gynecology, the leading health magazine. This is probably the biggest of all analyses in which doctors have tried to track the hormonal impacts of women who underwent hysterectomies and get them compared to women whose uteruses were intact. A majority of women are satisfied and content with hysterectomy. However, the risks of surgery ought to be taken into consideration along with the obvious benefits, researchers opine.

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According to latest findings, post menopausal women are at greater risks of having heart attacks or strokes than they generally think. The study was conducted by the New York University Langone medical center. The findings revealed that traditional indicators of stroke, like high cholesterol, are not as precise or accurate when it comes to predicting risks in postmenopausal women as previously thought. According to doctors, the research team should rather focus on finding the exact levels of triglyceride to detect which women are at risk of suffering the most devastating or life threatening cardiovascular event.

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A healthy diet is essential during menopause. Menopause is a period fraught with health problems of every nature and a good diet helps you stay healthy and fit, suggests a recent study. The group of researchers from Spain analyzed the diet of post and pre menopausal women apart from observing the troubles that came with the transition. The results indicated that all the groups suffered from deficiency of vitamin D. Hence, the examination of dietary patterns in the pre and post menopausal phases is of special interest owing to its implications. The research was a path breaking one for Spain considering the fact that not too many scientists or doctors from the Mediterranean nations had undertaken a thorough analysis of menopause and its possible implications before.

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