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Men seeking treatment for male menopause (WTHR Indianapolis)

Fatigue in adult males may be a sign of andropause - the menopause equivalent in men.

Aging: Understanding weight gain and menopause (Dallas Morning News)

The correlation between menopause and increased body fat levels continues to be studied. Many women report experiencing weight gain around the time of menopause and in the years after. The average age of menopause is 51, and life expectancy for women is 80 years.

Penn Takes Part in NIH Initiative to Find Treatments for Menopause (Newswise)

Women troubled by hot flashes and night sweats during the years around menopause want safe, effective treatment options. Penn versity is part of a new NIH initiative to conduct clinical trials of promising treatments for the most common symptoms of the menopausal transition.

NYU Menopause Expert Honored for Research in Hormone Therapy (Newswise)

Lila Nachtigall, MD, professor of obstetrics and gynecology and director of the Women's Wellness Program at NYU Langone Medical Center, was honored with the 2008 NAMS/Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. ET/EPT Research Award late Friday during The North American Menopause Society's Annual Meeting in Orlando, Florida. This award was designed to recognize and acknowledge an individual whose body ...

Herbal menopause therapy a good fit for breast cancer patients? (EurekAlert!)

( University of Missouri-Columbia ) When it comes to understanding the effectiveness and safety of using herbal therapies with other drugs, much is unknown. Now, a University of Missouri researcher will study how black cohosh -- an herbal supplement often used to relieve hot flashes in menopausal women -- interacts with tamoxifen, a common drug used to treat breast cancer.