(n.) The period of natural cessation of menstruation. See Change of life, under Change.
Example Sentences:
(1) Osteoporosis and its treatment have attracted much attention in recent years, especially since the widespread recognition of its association with the menopause.
(2) Today the physician who treats women with emotional problems during menopause cannot function solely as a psychotherapist; he must deal with both their soma and psyche.
(3) The difference in the timing of the change in FSH and LH concentrations was related not only to chronological age but also to the number of years before the menopause.
(4) Women in the late pre-menopausal group who were clinically depressed had significantly higher levels of TSH and triiodothyronine than other subjects.
(5) A comparative evaluation of these data suggest that hormone independent cells are present in the cervical crypts of late menopause women and that a cyclic change of hormone dependent cells may occur in fertile women, analogous to the cyclic changes of endometrial mucosa.
(6) In short term clinical studies, the beneficial effects of transdermal estradiol on plasma gonadotrophins, maturation of the vaginal epithelium, metabolic parameters of bone resorption and menopausal symptoms (hot flushes, sleep disturbance, genitourinary discomfort and mood alteration) appear to be comparable to those of oral and subcutaneous estrogens, while the undesirable effects of oral estrogens on hepatic metabolism are avoided.
(7) The relationships between the menopause and risk factors for ischaemic heart disease are complex, which may be one reason for the contradictory results when relating menopausal age to the incidence of ischaemic heart disease.
(8) The modifying effect of estrogen receptor status on the relation of obesity to node involvement was apparent in pre- and post-menopausal women.
(9) The gonadally unresponsive patients had either pituitary tumours or premature menopause.
(10) Quantitative variation of the lysosomes in the epithelium of the human uterine tube in the menstrual cycle and in post-menopausal period.
(11) In contrast, none of 16 women who had reached menopause and only two of 21 men required oral absorption of dietary or prescribed iron for the amount of blood iron donated.
(12) To determine if menopausal status influenced the response to exercise, we analyzed the difference between groups for premenopausal and postmenopausal subjects separately.
(13) In pre-menopausal women no association has been found between increased height and weight as risk factors for breast cancer.
(14) Among breast cancer women, PRL increase was irrespective of the type of surgery, the histology of the tumor and the menopausal status.
(15) The same two estrogens were given to women with natural menopause, along with utrogestan, a micronized progesterone.
(16) It is highly probable that the menopause, spontaneous or above all artificially induced, is a cardiovascular risk factor.
(17) It is always purified on Sephadex G-100 immediately before addition to the RIA and in this manner it may be used for up to 2 month after labeling when kept at --20 degrees C. Curves obtained at different dilutions of the H-FSH Standard, carried out with phosphosaline buffer, pH 7.4-7.8 (PBS) containing 1 % human serum albumin, or with horse plasma, of with PBS containing 0,25 % serum from non-immune rabbits (RIA Buffer) have been compared iwth those abtained by serial dilutions of sera from post-menopausal with these diluents.
(18) Three women in generation IV have developed pre-menopausal breast cancer.
(19) None of the variables examined emerged as being significantly associated with PA when data from pre-menopausal patients were used.
(20) Estrogen receptors are more frequently found in post-menopausal women than in women who are still menstruating.
Menstruation
Definition:
(n.) The discharge of the menses; also, the state or the period of menstruating.
Example Sentences:
(1) Eighteen of the 23 women (78%) had been unable to work during the first day of menstruation, the rate of working days lost was reduced to 4% with ketoprofen and 9 with indomethacin.
(2) Heparin-like activity increased throughout the menstrual cycle and decreased during menstruation, suggesting a possible cyclical variation in activity.
(3) In a large proportion of these (29 out of 76), blood was noted to be present on waking, menstruation thus having begun at some time during the hours of sleep.
(4) Estrogen receptors are more frequently found in post-menopausal women than in women who are still menstruating.
(5) The voice of the womb manifests itself in the language of menstruation.
(6) Although there are several advantages for both the physician and patient to the IUD insertion during menstruation, there is no valid reason to delay insertion if the patient requests an IUD at any other time during her menstrual cycle.
(7) She explained that, as a baby, she had been subjected to female genital mutilation (FGM): her clitoris cut off and her vagina sealed, with only a small hole remaining for urine and menstruation.
(8) Menstruation reoccurred within 21 days of treatment for 98%.
(9) The Depression Adjective Check List, State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, and a battery of factor analytically derived cognitive tests sensitive to anxiety or depression were administered to 50 women between the ages of 30 and 45 during the 4 days prior to the onset of menstruation and again 2 weeks later.
(10) The PMS women peaked on the day prior to menstruation, while the non-PMS women peaked on the first day of menstruation.
(11) When 15% was used as a single figure to represent the optimal, long-term bioavailability of iron in a general Western-type diet, the 95th percentiles of dietary iron requirements were 18.9 mg in adult menstruating women and 21.4 mg in menstruating teenagers.
(12) For young girls, or where conception is not desired, substitution treatment with an estrogen-progesterone combination is recommended, to prevent further hypoplasia of the internal genitals; in cases where estrogen production is sufficient, cyclic treatment with progesterone is enough to induce menstruation.
(13) A total of 35 menstruating women undergoing ovariectomy were randomly divided into five groups of 7 patients each, receiving a 4-week treatment with oral clonidine, lisuride and sodium valproate, transdermal 17 beta-estradiol, or placebo.
(14) RU-486 can be successfully used to regulate menstruation, especially in populations without access to medical are and pregnancy tests, and it may appeal to women who prefer not to know their status.
(15) Plasma concentrations of retinol-binding protein (RBP) were measured in a cross-sectional study of asymptomatic normal menstruating women (n = 94) who obtained Pap smears and participated in a double-blinded nutritional survey.
(16) Not only menstruating girls using tampons, but also quite young children can acquire this disease.
(17) Side effects such as nausea, intermenstrual bleedings, and absence of menstruation were most often observed with Femigen forte; about 30% of these users.
(18) In both groups the level declined during menstruation before the increase of endogenous female sex hormone levels.
(19) The data indicated that those patients who had sickle cell crises were significantly older and had been menstruating longer, with heavier periods.
(20) The reduction in MBL during OC use was most apparent during the first 2 days of menstruation.