Menopause

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One suggestion is that menopause enables women to provide for their grandchildren. Image from shutterstock.com

Explainer: why do women go through menopause?

By Dyani Lewis, University of Melbourne

Menstruation is a reproductive quirk that humans share with only a few other mammals. But even stranger is the fact that women stop menstruating when they have a whole third of their lives left to live…
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The 2003 Million Women Study did not prove a link between hormone therapy and cancer. ryanlintelman

Hormone replacement therapy and cancer? Let’s get the facts straight

By Henry Burger, Prince Henry's Institute

The authors of the 2003 Million Women Study were wrong to conclude their investigation proved that hormone replacement therapy caused cancer, according to a series of articles published this week in the…

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Seizure drug reduces menopausal flushes

University of Virginia

A drug originally developed to fight seizures has also been successful in reducing hot flushes in menopausal women, potentially…

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