A new study involving women with early onset menopause found no detrimental effects from testosterone supplementation, but there were no significant improvements either; in quality of life, self esteem, or mood. “Bringing testosterone back up to normal may not bring them [menopausal women] the boost they hoped for,” the researchers report in the journal Menopause. […]
After decades of trying to shoehorn menopause into a variety of evolutionary contexts that never seemed to add up, a team of Canadian scientists from McMaster University has concluded that what really causes menopause in women is men. Lead researcher on the new study, evolutionary geneticist Rama Singh, says that until now, no one has […]
As a woman’s fertility begins to wane, the brain ramps up the libido in what researchers call “reproduction expediting,” an adaptive response that makes women more willing to engage in one-night stands and adventurous sexual behavior in an effort capitalize on their remaining childbearing years. The researchers, from The University of Texas at Austin, based […]
Studies conducted by researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) and Northwestern University have shown that the commonly used botanicals black cohoshand red clover do not have any significant effect on hot flashes or cognitive function in menopausal women. Interestingly, the researchers found that the study participants who were assigned the placebo experienced […]
Reviewing a variety of herbal treatments taken by women for menopausal symptoms such as hot flushes and night sweats, researchers have identified a pervasive lack of clinical evidence to support the use of such remedies. The report, appearing in the Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin, notes that up to 70 percent of women in industrialized countries […]
