& menopause in the news rebecca c. brightman, md, member of the north american menopause...

& Menopause in the News

Rebecca C. Brightman, MD, member of The North American Menopause Society, located at Mt. Sinai School of Medicine in New York.

- Cites The North American Menopause Society



Notes Margery Gass, MD, executive director of The North American Menopause Society and a consultant at the Cleveland Clinic Center for Specialized Women’s Health: “The research by More indicates that women are taking a gamble when they purchase compounded estrogen and progesterone.”


“The good news for women is that there’s proof that their perception about their performance is real,” said Dr. Margery Gass, the executive director for The North American Menopause Society and a gynecologist at Cleveland Clinic, who was not involved in the study. “Women should become proactive, make notes and lists, and make use of the little tricks that help us perform better,” she said.


Source: the executive director of The North American Menopause Society


If you are experiencing hot flashes, find your triggers so you can avoid them, advises Margery Gass, M.D., executive director of The North American Menopause Society (menopause.org).


For women who do want to use hormones, the new study provides new information on the differences between patches and pills and different formulations of estrogen, says Margery Gass, executive director of The North American Menopause Society. Doctors may recommend different combinations to women with differing health profiles, she says.


The report breaks down results by age, therapy type and time since menopause, details that will help doctors and patients personalize decisions, says Margery Gass, executive director of The North American Menopause Society. “This paper clearly demonstrates just how complex hormones are,” Gass says. “They affect to many systems of the body. They have different effects at different ages. They affect different women differently, depending on their health status, their risk factors and their priorities


“Taking medication you don’t need can expose you to side effects,” says Margery Gass, MD, executive director of The North American Menopause Society. “Ironically, these drugs can also increase the risk fractures of the femur…If you’re 50 or over, keeping your bones strong is essential,” says Gass, “so start strength training and eat foods that are high in calcium and vitamin D.”


A study published this week in Menopause, the journal of The North American Menopause Society, found that sedentary women with frequent hot flashes had no fewer or less bothersome hot flashes after participating in a 12-week aerobic exercise program than did a control group of women.


Both expected and surprising, these results highlight that all menopausal women, including cancer survivors, need effective treatment options for their hot flashes and sexual symptoms,” Dr. Margery Gass, executive director of The North American Menopause Society, said in a society news release.


Women who’d reported trouble remembering indeed performed poorly on tests involving memory. And those who had more, and more extreme, hot flashes did worse on the tests than those who had fewer and less intense hot flashes. The study is published in the journal Menopause.


With appropriate matching of therapy and patient, VVA can be managed successfully in most cases, Margery L.S. Gass, MD, NAMS board chair, and co-authors stated in the September issue of Menopause.


Margery Gass, a practicing gynecologist in Cleveland and executive director of The North American Menopause Society … “It’s really good to have…options for women at this point in life.”


For starters, a little physical activity could help you sleep better tonight, finds a new study published in Menopause.

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