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Menopause osteoporosis and bone intervention using lifestyle exercise: A randomized controlled study

Journal of Mid-Life Health, 2023
Background: The aim of the study was to examine the feasibility for postmenopausal women of a bone-strengthening jumping intervention, which has been previously successful for premenopausal women.
Jacky J Forsyth
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Risk factors for osteoporosis in South Asian and Caucasian postmenopausal women [PDF]

, 2011
There is evidence to show that the risk of osteoporosis is greater for South Asian females compared to Caucasian females. This is due to differences in bone mineral density and other risk factors which contribute to this condition such as calcium and ...
Gifford, Heather
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Associations Between Serum Reproductive Hormone Concentrations and Hormonal Receptor Status Among Postmenopausal Chinese Women With Breast Cancer: An Observational Study

Frontiers in Oncology, 2022
Background and ObjectivesReproductive hormones and receptors play crucial roles in breast cancer development and progression. The association between preoperative serum reproductive hormone levels and receptor status in postmenopausal women with breast ...
Chuner Jiang, Chuner Jiang, Peng Wu, Peng Wu, Xiangming He, Xiangming He, Jianfen Ni, Jianfen Ni, Xiaowen Ding, Xiaowen Ding, Xiaohong Xu, Xiaohong Xu, Fangzheng Wang, Fangzheng Wang, Dehong Zou, Dehong Zou   +15 more
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Effect of anastrozole on bone mineral density and lipid profiles when used to prevent breast cancer in high risk postmenopausal women [PDF]

, 2012
PhDThe role of aromatase inhibitors (AIs) in breast cancer has expanded since their introduction in the mid-1990s. They are superior to tamoxifen in the treatment of postmenopausal women with oestrogen dependant tumours in the metastatic, neoadjuvant ...
Singh, Shalini
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Features of the somatic status and clinical characteristics of breast cancer in postmenopausal women

Репродуктивная эндокринология, 2018
Breast cancer (BC) is one of the most urgent as medical and social problems. In Ukraine, from 1995 to the present time, BC occupies the first rank in the structure of cancer morbidity and mortality among women.
С. М. Грибач
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Sex steroids, growth factors and mammographic density: a cross-sectional study of UK postmenopausal Caucasian and Afro-Caribbean women. [PDF]

, 2009
INTRODUCTION: Sex steroids, insulin-like growth factors (IGFs) and prolactin are breast cancer risk factors but whether their effects are mediated through mammographic density, one of the strongest risk factors for breast cancer, is unknown.
Isabel dos Santos Silva, Dowsett, Mitch, Folkerd, Elizabeth, dos Santos Silva, Isabel, McCormack, VA, Folkerd, E, Perry, Nicholas M, Nichola Johnson, Ben Coupland, Elizabeth Folkerd, Johnson, Nichola, Vinnicombe, Sarah J, Coupland, Ben, Claire Palles, Sarah J Vinnicombe, Palles, C, Jeff M Holly, Coupland, B, Palles, Claire, Holly, Jeff M, Dowsett, M, Johnson, N, dos Santos Silva, I, Valerie A McCormack, Holly, JMP, Vinnicombe, SJ, Mitch Dowsett, McCormack, Valerie A, Perry, NM, Nicholas M Perry   +29 more
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Relation of bone mineral density with homocysteine and cathepsin K levels in postmenopausal women

Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2018
Background: Homocysteine (HCY) interferes with collagen cross-linking in bones and stimulates osteoclast activity. The activated osteoclasts secrete cathepsin K (CathK), a cysteine protease, in eminent quantity during bone resorption ...
Madhukar Mittal, Rajeev Verma, Arvind Mishra, Ajay Singh, Vivek Kumar, K K Sawlani, M Kaleem Ahmad, Pratishtha Mishra, Rishika Gaur   +8 more
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Postmenopausal endometriosis

BMJ Case Reports
A postmenopausal woman, in her 60s, married with no history of pregnancy, presented to our facility with an abdominal mass of 2 months duration that progressively increased in size. Physical examination revealed a mobile abdominal cystic mass measuring approximately 20×20×10 cm, accompanied by ascites.
Kemala Isnainiasih Mantilidewi, Steven Ridwan, Andi Kurniadi, Ali Budi Harsono   +3 more
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Postmenopausal osteoporosis

Nature Reviews Disease Primers, 2016
Osteoporosis is a metabolic bone disorder that is characterized by low bone mass and micro-architectural deterioration of bone tissue. Fractures of the proximal femur, the vertebrae and the distal radius are the most frequent osteoporotic fractures, although most fractures in the elderly are probably at least partly related to bone fragility.
Eastell, Richard, O'Neill, Terence W, Hofbauer, Lorenz C, Langdahl, Bente, Reid, Ian R, Gold, Deborah T, Cummings, Steven R   +6 more
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Factors influencing IOP changes in postmenopausal women

Family Medicine and Community Health, 2018
Objective: Intraocular pressure (IOP) is essential in maintaining normal function of the eye. High IOP is associated with glaucoma. Many physiological factors, including age and hormones, can cause variation in IOP. This study was designed to investigate
Chin P. Siuw, Suresh Vasudevan, Mushawiathi Mustapha   +2 more
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