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23 12, 2013

Earlier Age of Surgical Menopause Associated with More Significant Cognitive Decline

By MGH Center for Women's Mental Health|2016-07-21T11:33:53-04:00December 23rd, 2013|Menopausal Symptoms|

Previous studies have shown that the abrupt hormonal changes that occur after a surgical menopause (i.e., removal of the ovaries) negatively affect cognition in women. According to a recent study, "Women who were younger at the time of surgical menopause have a more rapid rate (steeper slope) of cognitive decline than women who were older at the time of surgery or than women undergoing natural menopause." Earlier age at menopause was also associated with increased Alzheimer’s disease neuropathology, in particular neuritic plaques.

2 08, 2012

New Research from the CWMH: Surgically Induced Menopause No Worse than Natural in Terms of Risk for Depression, Anxiety

By MGH Center for Women's Mental Health|2016-03-28T13:02:53-04:00August 2nd, 2012|Menopausal Symptoms, New Research|

Each year about 600,000 women in the United States undergo a hysterectomy. Somewhere between 55% and 80% of these women who also have their ovaries removed along with the uterus—a procedure known as oophorectomy. After the removal of the ovaries, menopause follows immediately and is associated with a constellation of symptoms including hot flashes and insomnia, as well as depression and anxiety.

20 01, 2009

Phytoestrogens and Menopause

By MGH Center for Women's Mental Health|2015-08-12T12:26:11-04:00January 20th, 2009|Menopausal Symptoms|

For decades, estrogen was used as a component of hormone replacement therapy to treat menopausal symptoms and for anticipated preventative health benefits in women with prostesterone, or as a monotherapy hormone treatment in women after hysterectomy, but after studies reported that long-term estrogen increase the prevalence of cardiovascular events and breast cancer, many patients and researchers have looked into alternative treatments such as food or products containing phytoestrogens. Phytoestrogens are weak plant-derived estrogens that are structurally similar to estrogen hormones produced by the body.

10 02, 2007

Perimenopause May Be a Time of Risk for New Onset Depression

By MGH Center for Women's Mental Health|2018-07-11T13:57:12-04:00February 10th, 2007|Menopausal Symptoms, New Research|

The transition to menopause has typically been considered a time when women may be more vulnerable to mood changes. There have been inconclusive data, however, as to whether women with no lifetime history of depression transitioning to menopause are at increased risk for developing an episode of major depression.

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Earlier Age of Surgical Menopause Associated with More Significant Cognitive Decline

New Research from the CWMH: Surgically Induced Menopause No Worse than Natural in Terms of Risk for Depression, Anxiety

Phytoestrogens and Menopause

Perimenopause May Be a Time of Risk for New Onset Depression