Menopause News Flash: research, news and information

According to the results of a preclinical study published in Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, obese women might be able to eliminate their increased risk for postmenopausal breast cancer by taking measures during perimenopause to prevent weight gain and to therapeutically control the metabolic effects of their obesity.

Researchers claim that the risk of HPV is significanlty greater for women who came of age in the “sexual revolution” in the 1960s and 70s.

More on the contraversial link between soy and menopause .

Controlling diet and exercising may be the key in fighting breast cancer in post-menopausal women, according to a research performed by the National Cancer Institute. Another study explores the link between childhood cancer, fertility and premature menopause.

The Lighter Side:

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