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Citation: Women's Midlife Health 2023 9:8
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Women’s midlife health: the unfinished research agenda
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Stressful life events during the perimenopause: longitudinal observations from the seattle midlife women’s health study
Midlife is a time of increased responsibilities for women who have multiple roles including taking care of children, caring for elderly parents, managing households, and working outside the home. With little t...
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Factors predicting age at menopause among Iranian women in the Bandare-Kong cohort study (a cross-sectional survey of PERSIAN cohort study)
Menopause is a natural period in women’s life and can be affected by several factors. The aim of this study was to identify the associated factors for age of natural menopause and among women with early and pr...
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Factors associated with the CVD risk factors and body fat pattern of postmenopausal Hindu caste and Lodha tribal populations living in India: An exploratory study
Loss in ovarian function during mid-life results in adverse changes in the cardiovascular profile of women. The association between CVD risk factors and menopause differ cross-culturally since several modifiab...
Citation: Women's Midlife Health 2023 9:4 -
Coping with singleness
The number of never-married women is increasing worldwide. According to a recent census (2016) this trend is also apparent in Iran. The aim of the present study was to investigate how never-married Iranian wom...
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Overturning Roe v. Wade: consequences for midlife women’s health and well-being
In July 2022, the United States Supreme Court issued a decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization that overturned Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court decision that legalized access to abortion in the Uni...
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Hysterectomy and women’s health in India: evidence from a nationally representative, cross-sectional survey of older women
Hysterectomy, particularly when conducted in women younger than 45 years, has been associated with increased risk of non-communicable diseases. In India, research indicates that hysterectomy is a common proced...
Citation: Women's Midlife Health 2023 9:1 -
Correction: Taking action to advance the study of race and ethnicity: the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI)
Citation: Women's Midlife Health 2022 8:13 -
Structural racism and the impact on incarcerated midlife women
High recidivism rates indicate that current forms of imprisonment may be an ineffective response to problems that mainly burden those ensconced in poverty and marginalization. Homelessness, unemployment, racia...
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The unseen epidemic: trauma and loneliness in urban midlife women
Connectedness and attachment are vital parts of humanity. Loneliness, a state of distress in reaction to perceived detachment and isolation, is reported by over one-third of U.S. adults and is associated with ...
Citation: Women's Midlife Health 2022 8:11 -
Correction: Disparities in Reproductive Aging and Midlife Health between Black and White women: The Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation (SWAN)
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Associations of reproductive factors with postmenopausal follicle stimulating hormone
Recent studies have suggested that higher postmenopausal follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) may be associated with lower risk of diabetes. However, relatively little is known about postmenopausal FSH levels, i...
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Association of vitamin D deficiency and pelvic organ prolapse in postmenopausal women: a cross-sectional study
Vitamin D is vital for skeletal integrity as well as optimal muscle work. High incidence and prevalence of vitamin D deficiency as well as pelvic organ prolapse are found in postmenopausal women, thus raising ...
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Design, implementation, and evaluation of self-care program in the prevention of breast cancer among women in Isfahan: a community-based participatory action research protocol
Breast cancer is one of the most prevalent cancers among women in Isfahan, Iran; however, its prevention is not desirable in this city. This disease poses several health, social and economic challenges for wom...
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Complaints of reduced cognitive functioning during perimenopause: a cross-sectional analysis of the Japan Nurses’ Health Study
Many women experience various symptoms during the period of menopausal transition, including complaints of reduced cognitive functioning. However, these complaints are not necessarily recognized as core menopa...
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Pain in midlife women: a growing problem in need of further research
More than 10% of American adults experience some level of daily pain, and nearly 40 million (17.6%) experience episodes of severe pain annually. Women are particularly impacted by both episodic and chronic pai...
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A comparison of stress, symptoms, physical activity, and adiposity among women at midlife before and during the pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic presented challenges that disproportionately impacted women. Household roles typically performed by women (such as resource acquisition and caretaking) became more difficult due to financ...
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Getting old beats the alternative
Getting old is hard, but it beats the alternative. This commentary explores some of the challenges of aging with a physical disability and the considerations taken to prevent further functional decline or inju...
Citation: Women's Midlife Health 2022 8:2 -
Disparities in Reproductive Aging and Midlife Health between Black and White women: The Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation (SWAN)
This paper reviews differences in the experience of the menopause transition and midlife health outcomes between Black and White women who participated in the Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation (SWAN), ...
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Taking action to advance the study of race and ethnicity: the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI)
“Race” and “ethnicity” are socially constructed terms, not based on biology - in contrast to biologic ancestry and genetic admixture - and are flexible, contested, and unstable concepts, often driven by power....
Citation: Women's Midlife Health 2022 8:1 -
Dr. Vivian Pinn: a woman pioneer & leader
The Women’s Health Institute in collaboration with the Journal of Women’s Midlife Health hosted a national roundtable with Dr. Vivian Pinn via Zoom to honor her for her achievements in the areas of women’s hea...
Citation: Women's Midlife Health 2021 7:11 -
Prevalence and associated risk factors for sexual dysfunction among postmenopausal women: a study from Iran
Female Sexual Dysfunction (FSD) is a distressing condition linked to menopause. This study aimed to determine the prevalence and contributing factors for FSD among postmenopausal women.
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Racism: the shameful practices that the medical profession is finally addressing
Citation: Women's Midlife Health 2021 7:9 -
Sexual quality of life and sexual self-efficacy among women during reproductive-menopausal transition stages and postmenopause: a comparative study
Sexual self-efficacy is essential for appropriate and desirable sexual function and sexual quality of life. This study aimed to compare sexual quality of life and sexual self-efficacy among women during reprod...
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This is our lane: talking with patients about racism
Racism has significantly impacted communities of color for centuries. The year 2020 is a reminder that racism is an ongoing public health crisis. Healthcare institutions have an important role in dismantling r...
Citation: Women's Midlife Health 2021 7:7 -
Visual inspection with acetic-acid (VIA) service utilization and associated factors among women in Hawassa city, southern Ethiopia: a community based cross-sectional study
Reducing cervical cancer mortality and morbidity using visual inspection with acetic acid (VIA) is a primary option, particularly in resource constrained countries. Although VIA screening is a priority program...
Citation: Women's Midlife Health 2021 7:6 -
Review of menopausal palpitations measures
Palpitations are reported commonly by women around the time of menopause as skipped, missed, irregular, and/or exaggerated heartbeats or heart pounding. However, much less is known about palpitations than othe...
Citation: Women's Midlife Health 2021 7:5 -
Irritable bowel syndrome in midlife women: a narrative review
Midlife women between the ages of 40 and 65 years have reported multiple challenges due to menopausal, developmental, and situational transitions from younger to older adulthood. During the midlife period, man...
Citation: Women's Midlife Health 2021 7:4 -
“Since I’m a little bit more mature”: contraception and the arc of time for women in midlife
Contraceptive methods have rapidly evolved over the past several decades, but little research has explored how women interact with contraception over time. Exploring contraceptive beliefs, perceptions, and att...
Citation: Women's Midlife Health 2021 7:3 -
Racial differences in lifestyle, demographic, and health factors associated with quality of life (QoL) in midlife women
Previously, quality of life (Qol) has been defined as an individual’s evaluation of a satisfactory life as a whole (i.e. physically, mentally, psychologically, and socially). Only a few studies have examined t...
Citation: Women's Midlife Health 2021 7:2 -
Disability prevalence in midlife (aged 55–65 years): Cross-Country comparisons of gender differences and time trends
Prior literature on disability has centered on disability prevalence among older adults ages 65 and older, providing only limited insight to potential gender differences in disability prevalence in mid-life. M...
Citation: Women's Midlife Health 2021 7:1 -
The impact of midlife on migraine in women: summary of current views
Migraine is three times more common in women than in men and is the 4th leading cause of disability in women. Onset of migraine increases at menarche, with peaks in prevalence in the late 30s, and a rapid decl...
Citation: Women's Midlife Health 2020 6:11 -
Association of lean body mass to menopausal symptoms: The Study of Women's Health Across the Nation
The purpose of this study was to examine the association of lean body mass (LBM) to the development of vasomotor symptoms (VMS) as women transition through menopause.
Citation: Women's Midlife Health 2020 6:10 -
Association between a history of depression and anti-müllerian hormone among late-reproductive aged women: the Harvard study of moods and cycles
There is conflicting evidence regarding the association between a history of depression and risk of early menopause. In a cohort of premenopausal women, we investigated the association between depression histo...
Citation: Women's Midlife Health 2020 6:9 -
The urgent need for disability studies among midlife adults
Issues of poor physical functioning and disability are burdensome for midlife adults and evidence suggests that the prevalence of these conditions is increasing temporally. Physical functioning during the midl...
Citation: Women's Midlife Health 2020 6:8 -
Cortical and subcortical changes following sphenopalatine ganglion blocks in chronic migraine with medication overuse headache: a preliminary longitudinal study
The purpose of this pilot study was to investigate potential changes in brain morphology (cortical thickness and cortical/subcortical volume) accompanying a series of sphenopalatine ganglion (SPG) blockade tre...
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Contribution of common chronic conditions to midlife physical function decline: The Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation
Chronic conditions are associated with worse physical function and commonly develop during midlife. We tested whether the presence of 8 chronic conditions, or the development of these conditions, is associated...
Citation: Women's Midlife Health 2020 6:6 -
The Swiss Perimenopause Study – study protocol of a longitudinal prospective study in perimenopausal women
The perimenopause is associated with considerable biopsychosocial changes. The majority of women manage to adjust to these changes and cope well with the shift from reproductive to non-reproductive life. Howev...
Citation: Women's Midlife Health 2020 6:5 -
Moving prevention of functional impairment upstream: is middle age an ideal time for intervention?
To live independently, individuals must be able to perform basic activities of daily living (ADLs), including bathing, dressing, and transferring out of a bed or chair. When older adults develop difficulty or ...
Citation: Women's Midlife Health 2020 6:4 -
C-reactive protein gene rs1205 polymorphism is associated with low-grade chronic inflammation in postmenopausal women
Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in postmenopausal women, and inflammation is a key mechanism involved in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis. High-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) h...
Citation: Women's Midlife Health 2020 6:3 -
Mid-life predictors of late-life depressive symptoms; determining risk factors spanning two decades in the Women’s Heathy Ageing Project
Data available from longitudinal studies of adequate duration to explore midlife risk factors for late life higher depressive symptom scores in women is lacking. This study examines midlife (mean ages 50 years...
Citation: Women's Midlife Health 2020 6:2 -
Vaginal, sexual and urinary symptoms following hysterectomy: a multi-centre randomized controlled trial
Hysterectomy is the most common major gynaecological procedure. The aim of this study was to study vaginal, sexual and urinary symptoms following total abdominal hysterectomy (TAH), non-descent vaginal hystere...
Citation: Women's Midlife Health 2020 6:1 -
A proper reference metabolic equivalent value to assess physical activity intensity in Japanese female nurses
Various questionnaires have been developed to assess physical activity, but only a few simple questionnaires are suitable for self-administration in large groups of midlife working women. This study examined t...
Citation: Women's Midlife Health 2019 5:4 -
Types of pain and their psychosocial impact in women with rheumatoid arthritis
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a systemic inflammatory autoimmune disease predominantly affecting middle-aged women. Very commonly, pain is a manifestation of active disease and because untreated RA can result i...
Citation: Women's Midlife Health 2019 5:3 -
Abdominal pain during the menopause transition and early postmenopause: observations from the Seattle Midlife Women’s Health Study
To assess the relationship between abdominal pain severity during the menopausal transition (MT) and age, MT stage, reproductive biomarkers, stress biomarkers, and stress perceptions.
Citation: Women's Midlife Health 2019 5:2 -
Undesirable stressful life events, impact, and correlates during midlife: observations from the Seattle midlife women’s health study
To examine the undesirable stressful life events midlife women experience, including: 1) which life events midlife women reported most frequently; 2) which life events women rated as most undesirable; and 3) w...
Citation: Women's Midlife Health 2019 5:1 -
Neighborhood disorder, exposure to violence, and perceived discrimination in relation to symptoms in midlife women
Some symptoms at midlife are associated with stress, such as hot flashes, trouble sleeping, headaches, or depressed mood. Hot flashes have been studied in relation to laboratory stressors, physiological biomar...
Citation: Women's Midlife Health 2018 4:14 -
Modern contraceptive use and associated factors among married women in Finote Selam town Northwest Ethiopia: a community based cross-sectional study
A modern contraceptive method is a product or medical procedure that interferes with reproduction following sexual intercourse; however, contraceptive services remain out of reach for many women of reproductiv...
Citation: Women's Midlife Health 2018 4:13 -
Contraceptive challenges and the transgender individual
In recent years public awareness of healthcare disparities experienced by transgender individuals throughout the world have garnered increasing attention within the media and from health advocates. Despite thi...
Citation: Women's Midlife Health 2018 4:12