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Chronic vulvar pain in a cohort of post-menopausal women: Atrophy or Vulvodynia?

Although postmenopausal vulvar pain is frequently attributed to vaginal atrophy, such symptoms may be due to vulvodynia, a chronic vulvar pain condition. Given the limited research on vulvodynia in postmenopau...

Authors: Susanna D. Mitro, Siobán D. Harlow, John F. Randolph and Barbara D. Reed

Moving toward a prevention strategy for osteoporosis by giving a voice to a silent disease

A major unmet challenge in developing preventative treatment programs for osteoporosis is that the optimal timing of treatment remains unknown. In this commentary we make the argument that the menopausal trans...

Authors: Karl J. Jepsen, Erin M. R. Bigelow, Melissa Ramcharan, Stephen H. Schlecht and Carrie A. Karvonen-Gutierrez

Women’s Midlife Health reviewer acknowledgement 2015

The editor of Women’s Midlife Health would like to thank all of the reviewers who have contributed to the journal in Volume 1 (2015).

Authors: Siobán Harlow

Methods in a longitudinal cohort study of late reproductive age women: the Penn Ovarian Aging Study (POAS)

This report describes the methods utilized in the Penn Ovarian Aging Study (POAS), which is a longitudinal cohort study of hormone dynamics and menopausal symptoms of women in the menopause transition.

Authors: Ellen W. Freeman and Mary D. Sammel

The Passo Fundo Cohort Study: design of a population-based observational study of women in premenopause, menopausal transition, and postmenopause

The Passo Fundo Cohort Study (PFS) is a population-based longitudinal observational study of pre-, peri-, and postmenopausal women that has been ongoing since 1995 in Passo Fundo, a city in southern Brazil. Th...

Authors: Karen Oppermann, Verônica Colpani, Sandra C. Fuchs and Poli Mara Spritzer

Rheumatic autoimmune diseases in women and midlife health

Autoimmune diseases such as systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), rheumatoid arthritis (RA), and systemic sclerosis (scleroderma) preferentially affect women, and are characterized by systemic inflammation leadi...

Authors: Wendy Marder, Évelyne Vinet and Emily C. Somers

Management of sexual dysfunction in breast cancer survivors: a systematic review

Female sexual dysfunction occurs frequently in midlife breast cancer survivors (BCS) and encompasses problems with sexual desire, interest, arousal, orgasm and genitopelvic pain. Although common, sexual proble...

Authors: Susan M. Seav, Sally A. Dominick, Boris Stepanyuk, Jessica R. Gorman, Diana T. Chingos, Jennifer L. Ehren, Michael L. Krychman and H. Irene Su

Management of sexual dysfunction in breast cancer survivors: a systematic review editorial---looking back to move ahead

Authors: G. A. Bachmann and S. Ramachandra

The importance of disability as a health issue for mid-life women

Data suggest that disability prevalence among mid-aged populations is increasing in recent years; current prevalence estimates for mid-aged adults range from 20 to 40 %. The World Health Organization’s Interna...

Authors: Carrie A. Karvonen-Gutierrez

Confronting the challenges of the menopausal transition

Canada’s Generation X is now entering the menopausal transition and pursuing effective therapy for bothersome vasomotor symptoms. They do so at a time when confusion about the safe and appropriate use of menop...

Authors: Robert L. Reid and Bryden A. Magee

Impact of urinary incontinence on female sexual health in women during midlife

Sexual health is important to the self worth, emotional well being, and overall quality of life of women in midlife. However, urinary incontinence, which is prevalent in this population, has a negative impact ...

Authors: Christine M. Chu, Lily A. Arya and Uduak U. Andy

The CROWN Initiative: journal editors invite researchers to develop core outcomes in women’s health

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Authors: Khalid Khan

Women’s Midlife Health: Why the Midlife Matters

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Authors: Siobán D. Harlow and Carol A. Derby

The course of depressive symptoms during the postmenopause: a review

As the Australian population ages, significantly more women are entering the postmenopausal stage of the climacteric, yet research focusing on the prevalence of depressive symptoms in this stage of ovarian age...

Authors: Katherine E Campbell, Cassandra E. Szoeke and Lorraine Dennerstein

Depression in the menopause transition: risks in the changing hormone milieu as observed in the general population

There is accumulating evidence but no definitive answers about the incidence of depressed mood in the menopause transition and its association with the changing hormonal milieu. While a changing hormonal milie...

Authors: Ellen W. Freeman

Recent evidence exploring the associations between physical activity and menopausal symptoms in midlife women: perceived risks and possible health benefits

Although the health benefits of physical activity are well established, the prevalence of midlife women accumulating sufficient physical activity to meet current physical activity guidelines is strikingly low,...

Authors: Kelley Pettee Gabriel, Jessica M. Mason and Barbara Sternfeld