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Soy not shown to reduce menopausal symptoms in recent study

3 year study finds improvement in classic menopausal symptoms for women in perimenopause and menopause with improvement in other parameters: fasting glucose, cholesterol, MMP-9, CRP, fibrinogen and other clotting factors.  This study used bioidentical Bi-est, progesterone, and in some DHEA and Testosterone.

Estrogen therapy in women recently postmenopausal, found to improve symptoms of depression and anxiety.  The mean age of women in this study was 52.7.  Average age of menopause is 51, so apprx 1 year postmenopausal in this study.  Both premarin and bioidentical estradiol was used in different arms of the study.  Bioidentical progesterone was used in all 3 arms.

study shows that homeopathy improves 81.4% of menopause symptoms

Transdermal progesterone improves menopausal symptoms without an change in inflammatory markers.

Study finds Err 731 effective against menopausal symptoms.

ERr 731, which is an extract from Siberian Rhubarb, found to be effective against menopausal symptoms in women.

Study finds that low estrogen, assuming estradiol, higher FSH, low epinephrine, higher norepinephrine are associated with severe hot flashes.  Of interesting note, Cortisol and Testosterone were not associated with symptom severity.

Pycnogenol useful in vasomotor symptoms in those women in the peri-menopausal years.

Women with night sweats have increased risk (33%) of heart disease.

Women with hot flashes and night sweats have increased cardiovascular risk compared to women that do not.

Vasomotor symptoms (hot flashes and night sweats) is associated with increased cardiovascular risk in women.

Study finds non-hormonal therapy to manage hot flashes in postmenopausal women--drug them.  The authors of this study, looked to gabapentin, also known as neurontin to treat hot flashes.  Instead of looking at the causes: hormone imbalance, stress... these authors looked to a sedating drug.  The dosing of neurontin was 900 mg.   Most can't stand at this dose.  This study points to the lunacy in the research today.  Very soon, there will be the walking dead among us.  They will be the walking doped instead of dead.

watch out!  bioidentical progesterone provides improved symptom control versus synthetic progestin MPA

Hot flashes reduced with weight loss in those not taking HRT.  Reduced fat equals reduced inflammation equals reduced hot flashes/night sweats.  The more inflamed an individual, the more prevalent/significant the hot flashes.

Interesting: study finds no association between tryptophan and serotonin levels and depression.  The study found no difference between 44 "depressed" perimenopausal women and 19 "without depression".  Serotonin therapy of depression??  However, poor sleep and hot flashes did.