Menopause and the aging female reproductive system.
Only in this century have so many women lived beyond reproductive age. Cultural upheavals in industrial nations have made reproduction an option, a hygienic issue, and the ending of reproductive capacity a crisis of aging. A woman's hormonal milieu changes during her climacteric and beyond with multiple potential symptomatic consequences. Treatment with hormones can ameliorate the symptoms of menopause and potentially decrease the risk for the long-term consequences of the menopause. Objective scientific data for absolutes regarding hormone replacement therapy are lacking, but, increasingly, this epoch in the physical and emotional life of a woman is being defined by new cultural expectations.
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Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA.
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D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging; D002979:Climacteric; D015914:Estrogen Replacement Therapy / Q000009:adverse effects; D005260:Female; D005836:Genitalia, Female / Q000502:physiology*; D012739:Gonadal Steroid Hormones; D006801:Humans; D008593:Menopause; D008875:Middle Aged; D010053:Ovary / Q000502:physiology; D011374:Progesterone / Q000627:therapeutic use
D012739:Gonadal Steroid Hormones; D011374:Progesterone