Prevention of diseases after menopause
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2014
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Climacteric
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AbstractWomen may expect to spend more than a third of their lives after menopause. Beginning in the sixth decade, many chronic diseases will begin to emerge, which will affect both the quality and quantity of a woman's life. Thus, the onset of menopause heralds an opportunity for prevention strategies to improve the quality of life and enhance longevity. Obesity, metabolic syndrome and diabetes, cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis and osteoarthritis, cognitive decline, dementia and depression, and cancer are the major diseases of concern. Prevention strategies at menopause have to begin with screening and careful assessment for risk factors, which should also include molecular and genetic diagnostics, as these become available. Identification of certain risks will then allow directed therapy. Evidence-based prevention for the diseases noted above include lifestyle management, cessation of smoking, curtailing excessive alcohol consumption, a healthy diet and moderate exercise, as well as mentally stimula...
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Lobo, R.A., Davis, S.R., de Villiers, T.J., Gompel, A., Henderson, V.W., Hodis, H.N., Lumsden, M.A. & Mack, W.J. et al. 2014. Prevention of diseases after menopause. Climacteric. 17(5):540 - 556. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/34393