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From Menarche to Menopause: A Population-Based Assessment of Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Risk Factors for Reproductive Tract Infection Symptoms Over Life Stages in Rural Girls and Women in India

By mdCurrent-India staff | Published: Mar 2018

Girls and women experience greater challenges than boys and men in safely accessing water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) resources, including social and sexual violence, while seeking locations to address bodily needs…

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Factors Associated with Adiposity, Lipid Profile Disorders and the Metabolic Syndrome Occurrence in Premenopausal and Postmenopausal Women

By mdCurrent-India staff | Published: May 2016

Menopause is a physiological phenomenon, defined as the final menstrual period and reflecting loss of the ovarian follicular function. Natural menopause is recognized retrospectively after 12 months of amenorrhea…

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Menopausal hormone replacement therapy reduces fractures but increases risks for other conditions

By mdCurrent-India staff | Published: Oct 2012 Volume: |

A great deal of controversy surrounds the use of menopausal hormone replacement therapy (HRT) for the prevention of chronic conditions. “There are robust data now coming in that there is a window of opportunity in the early menopausal years when HRT may reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease. It would… 

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