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☆ This overlooked corner of women's health could be a $350 billion market opportunity
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-15 | by ( Michelle Fox | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

The management consultant estimates the global market potential to treat symptoms ranges from $120 billion to as much as $350 billion globally. "That would apply to women's health in general, and then specifically and acutely to menopause in particular." From 2002 to 2009, hormone therapy claims were reduced by more than 70%, a 2012 study showed. The clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, which focuses on women's health, has an intravaginal ring hormone therapy that is set to progress to a single Phase 3 study. Last May, the Food and Drug Administration approved Tokyo-based Astellas Pharma's Veozah, also known as fezolinetant, to treat hot flashes.

Persons: Drew Barrymore, Naomi Watts, Anna Pione, Stephanie Faubion, Faubion, Karen Adams, Jefferies, Kaumil Gajrawala, Bayer, Progyny, Sasha Kelemen Organizations: McKinsey, Health, Mayo Clinic Center, Women's Health, Stanford University, Pfizer, Dare, Food and Drug Administration, Vistagen Therapeutics, Gennev, Midi Health, Leerink Partners Locations: U.S, Tokyo

☆ PMS now could mean more than twice the risk of early menopause later, study shows
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-20 | by ( Madeline Holcombe | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Menopause is considered early when it occurs before age 45, which will happen in 5% to 10% of women, Yang said. Early menopause is concerning because of the shortened reproductive years, but also because of links to other health concerns, she added. A 2010 study found that women who experience early menopause are at an increased risk for overall mortality, including cardiovascular diseases, osteoporosis and neurological diseases. How are PMS and early menopause connected? Women also need to know that there are ways to manage early menopause and the bothersome hot flashes, she said.

Persons: ”, Yihui Yang, Yang, Stephanie Faubion, Faubion, —, Donghao Lu, ” Faubion, Elizabeth Bertone, Johnson, “ Organizations: CNN, Karolinska Institutet, Mayo Clinic Center, Women’s Health, PMDs, Karolinska, University of Massachusetts Amherst, American College of Obstetricians, Women’s, US Department of Health, Human Services Locations: Sweden

☆ Menopause Is Different for Women of Color
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-23 | by ( Alisha Haridasani Gupta | More About Alisha Haridasani Gupta | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

This means that women of color often go without adequate care during menopause, signaling to them that their suffering is insignificant, said Dr. Stephanie Faubion, medical director for the Menopause Society and a director of the Mayo Clinic Center for Women’s Health. Researchers have followed a group of more than 3,000 women in perimenopause and menopause for decades and have found a few key differences: Black and Hispanic women reach menopause earlier than white, Chinese and Japanese women. They also experience certain menopausal symptoms for 10 or more years — almost twice as long as do white, Chinese and Japanese women. But researchers have found that Black women are more likely to experience more intense and more frequent hot flashes; Black women also endure them for more years than those of other races. When Anjum Shah, a 55-year-old city planner in Orlando, Fla., started having hot flashes at 48, she knew it was connected to menopause.

Persons: Stephanie Faubion, “, ”, —, Anjum Shah, I’d, Ms, Shah Organizations: Mayo Clinic Center, Women’s Health Locations: perimenopause, Orlando, Fla

☆ Here Come the Flash Periods
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-12 | by ( Alisha Haridasani Gupta | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

In a regular cycle, the ovaries make estrogen to nurture an egg for release and thicken the uterine lining for its arrival, Dr. Munro said. Think of the uterine lining “like grass in your garden,” Dr. Munro said. Or, for other women, there might be so little estrogen that the uterine lining hasn’t grown much, leading only to some light spotting. One of the telltale signs of endometrial hyperplasia, Dr. Kapoor said, is heavy periods. In cases where women have immensely heavy periods, Dr. Munro said, they might also experience iron deficiency and anemia, which in turn can be connected to other common menopause symptoms, including fatigue and brain fog.

Persons: ”, Malcolm Munro, Munro, Dr, “ It’s, “, Harlow, Ekta Kapoor, Kapoor Organizations: David Geffen School of Medicine, Mayo Clinic Center, Women’s Health, telltale Locations: U.C.L.A

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