R A Lobo, S R Davis, T J De Villiers, A Gompel, V W Henderson, H N Hodis, M A Lumsden, W J Mack, S Shapiro, R J Baber
Women 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...
October 2014: Climacteric: the Journal of the International Menopause Society