Physical activity to reduce the burden of frailty after menopause: effectiveness and adherence rate of a resource saving exercise plan.

Objective: Frailty may be increased by menopause. Physical activity has been proposed to reduce frailty, but poor adherence and cost limit effectiveness. We aimed to investigate both the effectiveness against the frailty burden and the adherence rate of a multicomponent physical activity scheme partially managed by the participating women themselves.

Association between anxiety and frailty in postmenopausal women.

Objective: To explore the association between anxiety and frailty in community-dwelling postmenopausal women.

Methods: This was a cross-sectional study in which 390 postmenopausal women (aged 60-83 years) who were attending a comprehensive care program were surveyed between January 2018 and February 2020. Each participant was administered a validated Spanish version of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) to assess their anxiety status.

Long-term effect of chemotherapy after ovarian decortication on the ovarian function in women surviving cancer.

Purpose: Ovarian decortication may affect ovarian function. We investigated the status of ovarian reserve after ovarian decortication plus chemotherapy at a stage of presumed stabilized recovery in women surviving cancer.

Methods: We searched our database for cancer survivors subjected to ovarian decortication and chemotherapy at least 3 years previously.

Mediterranean diet for cancer prevention and survivorship.

Cancer is one of the main noncommunicable diseases in terms of health impact. Factors such as a progressively aging population point to future increases in the incidence of cancer on a global level. The elevated number of affected individuals, together with continuous improvements in cancer prevention and therapy, is creating a growing population of cancer survivors, with often inadequately met needs.

Both reduced ovarian reserve and severe semen alterations are overrepresented in couples seeking assisted reproductive technology treatment for the first time: a cross-sectional study.

Background: Once a mate choice decision has been made, couples that fail to reach a live birth in natural and/or intrauterine insemination (IUI) cycles will likely visit fertility clinics seeking assisted reproductive technology (ART) treatment. During the more or less prolonged period of infertility experienced, those couples with mild/moderate reproductive anomalies would have advantage over couples displaying more severe reproductive alterations in achieving a natural or IUI conception. Thus, we can expect to find a progressive increase in the proportion of couples with more severe reproductive anomalies as duration of infertility rises.

Genetic variants of the vitamin D receptor are related to dynapenia in postmenopausal women.

Background: Dynapenia increases with age and in the case of women is possibly influenced by menopause, yet whether vitamin D affects this increase remains controversial. The influence of genetic variants (single nucleotide polymorphisms) of the vitamin D receptor on dynapenia is an understudied area.

Aim: To analyze the association between genetic variants of the vitamin D receptor gene and dynapenia in a cohort of community-dwelling postmenopausal women.

The covid-19 pandemic and the usability of telehealth in a midlife women's health integrated care program.

Background: Telehealth has emerged as an alternative to conventional, face-to-face visits, and the COVID pandemic has hastened its introduction. Telephone appointments make use of an easy-to-use and accessible technology.

Aim: To investigate the usability of telephone-based telehealth in a women's health outpatient clinic and whether this may be affected by the severity of the COVID pandemic.

Nuts and Metabolic Syndrome: Reducing the Burden of Metabolic Syndrome in Menopause.

Menopause imposes a dramatic fall in estrogens, which is followed by an increase in the proportion of fat. The rising androgen/estrogen ratio along the menopause transition favors the accumulation of central fat, which contributes to insulin resistance and a series of concatenated effects, leading to a higher incidence of metabolic syndrome. The modulatory effect of diet on the metabolic syndrome phenotype has been shown for the Mediterranean diet, and nuts are key determinants of these health benefits.

Body weight and fat mass across the menopausal transition: hormonal modulators.

Background: The role of the menopause in weight gain is an understudied yet important field, given the rising prevalence of obesity and its associated risk of disease.

Objective: To review the current evidence regarding the impact of the menopausal transition on changes in body composition and fat accrual in women and the hormonal mechanisms underlying the process.

Methods: A critical appraisal of the current literature by experts in the field.