Publications by authors named "Ana Rosa Jurado"

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  • This project is focused on creating eligibility criteria for menopausal hormone therapy (MHT), modeled after existing contraception guidelines.
  • A consortium of scientific societies, led by the Spanish Menopause Society, conducted extensive research including 14 systematic reviews and 32 meta-analyses to assess MHT's safety across various health conditions.
  • The results culminated in a structured eligibility framework categorizing MHT use from unrestricted to contraindicated, based on WHO standards and evaluated quality of evidence, aimed at aiding healthcare professionals in making informed decisions.
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Relieving vulvar pain caused by atrophy in postmenopausal women is a challenge in our clinical practice. We know more and more about the vulva, its anatomy and physiology and we are realizing that it is different from the vagina. The importance of the vulvar approach in the management of vulvar or vestibular pain (VP) due to atrophy in postmenopausal women is becoming increasingly important.

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Objective: To analyse all available evidence to validate the effectiveness of a local intervention in the treatment of dyspareunia in breast cancer survivors (BCS).

Methods: We searched the Institute of Scientific Information Web of Knowledge, MEDLINE, PubMed, Scopus, and Cochrane databases for all articles published in peer-reviewed journals up to April 2019. The PICOS standards were: (population) BCS with dyspareunia; (intervention) any type of vulvovaginal treatment; (main outcome) frequency and severity of dyspareunia; (study design) clinical studies.

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Tissue-selective estrogen complex (TSEC) is projected as a progestogen-free option for the treatment of estrogen deficiency symptoms in postmenopausal, non-hysterectomized women. TSEC combines the benefits of estrogen with a selective estrogen receptor modulator (SERM), in this case bazedoxifene acetate (BZA), which has an antagonistic effect on the endometrium, thus avoiding the use of progestins. The authorized TSEC combination (conjugated estrogens [CE] 0.

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Sexual health has been defined as "the state of physical, emotional and social wellbeing related to sexuality. However, there are medical, psychological and social reasons that complicate full sexual health that are frequently not attended to sufficiently. The objective of this guide will be to analyze the factors that impact the sexual health of men and women over 50 and to provide recommendations for the most appropriate diagnostic and therapeutic measures for this age group.

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