[Estrogen receptors and vascular aging].

After years of studying cardiovascular diseases (CVD) in men due to their higher incidence compared to women, attention is now being paid to female CVD and their pathophysiology. Even though premenopausal women have a lower incidence of CVD, this disparity progressively diminishes after menopause, highlighting the key role of sex hormones. Many preclinical and fundamental studies have demonstrated protective effects of estrogens on arterial endothelium, suggesting that hormone therapy could improve cardiovascular health in menopausal women.

Factors associated with bone response to teriparatide in young postmenopausal women with osteoporosis.

Introduction: To investigate the factors associated with changes in vertebral bone mineral density during teriparatide treatment.

Materials And Methods: Single centre, longitudinal study involving 145 osteoporotic postmenopausal women treated with teriparatide. Clinical evaluation, bone mineral density (BMD) measurements assessment and laboratory analyses were performed at baseline then after 12 and 18 months of treatment.

Sexual function and quality of life in women with idiopathic premature ovarian insufficiency.

Background: Premature ovarian insufficiency (POI) is a disruptive diagnosis for women, with major consequences on fertility but also on quality of life and sexual functioning.

Aim: The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of vaginal symptoms from the genitourinary syndrome of menopause on the quality of life and sexual functioning of women with POI.

Methods: This cross-sectional observational study involved 88 women who were investigated in a specialized setting at the University Hospital of Toulouse (France) between 2014 and 2019.

Study of postoperative complications after the implementation of a multidisciplinary care pathway for patients with digestive endometriosis.

Purpose: To assess the quality of care following the establishment of a multidisciplinary care pathway for patient operated on for deep pelvic endometriosis with digestive impairment.

Methods: We conducted a retrospective monocentric study of patients suffering from deep infiltrating endometriosis, treated in Gynaecological Department at Toulouse University Hospital from January 2018 to December 2020. We compared our results to those of our previous study, Gornes et al.

Interactions between antiseizure medications and contraception: A study about the knowledge of patients and their specialist physicians.

Planning pregnancy is very important for women with epilepsy (WWE), because of the potential teratogenic effects and neurodevelopmental disorders of different antiseizure medications (ASMs). Nevertheless, contraception in WWE can be challenging due to the existence of drug interactions between ASMs and hormonal contraception. The aim of this study was to assess women's knowledge of potential interactions between their ASMs and contraceptive options.

Menopausal hormone therapy for the management of osteoporosis.

Postmenopausal osteoporosis is a frequent clinical condition which affects nearly 1 in 3 women. Estrogen deficiency leads to rapid bone loss which is maximal within the first 2-3 years after the menopause transition and can be prevented by menopause hormone therapy (MHT). Not only, MHT prevents bone loss and the degradation of the bone microarchitecture but it significantly reduces the risk of fracture at all bone sites by 20-40%.

Bone mineral density in women with deep infiltrating endometriosis who have undergone early bilateral oophorectomy.

Objective: To study bone mineral density (BMD) in women with and without pelvic deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE) who underwent early bilateral oophorectomy (BO).

Methods: A case-control study was performed in 83 women who underwent early BO before the age of 45 years, 31 for DIE and 52 for another clinical condition. All the women answered a standardized computer-assisted questionnaire to record their clinical and historical data and were medically examined.

TBS in early postmenopausal women with severe vertebral osteoporosis.

Introduction/background: Severe vertebral osteoporosis is a rare condition in early postmenopausal women. We seek to determine whether Trabecular Bone Score (TBS), which is a new bone texture measurement, could be of additional value in evaluating trabecular bone properties in this population.

Methodology: Lumbar spine (LS) and femoral neck (FN) bone mineral densities (BMDs) and TBS were measured in 105 early postmenopausal women (group 1: "cases", mean age: 53.