OBJECTIVES: To examine associations of pituitary-ovarian hormone levels with cognition before and after different formulations of hormone therapy (HT) or placebo independent of treatment group. METHODS: Recently menopausal, healthy women w…
The objective of this review was to compare the efficacy and safety of conservative surgery with or without adjunctive presacral neurectomy (PN) for chronic endometriosis-related pelvic pain. In a systematic review with meta-analysis, rando…
Changes in pituitary-ovarian hormones across the menopausal transition have multiple physiological consequences. However, little is known about how the major types of postmenopausal hormone therapy (HT) affect pituitary-ovarian hormonal rel…
Bilateral oophorectomy in premenopausal women is a unique condition causing the abrupt and premature loss of ovarian hormones, primarily estrogen. Bilateral oophorectomy causes an alteration of several fundamental aging processes at the cel…
OBJECTIVES: We investigated the association of personal, reproductive, and familial characteristics with bilateral oophorectomy performed for nonmalignant indications in a US population. STUDY DESIGN: In an established cohort study, we use…
BACKGROUND: The cause-effect relationship between bilateral oophorectomy and accelerated aging remains controversial. We conducted new analyses to further address this controversy. METHODS: The Rochester Epidemiology Project records-linkag…
PURPOSE: This cohort study was established to investigate the effects of unilateral and bilateral oophorectomy on the ageing processes in women. PARTICIPANTS: We used the records-linkage system of the Rochester Epidemiology Project (REP, h…
OBJECTIVE: To study the association between bilateral oophorectomy and the rate of accumulation of multimorbidity. PATIENTS AND METHODS: In this historical cohort study, the Rochester Epidemiology Project records-linkage system was used to…