Nanette Santoro

OBJECTIVE: To discuss the potential for adverse consequences that could arise from the quest to prolong the functional life span of the human ovary. METHODS: A series of arguments are presented that: (a) question the dogma that monthly ovul…

INTRODUCTION: Infertility is a common complication of endometriosis. While in vitro fertilisation-embryo transfer (IVF) successfully treats endometriosis-associated infertility, there is some evidence that pregnancy rates may be diminished …

The North American Menopause Society held the 2019 Pre-Meeting Symposium on September 25, 2019, in Chicago, Illinois, to review the current state of the science related to the physiology of the perimenopause and to address management of the…

OBJECTIVE: This study aims to describe premature ovarian failure (POF)/primary ovarian insufficiency (POI) symptoms experienced by women from a non-clinic-based sample of members of a POF/POI-specific support group. METHODS: Two hundred nin…

OBJECTIVE: To discover early hormonal predictors of menopause and the stages of the menopausal transition and to understand the hormonal basis behind the bleeding abnormalities common in the menopausal transition. METHODS: A cohort of 804 w…

BACKGROUND: Comparative assessment of expression of aromatase (CYP19A1) messenger RNA (mRNA) in pathological and non-pathological sites within the uterine cavity of mid reproductive age women diagnosed with endometrial polyp (EP). METHODS: …

In this double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study, normally cycling women (n = 86) with elevated low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) levels were studied over six menstrual cycles. At the end of the screening phase, particip…

Menopause is that point of time in a woman’s life when there occurs the permanent cessation of menstrual activity. Although this itself is a discrete milestone on whose basis we very often classify women for health and social issues, the ev…