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The 2026 ACC scientific statement asks cardiologists to treat heart disease, cognition and frailty as one problem in older patients, and says plainly how thin the evidence beneath that ask still is.
Gale Staff · Sep 27 · Journal of the American College of Cardiology
September 26, 2026
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A 16-protein blood signature of menopause carried a 15% higher rate of Alzheimer's dementia across 11,059 women followed a mean of 15.7 years, no clear signal for dementia overall, and no association at all with hot flashes measured in midlife.
Gale Staff · Sep 26 · Nature Medicine
September 18, 2026
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In 1,893 Spanish families, dogs, birds and cat ownership in general showed nothing at ages 7-8; the one association sat in families whose cat was present at ages 4-5 but not at age 1, and the paper's own multiple-comparison test left it borderline.
Gale Staff · Sep 18 · World Journal of Pediatrics
September 17, 2026
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A 6,760-person Framingham analysis puts the turning point at ages 37 to 39 — on average 6, 14 and 19 years ahead of the final period, and a decade earlier than in men.
Gale Staff · Sep 17 · Hypertension
September 15, 2026
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Across 198,417 US mothers, the share rating their own mental health excellent dropped 12.4 percentage points in eight years — and most of that movement landed one rung down the scale rather than at the severe end.
Gale Staff · Sep 15 · JAMA Internal Medicine
September 13, 2026
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In 964 women, two blood markers of gut barrier integrity sat flat through premenopause, began climbing about two and a half years before the final period, and levelled off roughly six years after it.
Gale Staff · Sep 13 · Journal of Clinical Investigation
September 12, 2026
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A Nature Communications study measured brain change across puberty, pregnancy and menopause in 1,095 women and girls using one set of methods; menopause was the transition where the volume loss did not show up, and the authors are careful about what that absence proves.
Gale Staff · Sep 12 · Nature Communications
September 10, 2026
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A 2026 scoping review in Menopause read nineteen studies of how the transition appears in electronic health records — what is missing, which numbers hold, and what a review of this kind cannot settle.
Gale Staff · Sep 10 · Menopause
September 9, 2026
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A six-month randomized trial put 93 women through aerobic exercise or stretching and toning; the executive-function advantage landed in the post-menopausal group, and the comparison that found it was made after the trial had run.
Gale Staff · Sep 9 · Journal of Alzheimer's Disease
September 5, 2026
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A Mayo Clinic records review of nearly a thousand women asked whether a diagnosis of primary infertility shows up decades later in the age a woman reaches menopause.
Gale Staff · Sep 5 · Menopause
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Context like this is the evidence a diagnosis is built on — one study found the patient's own history led to the correct diagnosis 76% of the time, more than the exam and labs combined 2Ref 2Peterson MC, Holbrook JH, Von Hales D, Smith NL, Staker LV (1992).Contributions of the history, physical examination, and laboratory investigation in making medical diagnoses.In 80 medical outpatients with new or previously undiagnosed conditions, the patient's own history led to the final diagnosis in 76% of cases, vs. 12% for the physical exam and 11% for lab investigation.. Patients who arrive able to speak for themselves see measurably better health outcomes and care experiences 1Ref 1Hibbard JH, Greene J (2013).What the evidence shows about patient activation: better health outcomes and care experiences; fewer data on costs.A review of the evidence finds patient activation — the knowledge, skill, and confidence to manage one's own health and engage with clinicians — is consistently associated with better health outcomes and care experiences..
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