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Menopause
NIH panel calls for "demedicalization" of menopause
April 14th, 2005
An independent panel convened in March 2005 by the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) found that many women move through the menopausal transition with few disabling symptoms, and that it is important that menopause not be viewed as a disease. The tendency among women and their healthcare providers in the U.S. to "medicalize" menopause concerned the panel because the tendency can lead to overuse of treatment approaches that are known to carry serious risks, or whose safety is as yet unclear. However, many women, particularly those with surgically-induced menopause, do experience significant symptoms that greatly diminish quality of life. For...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-04-14)
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