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Re: Age of Menopause--was HRT and the non-risk patient From: Gerald P. Rodriguez (geraldpr@roadrunner.com) Sun Nov 2 17:32:08 1997 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: Roberta Speyer: "WANTED: Male Ob/Gyn for busy White Supremacist practice to join with 3" Previous message: Dr Eberhard W Lisse: "Re: Vaginal laceration during C-section" Next in thread: R.Daniel Braun, MD FACOG: "Re: Age of Menopause--was HRT and the non-risk patient" Reply: R.Daniel Braun, MD FACOG: "Re: Age of Menopause--was HRT and the non-risk patient" Reply: Marjorie Dacko, CM: "Re: Age of Menopause--was HRT and the non-risk patient" The chapter on menopause in Speroff's <<Clinical Gynecologic Endocrinology and Infertility>>, Fifth Ed., 1995, is *excellent*. One of the issues discussed is age of menarche (which, of course, has been lowered due to improvement in health and living conditions) and the age of menopause. The onset of menopause has not changed appreciably over the period of recorded history. The author cites ancient writings ( Greek, etc.) which would lead us to believe that the age of menopause has always been at the age of 50 years. Gerald P. Rodriguez, M.D., FACOG Santa Fe ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| In politics the choice is constantly between two evils. --John Morley -- ---------- > From: Marjorie Dacko, CM <dacko@accessnv.com> > To: Multiple recipients of list <ob-gyn-l@talk.obgyn.net> > Subject: Re: Hormone replacement therapy and the non-risk patient > Date: Sunday, November 02, 1997 1:22 PM > > If the human body was only meant to live for about forty years, then why > with improved conditions it appears to be able to double that number? I > have heard on many occasions that the human heart, lungs, brain, etc, are > capable of function for 100+ years, yet the ovaries give out at 40+ > years.....doesn't make sense to me. Funny how improved conditions seems to > have advanced the "life" of most of the body's organs, but skirts the > ovaries!!! Any ideas of why this might have happened this why? > > Is there any research that speaks of when women of 150+ years ago, when > life expectancy was 40+, went through menopause? Did women start or end > menstruation at different ages then currently? > > Interesting subject.....making me rethink my thoughts about HRT. > > Margie Dacko, CM (post-menopausal and not on HRT) > Nevada > > At 01:06 PM 11/2/97 -0600, you wrote: > >At Sun, 2 Nov 1997, Gnfoster@aol.com wrote: > >> > >>One thing I've always wondered. Was "average life expectancy of forty" > >>skewed by very high infant mortality rates? > >>Neil Foster M.D. > >Yes and also by high Maternal Mortality rates too. > > > >-- > >R.Daniel Braun, MD > > > > "Heisenberg might have slept here" > > Unknown or Indecisve > > Next message: Roberta Speyer: "WANTED: Male Ob/Gyn for busy White Supremacist practice to join with 3" Previous message: Dr Eberhard W Lisse: "Re: Vaginal laceration during C-section" Next in thread: R.Daniel Braun, MD FACOG: "Re: Age of Menopause--was HRT and the non-risk patient" Reply: R.Daniel Braun, MD FACOG: "Re: Age of Menopause--was HRT and the non-risk patient" Reply: Marjorie Dacko, CM: "Re: Age of Menopause--was HRT and the non-risk patient"

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