 Menopause
"Menopause" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The last menstrual period. Permanent cessation of menses (MENSTRUATION) is usually defined after 6 to 12 months of AMENORRHEA in a woman over 45 years of age. In the United States, menopause generally occurs in women between 48 and 55 years of age.
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D008593
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G08.686.157.500 G08.686.841.249.500
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Menopause" by people in this website by year, and whether "Menopause" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1998 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2001 | 3 | 1 | 4 | | 2002 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2003 | 4 | 2 | 6 | | 2004 | 5 | 1 | 6 | | 2005 | 11 | 2 | 13 | | 2006 | 6 | 4 | 10 | | 2007 | 6 | 1 | 7 | | 2008 | 7 | 2 | 9 | | 2009 | 7 | 3 | 10 | | 2010 | 2 | 3 | 5 | | 2011 | 13 | 4 | 17 | | 2012 | 9 | 4 | 13 | | 2013 | 5 | 1 | 6 | | 2014 | 10 | 0 | 10 | | 2015 | 13 | 7 | 20 | | 2016 | 3 | 5 | 8 | | 2017 | 7 | 1 | 8 | | 2018 | 8 | 1 | 9 | | 2019 | 4 | 1 | 5 | | 2020 | 9 | 4 | 13 | | 2021 | 5 | 5 | 10 | | 2022 | 4 | 7 | 11 | | 2023 | 5 | 12 | 17 | | 2024 | 8 | 2 | 10 | | 2025 | 7 | 4 | 11 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Menopause" by people in Profiles.
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Santoro NF, Lawley SD, Sammel MD, Johnson J. Prolonging youth or prolonging perimenopause? Beware the Monkey's Paw. Menopause. 2025 Oct 01; 32(10):978-982.
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Winkles JF, Colvin A, El Khoudary SR, Santoro N, Sammel M, Crawford S. Using a Composite Summary of Daily Sex Hormones to Gauge Time Until Menopause: A Focus on Pregnanediol Glucuronide (PDG). J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2025 Sep 16; 110(10):2832-2844.
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Zelus EI, Grime J, Saviola A, McCabe M, Hansen KC, Alperin M, Christman KL. Development of a Vaginal Extracellular Matrix Hydrogel for Combating Genitourinary Syndrome of Menopause. Adv Mater. 2025 Oct; 37(39):e2419977.
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Zalles L, Santoro N. Nonhormonal treatments for vasomotor symptoms. Curr Opin Obstet Gynecol. 2025 Oct 01; 37(5):326-331.
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Lawley SD, Santoro N, Johnson J. On Modeling Ovarian Aging and Menopause Timing. Bull Math Biol. 2025 Jun 28; 87(8):104.
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Mitro SD, Waetjen LE, Lee C, Wise LA, Zaritsky E, Harlow SD, El Khoudary SR, Santoro N, Solomon DH, Thurston RC, Hedderson MM. Diabetes and Uterine Fibroid Diagnosis in Midlife: Study of Women's Health Across the Nation (SWAN). J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2025 May 19; 110(6):e1934-e1942.
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Lin Z, Rifas-Shiman SL, Perng W, Capotosto MP, Shifren JL, Joffe H, Hivert MF, Chavarro JE, Oken E, Aris IM. Neighborhood Vulnerability and Age of Natural Menopause and Menopausal Symptoms Among Midlife Women. JAMA Netw Open. 2025 05 01; 8(5):e2512075.
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Lopez-Pier MA, Marino VA, Vazquez-Loreto AC, Skaria RS, Cannon DK, Hoyer-Kimura CH, Solomon AE, Lipovka Y, Doubleday K, Pier M, Chu M, Mayfield R, Behunin SM, Hu T, Langlais PR, McKinsey TA, Konhilas JP. Myocardial transcriptomic and proteomic landscapes across the menopausal continuum in a murine model of chemically induced accelerated ovarian failure. Physiol Genomics. 2025 Jul 01; 57(7):409-430.
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Santoro N, Neal-Perry G, Stute P, Blogg M, Mancuso S, Morga A, Ottery FD, Siddiqui E. Fezolinetant effect on vasomotor symptoms due to menopause in women unsuitable for hormone therapy. Curr Med Res Opin. 2025 Feb; 41(2):375-384.
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Santoro N. Understanding the menopause journey. Climacteric. 2025 Aug; 28(4):384-388.
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