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Panel cites �information gap� on relieving menopause

... ADVERTISEMENT Advertise Here | Advertising Directory �In the post-Women�s Health Initiative era, there has been a lot of confusion about how to manage the symptoms of menopause,� said Mangione, a professor of medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles..Mangione�s panel called for a new study to fill the knowledge gaps about treating menopausal symptoms, which it identified as hot flashes, night sweats, vaginal dryness and a possibility of sleep disturbances..The study should compare the long-term risks and benefits of three to five years of treatment with low-dose hormone therapy, the panel said.

Participants should represent a variety of ethnic groups and body sizes to determine the role of such factors in menopausal symptoms and treatment..�These are very expensive studies to undertake,� Mangione acknowledged.

�At the same time, this is a condition that affects a lot of women in the United States.�.Cynthia Pearson, executive director of the National Women�s Health Network, praised the push for more research.

�Women can make very good decisions about their own health if they have very good information on which to base those decisions,� she said..The full text of the panel�s draft statement is available online at consensus.nih.gov.

The final version of the statement will be available at the sa...

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Panel cites �information gap� on relieving menopause