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Smoking may bring on early menopause
Thu Jul 19, 2007 5:14PM EDT


NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women who smoke are more likely to begin
menopause before the age of 45 years, which puts them at increased risk of
osteoporosis and heart disease, Norwegian researchers report.

Among a group of 2,123 women 59 to 60 years old, those who currently smoked
were 59 percent more likely than non-smokers to have undergone early
menopause, Dr. Thea F. Mikkelsen of the University of Oslo and her
colleagues found. For the heaviest smokers, the risk of early menopause was
nearly doubled.

However, women who were smokers, but quit at least 10 years before
menopause, were substantially less likely than current smokers to have
stopped menstruating before age 45.

There is evidence that smoking later in life makes a woman more likely to
have early menopause, while smokers who quit before middle age may not be
affected, Mikkelsen and her team note in the online journal BMC Public
Health. They investigated the relationship further and determined if
exposure to second-hand smoke might also influence the timing of menopause.

The researchers found that nearly 10 percent of the women went through
menopause before age 45. About 25 percent were current smokers, 28.7 percent
were ex-smokers and 35.2 percent reported current passive exposure to smoke.

As mentioned, the current smokers were 59 percent more likely to have
reached menopause before age 45, while early menopause was nearly twice as
common among the women who smoked the most.

But women who had quit smoking at least a decade before menopause were 87
percent less likely than their peers who currently smoked to have gone
through menopause early.

Compared with married women, widows were also at increased risk of early
menopause, as were women who said they were in poor health. More educated
women were less likely to go into menopause early, but they were also less
likely to be smokers.

High social participation also cut early menopause risk. The researchers
found no link between coffee or alcohol consumption or passive exposure to
smoke and early menopause risk.

"The earlier a woman stops smoking," Mikkelsen and her team conclude, "the
more protection she derives with respect to an early onset of menopause."



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On Jul 23, 12:24 am, "° Shanghai Lil °" <Li...@Shanghai.cn> wrote:
> Smoking may bring on early menopause
> Thu Jul 19, 2007 5:14PM EDT
>
> NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women who smoke are more likely to begin
> menopause before the age of 45 years, which puts them at increased risk of
> osteoporosis and heart disease, Norwegian researchers report.
>
> Among a group of 2,123 women 59 to 60 years old, those who currently smoked
> were 59 percent more likely than non-smokers to have undergone early
> menopause, Dr. Thea F. Mikkelsen of the University of Oslo and her
> colleagues found. For the heaviest smokers, the risk of early menopause was
> nearly doubled.
>
> However, women who were smokers, but quit at least 10 years before
> menopause, were substantially less likely than current smokers to have
> stopped menstruating before age 45.
>
> There is evidence that smoking later in life makes a woman more likely to
> have early menopause, while smokers who quit before middle age may not be
> affected, Mikkelsen and her team note in the online journal BMC Public
> Health. They investigated the relationship further and determined if
> exposure to second-hand smoke might also influence the timing of menopause.
>
> The researchers found that nearly 10 percent of the women went through
> menopause before age 45. About 25 percent were current smokers, 28.7 percent
> were ex-smokers and 35.2 percent reported current passive exposure to smoke.
>
> As mentioned, the current smokers were 59 percent more likely to have
> reached menopause before age 45, while early menopause was nearly twice as
> common among the women who smoked the most.
>
> But women who had quit smoking at least a decade before menopause were 87
> percent less likely than their peers who currently smoked to have gone
> through menopause early.
>
> Compared with married women, widows were also at increased risk of early
> menopause, as were women who said they were in poor health. More educated
> women were less likely to go into menopause early, but they were also less
> likely to be smokers.
>
> High social participation also cut early menopause risk. The researchers
> found no link between coffee or alcohol consumption or passive exposure to
> smoke and early menopause risk.
>
> "The earlier a woman stops smoking," Mikkelsen and her team conclude, "the
> more protection she derives with respect to an early onset of menopause."
>
> --
> Posted via a free Usenet account fromhttp://www.teranews.com

While standing too close to real men fishing,
during a cast Shankeyed Lil was created by the hook!

Now proof positive of netstalking is clearly demonstrated
within this message.

Foreign countries medicines can't be sold in the US
untill they withstand the proper testings.

Foreign medical advice is also worthless..
Unless your a non~ smoker and it involves
a rectal insertion of 2 lbs. of coffee grounds.

The you'll be Chock full "O" nuts like
Shankeyed Lil.

But save the coffee...you can still put that in your
other pipe,...and smoke it.

On Mon, 23 Jul 2007 14:48:48 -0700, Shankeyed_Lil@yahoo.com wrote:

>On Jul 23, 12:24 am, "° Shanghai Lil °" <Li...@Shanghai.cn> wrote:
>> Smoking may bring on early menopause
>> Thu Jul 19, 2007 5:14PM EDT
>>
>> NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women who smoke are more likely to begin
>> menopause before the age of 45 years, which puts them at increased risk of
>> osteoporosis and heart disease, Norwegian researchers report.
>>
>> Among a group of 2,123 women 59 to 60 years old, those who currently smoked
>> were 59 percent more likely than non-smokers to have undergone early
>> menopause, Dr. Thea F. Mikkelsen of the University of Oslo and her
>> colleagues found. For the heaviest smokers, the risk of early menopause was
>> nearly doubled.
>>
>> However, women who were smokers, but quit at least 10 years before
>> menopause, were substantially less likely than current smokers to have
>> stopped menstruating before age 45.
>>
>> There is evidence that smoking later in life makes a woman more likely to
>> have early menopause, while smokers who quit before middle age may not be
>> affected, Mikkelsen and her team note in the online journal BMC Public
>> Health. They investigated the relationship further and determined if
>> exposure to second-hand smoke might also influence the timing of menopause.
>>
>> The researchers found that nearly 10 percent of the women went through
>> menopause before age 45. About 25 percent were current smokers, 28.7 percent
>> were ex-smokers and 35.2 percent reported current passive exposure to smoke.
>>
>> As mentioned, the current smokers were 59 percent more likely to have
>> reached menopause before age 45, while early menopause was nearly twice as
>> common among the women who smoked the most.
>>
>> But women who had quit smoking at least a decade before menopause were 87
>> percent less likely than their peers who currently smoked to have gone
>> through menopause early.
>>
>> Compared with married women, widows were also at increased risk of early
>> menopause, as were women who said they were in poor health. More educated
>> women were less likely to go into menopause early, but they were also less
>> likely to be smokers.
>>
>> High social participation also cut early menopause risk. The researchers
>> found no link between coffee or alcohol consumption or passive exposure to
>> smoke and early menopause risk.
>>
>> "The earlier a woman stops smoking," Mikkelsen and her team conclude, "the
>> more protection she derives with respect to an early onset of menopause."
>>
>> --
>> Posted via a free Usenet account fromhttp://www.teranews.com
>
>While standing too close to real men fishing,
>during a cast Shankeyed Lil was created by the hook!
>
>Now proof positive of netstalking is clearly demonstrated
>within this message.
>
>Foreign countries medicines can't be sold in the US
>untill they withstand the proper testings.
>
>Foreign medical advice is also worthless..
>Unless your a non~ smoker and it involves
>a rectal insertion of 2 lbs. of coffee grounds.
>
>The you'll be Chock full "O" nuts like
>Shankeyed Lil.
>
>But save the coffee...you can still put that in your
>other pipe,...and smoke it.
>

What was he/she selling? And why is forein advice stupit?

R

Ratatosk, Jola
--

If you need to e-mail me, replace "don'tbother" with "zedicus"

[crossposting removed]

Despite the noise, it's an interesting article. Here's a link to
the original; you may have to register (free) with Biomed Central:
http://www.biomedcentral.com/content...2458-7-149.pdf

One odd thing was that they didn't have data on whether the
menopause was natural or surgical; I'd have thought that would
have been an easy question to ask!

FurPaw

° Shanghai Lil ° wrote:
> Smoking may bring on early menopause
> Thu Jul 19, 2007 5:14PM EDT
>
>
> NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women who smoke are more likely to begin
> menopause before the age of 45 years, which puts them at increased riskof
> osteoporosis and heart disease, Norwegian researchers report.
>
> Among a group of 2,123 women 59 to 60 years old, those who currently smoked
> were 59 percent more likely than non-smokers to have undergone early
> menopause, Dr. Thea F. Mikkelsen of the University of Oslo and her
> colleagues found. For the heaviest smokers, the risk of early menopausewas
> nearly doubled.
>
> However, women who were smokers, but quit at least 10 years before
> menopause, were substantially less likely than current smokers to have
> stopped menstruating before age 45.
>
> There is evidence that smoking later in life makes a woman more likely to
> have early menopause, while smokers who quit before middle age may not be
> affected, Mikkelsen and her team note in the online journal BMC Public
> Health. They investigated the relationship further and determined if
> exposure to second-hand smoke might also influence the timing of menopause.
>
> The researchers found that nearly 10 percent of the women went through
> menopause before age 45. About 25 percent were current smokers, 28.7 percent
> were ex-smokers and 35.2 percent reported current passive exposure to smoke.
>
> As mentioned, the current smokers were 59 percent more likely to have
> reached menopause before age 45, while early menopause was nearly twiceas
> common among the women who smoked the most.
>
> But women who had quit smoking at least a decade before menopause were 87
> percent less likely than their peers who currently smoked to have gone
> through menopause early.
>
> Compared with married women, widows were also at increased risk of early
> menopause, as were women who said they were in poor health. More educated
> women were less likely to go into menopause early, but they were also less
> likely to be smokers.
>
> High social participation also cut early menopause risk. The researchers
> found no link between coffee or alcohol consumption or passive exposureto
> smoke and early menopause risk.
>
> "The earlier a woman stops smoking," Mikkelsen and her team conclude, "the
> more protection she derives with respect to an early onset of menopause."


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every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense
a theft from those who hunger and are not fed,
those who are cold and are not clothed."
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FurPaw <furrealpawdog@gmail.com> wrote in news:6ISdndq1O-
C3xDjbnZ2dnUVZ_qiinZ2d@comcast.com:

>> Smoking may bring on early menopause
>

Didn't see the original post; thanks, Furry.

I'm glad I didn't know this - I do believe I might have taken up a rather
bad habit. ;-)

Chak

--
Ninety-Ninety Law: The first 90% of the code accounts for the first 90%
of the development time. The remaining 10% of the code accounts for the
other 90% of the development time.

On Mon, 23 Jul 2007 19:43:03 -0600, FurPaw <furrealpawdog@gmail.com>
wrote:

>Women who smoke are more likely to begin
>> menopause before the age of 45 years,


Finally, a reason to smoke!!

Very interesting....At the age of 42 I went into menopause, and I was
smoking. My grandmother was a smoker and went into menopause at the
age of 40. Hmmm..

Dana
Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons,
for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.

On Jul 24, 5:19 am, Dana© <AneeB...@ownmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 23 Jul 2007 19:43:03 -0600, FurPaw <furrealpaw...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
Several years ago I read in a meno book about four possible causes of
early menopause. One was smoking; the others were being vegetarian,
having had a hysterectomy (even if ovaries remain), and the other was
having a slim body. I had them all except the smoking, but as far as
I could tell, average time of meno onset. My sister has long been a
heavy smoker (as well as being slim), and her meno onset was also
right on time.
Les




>
> >Women who smoke are more likely to begin
> >> menopause before the age of 45 years,
>
> Finally, a reason to smoke!!
>
> Very interesting....At the age of 42 I went into menopause, and I was
> smoking. My grandmother was a smoker and went into menopause at the
> age of 40. Hmmm..
>
> Dana
> Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons,
> for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.