Result from InterLACE reveal a strong link between early menarche and vasomotor symptoms in midlife

InterLACE new findings: early menstruation is linked to vasomotor symptoms, and obesity may play an important role.

Hsin-Fang Chung's invited systematic review on age at #menopause and risk of #lungcancer has been published in Maturitas. Dereje Gedle Gete Gita Mishra Read the article here: authors.elsevier.com/a/1dU4P1M44%7E…

Encouraging young women to quit smoking has taken on added importance after #UQResearch showed associations between smoking, early menopause and lung cancer. tinyurl.com/yh47gg5y UQ Medicine Gita Mishra Hsin-Fang Chung

Our systematic review and meta-analysis found that early menopause before age 45 is associated with an increased risk of lung cancer primarily among smokers. uq.edu.au/news/article/2…

Thank you to all of the presenters for sharing their amazing work, and to Prof Hopper and Gita Mishra for your time chairing this symposia!

Meta-analysis for individual participant data with a continuous exposure: a case study jclinepi.com/article/S0895-…

Our systematic review and meta-analysis found that miscarriage and stillbirth are associated with increased risk of stroke among women. The findings were published in Stroke doi.org/10.1161/STROKE… CRE WaND Gita Mishra UQ Medicine

Recurrent pregnancy loss linked to increased stroke risk later in life doi.org/10.1136/bmj-20…

Day 2 of #WomensHealthWeek and we’re talking perimenopause. What is it, how will it affect your health? Our Director, Gita Mishra wrote this explainer for The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand with Dr Hsin-Fang Chung theconversation.com/what-is-perime…

There are less Queenslanders who report very good health compared to the national average across 4 age groups in the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health this maybe due to increase prevalence in chronic conditions

Hsin-Fang Chung results from her systematic review suggests the association between age at #Menopause and #lungcancer may be non-linear #QLDWomensHealth Health at UQ Gita Mishra Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health Women's Health Research Translation&Impact Network

It’s been a super interesting morning at the #QLDWomensHealth forum. Fascinating talk by Dr Belinda Barnett on community advocacy for women against obstetric violence. Women's Health Research Translation&Impact Network UQ News

Karen Tuesley from Health at UQ discusses the IMPROVE project in antihypertensive medicines in #ovariancancer development in #women >50 years old #QLDWomensHealth forum Women's Health Research Translation&Impact Network

#UQ research has found ethnicity plays a significant role in determining a woman’s risk of developing type 2 diabetes after early menopause. Read more about the findings: brnw.ch/21wCVqo UQ Medicine  Hsin-Fang Chung  Gita Mishra 📸Adobe

Our study found that early menopause before the age of 45, particularly premature menopause before the age of 40, is a risk factor for type 2 diabetes in women, and the risk is higher for some ethnic groups. doi.org/10.2337/dc23-1… CRE WaND Gita Mishra UQ Medicine UQ Public Health

A range of reproductive factors, including age when periods first start and an early menopause, are all linked to a heightened risk of COPD finds research published online in the journal ThoraxBMJ. Read the study here: bit.ly/3OCxIef

Current smokers are twice the risk of getting menopause before age 40 years- results from InterLACE #2017AEA

Intimate partner violence and risk of having early menopause <45 years mediated substantially through smoking #2017AEA