Menopause
Menopause is the transition in a woman's life when the ovaries stop releasing eggs, menstrual activity decreases and eventually ceases, and the body decreases the production of the female hormones estrogen and progesterone.
Review Date: 12/31/2008
Reviewed By: David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of
General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington
School of Medicine; and Susan Storck, MD, FACOG, Chief, Eastside
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Group Health Cooperative
of Puget Sound, Redmond, Washington ; Clinical Teaching Faculty,
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Washington
School of Medicine. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical
Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
