Menopause is marked by a body-wide physiological 'cliff,' study suggests
Medical Xpress reports on a retrospective Nature Medicine study that reconstructed changes around the final menstrual period from more than 300 million laboratory tests in over 1 million women in the US and Israel. In the US data, 52 of 90 tests shifted abruptly at menopause, including bone, liver and kidney measures. Hormone therapy was associated with smaller shifts, pending confirmation in future studies.
Why it matters: Relevant to women approaching or past menopause, and to the gynecology, bone health and preventive care clinicians who refer them.
A summary of another publisher's reporting, written with AI and checked automatically against the story. The reporting belongs to medicalxpress.com. October 12, 2026.
