Pain at Midlife: Impact on Health and Health Behaviors

This series highlights the problem of pain in midlife and its impact on health and health behaviors during the midlife years and as women age. It is guest edited by Carol Derby and Jelena Pavlovic from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, U.S.

Content type: Review

Types of pain and their psychosocial impact in women with rheumatoid arthritis

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a systemic inflammatory autoimmune disease predominantly affecting middle-aged women. Very commonly, pain is a manifestation of active disease and because untreated RA can result i...

Authors: Maria Gabriela Chancay, Shirin Nouri Guendsechadze and Irene Blanco

Citation: Women's Midlife Health 2019 5:3

Published on: 9 August 2019
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Content type: Research

Abdominal pain during the menopause transition and early postmenopause: observations from the Seattle Midlife Women’s Health Study

To assess the relationship between abdominal pain severity during the menopausal transition (MT) and age, MT stage, reproductive biomarkers, stress biomarkers, and stress perceptions.

Authors: Nini G. L. Callan, Ellen S. Mitchell, Margaret M. Heitkemper and Nancy F. Woods

Citation: Women's Midlife Health 2019 5:2

Published on: 2 August 2019
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Pain at Midlife: Impact on Health and Health Behaviors

Types of pain and their psychosocial impact in women with rheumatoid arthritis

Abdominal pain during the menopause transition and early postmenopause: observations from the Seattle Midlife Women’s Health Study