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Volume 4, Number 1 - May 31, 2002
Sex After Menopause

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   Women tend to lose sexual function dramatically after menopause, an Australian study concludes. But women still approaching menopause can relax. The study, which tracked a group of women for 10 years, also identified factors that help protect against sexual dysfunction. 

   Although researchers found women going through the menopausal transition experienced a decline in sexual interest, decreased arousal and frequency of sexual activity, and an increase in vaginal dryness and pain during intercourse, all the changes were linked to a plunge in levels of estradiol, an ovary-produced hormone. 

   Therefore, estrogen-containing hormone replacement therapy can protect against decline of sexual functioning -- although other factors, such as health of a woman's sexual relationship, are important as well, researchers said.  
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