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P. Villaseca
Researcher at Pontifical Catholic University of Chile
Publications - 24
Citations - 1422
P. Villaseca is an academic researcher from Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. The author has contributed to research in topics: Estrogen & Dementia. The author has an hindex of 11, co-authored 23 publications receiving 1247 citations.
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Understanding weight gain at menopause
Susan R. Davis,Camil Castelo-Branco,Peter Chedraui,Mary Ann Lumsden,Rossella E. Nappi,D. Shah,P. Villaseca +6 more
TL;DR: There is strong evidence that estrogen therapy may partly prevent this menopause-related change in body composition and the associated metabolic sequelae and further studies are required to identify the women most likely to gain metabolic benefit from menopausal hormone therapy in order to develop evidence-based clinical recommendations.
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Age of menopause and impact of climacteric symptoms by geographical region
TL;DR: Regional differences in age at menopause and in climacteric symptoms are important to acknowledge and lay the foundation for an informed approach to the management of menopausal symptomatology and an understanding of its impact on women's health in the different regions of the world.
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Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in women with polycystic ovary syndrome.
Cristián Cerda,Rosa María Pérez-Ayuso,Arnoldo Riquelme,Alejandro Soza,P. Villaseca,Teresa Sir-Petermann,Manuel Espinoza,Margarita Pizarro,Nancy Solís,Juan Francisco Miquel,Marco Arrese +10 more
TL;DR: NAFLD is frequent in patients with PCOS confirming a relevant clinical association between these two conditions and women withPCOS should be screened for liver disease.
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Menopausal hot flushes and night sweats: Where are we now?
David F. Archer,David W. Sturdee,Rodney Baber,T. J. de Villiers,Amos Pines,Robert Freedman,Anne Gompel,Martha Hickey,Myra S. Hunter,Roger A. Lobo,Mary Ann Lumsden,Alastair H. MacLennan,Pauline M. Maki,Santiago Palacios,Duru Shah,P. Villaseca,Michelle P. Warren +16 more
TL;DR: Hot flushes are caused by changes in the central nervous system associated with estrogen withdrawal and are best treated with estrogen replacement therapy, and Objective monitoring of hot flushes indicates that placebo has little to no effect on their improvement.
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Individually modifiable risk factors to ameliorate cognitive aging: a systematic review and meta-analysis
TL;DR: It is concluded that some interventions that can be self-initiated by healthy midlife and older adults may ameliorate cognitive aging.