Is the menopausal transition stressful?
Being employed, experiencing depressed mood, and perceiving one's health as poor were more important in women's evaluation of their daily stress than severity of hot flashes, MT-related factors, or other social factors. Clinicians working with women going through the MT should remain vigilant to the impact of social circumstances of women's lives, especially employment, as well as focusing on the psychosocial and endocrine features of this transition.
These data suggest that FV Leiden may be an additional risk factor for the development of ocular disease and, in particular, retinal vaso-occlusion, and it may contribute to the poor visual outcome in these patients.