Dear Docs Friends of science and Astrology,

Birth date 'influences menopause'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4536187.stm More of Medical or Astrology ?
do you think Human biology need to involve more of planetary influences? More
discussion after more feed backs

Human reproductive cycle is said to be not influenced by a moon cycle - nor by
seasons as other animal and plant life. but when we see time of gestations,
Developments and system development period of the embryo. finding may differ as
these scientists search. may be they need to go back to scientific principles
base of astrology !

A study of nearly 3,000 women found many of those born in March had hit the
menopause aged 48, while the age for those born in October was often 50. The
Italian team said more work was needed to find out why this might be. The
findings, in Human Reproduction, held true even when factors that may affect
menopause onset, such as weight and smoking, were taken into account.
Seasonal

"Mothers should be aware of this, considering that during pregnancy they are
going to influence, not only the health of the newborn, but also the health and
reproductive life of their child during adulthood," said Dr Angelo Cagnacci,
from the University of Modena. However, because the study looked only at women
who had been referred to menopause clinics, the authors said their findings
might not relate to all women and might differ country by country.

But they said it could be that environmental factors influence timing of
menopause in the womb or even before conception. For example, girls are born
with all the eggs they will release each month in their later life when they
begin to ovulate and have periods.

Survival of the fittest

It may be that women born in the autumn develop better as a foetus and are born
with more eggs in their ovaries than women born in the spring, said Dr Cagnacci.
"An alternative explanation may be that early mortality is highest among
children born in autumn, thus selecting the fittest for survival," he said, but
also pointed out that other work did not support this view.

He said the seasonal trend might be caused by changes in sunlight and
temperature or might be linked to changes in diet or infection rates. Other
researchers have shown that there is a similar seasonal variation in birth
weight and human lifespan. A survey of 100 women by experts from Baranya County
Teaching Hospital in Pécs, Hungary, last year found menopause rates peaked in
the spring and autumn. They suggested the hormone melatonin, which plays a role
in the body's internal daily clock, might be important.

Dr John Stevenson, a consultant at the Royal Brompton in London and spokesman
for the British Menopause Society, said: "Women should not be worried about
these findings. "They are interesting for scientists, but really, they don't
mean much for individual women. Plus, you can't alter when you were born."



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