PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Why do women go into menopause?
"The ovaries basically shut down," explains West Penn Hospital OBGYN Dr. Emily Lebovitz. "Why exactly that occurs we don't know."
Around age 50, women end their reproductive years — an event called menopause. Hormones change, menstrual cycles stop, and natural childbearing is no longer a possibility.
Menopause could be nature's way of matching motherhood to younger bodies.
"It's certainly healthier for them to have children in their 20s, 30s, 40s, and then it becomes much more difficult," Dr. Lebovitz continues.
But a Canadian researcher says it's because of men, and because of competition.
Using computer
modeling, he found competition among men of any age for younger mates left older females with less chance of reproducing. He says the result is that genes favoring menopause got passed down through the generations, so that now it's a normal part of the female genetic blueprint.
MORE STORY HERE: http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2013/06/14/new-study-says-men-are-cause-of-menopause/
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