menopause, meno-, oestrogen. Dwindling Ammunition Stocks Pose Grave Threat to Ukraine

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《中英對照讀新聞》Soy does not ease the menopause 大豆不會緩解更年期症狀

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Soy appears to do nothing to relieve the symptoms of menopause, scientists say, despite the high hopes of many. A study involving nearly 250 US women found soy tablets did not abate hot flushes or bone density loss. The tablets were no better than placebo over the two-year-long investigation, Archives of Internal Medicine reports. But experts said other studies have shown soy can ease menopause symptoms.

科學家說，大豆（俗稱黃豆）似乎不會緩解更年期症狀。內科醫學檔案報導，一份涉及近250名美國女性的研究發現，大豆碇並不會緩解熱潮紅或骨質密度流失，在為期兩年的調查期間，效果也沒有比安慰劑好。但專家說，其他研究顯示，大豆可緩解更年期症狀。

The dose given in the latest trial was twice that normally ingested by people with soy-rich diets. Soy products like tofu contain natural plant oestrogens and experts have suggested that these might help women going through the menopause whose own oestrogen levels are dwindling.

在最新這份試驗中（參與者攝取）的大豆量，是一般飲食富含大豆者正常攝取量的兩倍。豆腐等大豆製品含天然植物雌激素，專家認為，雌激素或能幫助女性度過自體雌激素日漸減少的更年期。

The researchers from the University of Miami say their work suggests soy is not a candidate, although they stress that they only looked at soy isoflavone tablets rather than other dietary sources of soy.

邁阿密大學研究人員表示，他們的研究顯示，大豆並不是候選人，不過他們強調，他們只觀察大豆異黃酮素碇，而不是其他的大豆飲食來源。

They recruited 248 menopausal women to take part in their study and randomly allocated them to one of two groups: soy or placebo. The soy group received 200mg of soy isoflavone tablets daily for two years. During the follow-up, no significant differences were found between the two groups regarding changes in bone loss.

他們募集248名更年期女性參與研究，並隨機將她們分為兩組：大豆組與安慰劑組，大豆組每天吃200毫克大豆異黃酮素，為期兩年。在追蹤期間，兩組的骨質流失程度並沒有很大的差異。

新聞辭典

abate：動詞，減輕。例句：The storm has started to abate. （暴風雨開始緩和下來了。）

relieve：動詞，減緩。例句：She was given a shot of morphine to relieve the pain.（她打了一針嗎啡減輕疼痛。）

ingest：動詞，吸收、攝取。例句：She ingested large amounts of information very quickly.（她在短時間迅速吸收大量資訊。）

menopause

(mĕn'ə-pôz')
n.

1. The permanent cessation of menstruation, occurring usually between the ages of 45 and 55.
2. The period during which such cessation occurs.

[New Latin mēnopausis : MENO- + Greek pausis, pause; see pause.]

menopausal men'o·paus'al adj.

• [ménəpɔːz]
• 
  

[名]((the 〜))閉経期, 更年期.

［フランス語ménopause （MENO-＋PAUSE＝月のものがなくなること）］

mén・o・páusal

[形]閉経［更年］期の；若々しさを失った；〈母親が〉（体外受精で）超高齢出産の.

meno-[men・o-]

• 発音記号[ménou-, -nə-]

「月」

menophania
初潮.

or men-
pref.

1. Menstruation: menarche.

[mənɑ'ːrki] [名]月経開始期, 初潮.

1. Menses:
2. [ménsiːz]
3. 
   

[名](複)((単数・複数扱い))月経.

［ラテン語mensis「月」の複数形mēnsēs］

1. 
   
2. menorrhagia.

[Greek, from mēn, month.]

oestrogen[oes・tro・gen]

• 発音記号[éstrədʒən | íːs-]
• 
  

[名]＝estrogen.

• [éstrədʒən]
• 
  

[名][U]《生化学》エストロゲン：卵胞［発情］ホルモンの総称

estrogen replacement therapy
（更年期の）エストロゲン補充療法.

ès・tro・gén・ic

[形]発情促進の, 発情させる.