@rakibdps

Epidemiologist, chronic disease & ageing

 Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Joined January 2015
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📢 New in @TheLancetEndo! Our AMY Study reveals the true symptom burden across the menopause transition in Australian women. Evidence to inform better midlife care👇 thelancet.com/journals/landi… #Menopause #WomensHealth #AMYStudy #Lancet #MidlifeHealth #PublicHealth
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Full article: Associations between declining testosterone concentrations and cognitive performance in community-dwelling older Australian women: a prospective cohort study tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…

Associations between declining testosterone concentrations and cognitive performance in community...

Testosterone may have a role in brain health. Whether older women who exhibit a decline in blood testosterone are at an increased risk of cognitive decline is uncertain.A subset of Australian femal...

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Excited to be part of the WHAM Study – What Happens After Menopause? – a landmark prospective study on women undergoing premenopausal risk-reducing oophorectomy. A privilege to collaborate on this important work, now published in a special issue! #WHAMStudy #WomensHealth
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🚨 New scoping review alert! 🧠 Menopause in LMICs is under-researched & underserved. 📊 We mapped 252 studies across 41 countries: 🔹 Poor awareness 🔹 Low MHT use 🔹 Major policy & care gaps Time to act. #MenopauseMatters #GlobalHealth #WomensHealth tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…

Menopause in low and middle-income countries: a scoping review of knowledge, symptoms and management

This study aimed to systematically map available evidence on menopause-related knowledge, symptoms and management in low and middle-income countries (LMICs) and identify critical gaps to inform res...

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Our new publication! #SHBG #genetics #fracture Concentration and genetic regulation of sex hormone binding globulin and fracture risk in older women: Climacteric: Vol 28 , No 2 - Get Access tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…

Concentration and genetic regulation of sex hormone binding globulin and fracture risk in older...

This study aimed to examine the association between concentrations of sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG) and fracture risk in community-dwelling older women and explore whether this was explained ...

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🚨 Research alert! Using one of the largest global cohorts, PhD students found sex hormones aren’t the key to cognitive function. 👏 Huge congrats, #Farhana! #WomenInScience #PhDResearch #CognitiveHealthttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13697137.2025.2470458#abstract
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Exploring heterogeneity in the associations between #menopause and #depression journals.lww.com/menopausejo…
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Exciting news to kick off the year – our collaborative research has just been published! Impact of pressure injuries on health‐related quality of life: A systematic review - Liu - 2025 - Wound Repair and Regeneration onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…

Impact of pressure injuries on health‐related quality of life: A systematic review

The objective of this systematic review was to synthesise the evidence of the impact of pressure injuries (PIs) on the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of adults aged 18 years and older....

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#ElonMusk #StarlinkBangladesh The government of Bangladesh has cut off all internet services in an attempt to suppress legitimate student protests. Urgent attention is required to protect the lives of innocent students in Bangladesh. This is a plea for humanity!
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Our critical assessment of international guidelines demystifies the truth about #menopausemanagement @https://srh.bmj.com/.../02/21/bmjsrh-2023-202099.abstracthttps://srh.bmj.com/panels_ajax_tab/jnl_template_bmjj_share/node%3A143208/1
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Higher #testosterone is associated with higher #HDL-cholesterol and lower #triglyceride concentrations in older women: an observational study tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…

Higher testosterone is associated with higher HDL-cholesterol and lower triglyceride concentrations...

This study aimed to determine whether concentrations of testosterone and its main precursor after menopause, dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA), are associated with lipoproteins and other lipids in comm...

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Our collaborative research has been published in the #Lancet Discovery Science, #eBioMedicine! The key finding is that SNPs associated with oestrone were also associated with endometrial cancer risk. sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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Our recent #publication from #ASPREE Trial data shows that low androgens were associated with the greatest likelihood of physical function decline in older women: a prospective cohort study oxfordjournals.altmetric.com…
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Our landmark #toolkit to #manage problematic #menopausal symptoms has been released @SRDwomenshealth tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…

The 2023 Practitioner’s Toolkit for Managing Menopause

The Practitioner’s Toolkit for Managing the Menopause, developed in 2014, provided an accessible desk-top tool for health-care practitioners caring for women at midlife. To ensure the Toolkit algor...

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New data: a study of older Aust women led by @FSultanaBD & @rakibdps shows only a modest association between low testosterone/oestrone, and depressive symptoms, suggesting sex hormone therapy should not be used to treat depression in that cohort maturitas.org/article/S0378-…
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Our new study using #SHOW and #ASPREE data shows that the contribution of #sexhormones to the likelihood of #depression was small as such the use of #sexhormones for the #treatmentofdepression in older women is discouraged. maturitas.org/article/S0378-…
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Joanne Ryan@DrJoRyan18 Jul 2023
The activities most likely to help ward off dementia lens.monash.edu/@medicine-he… #MonashLens

The activities most likely to help ward off dementia - Monash Lens

A study details the activities older people can engage in that are most likely to help in the battle against dementia.

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Our new study #endometriosis #workability highlighted in the Age today: @PennyRobaus @SRDwomenshealth @RobinBellAus theage.com.au/national/endom… doi.org/10.1111/ajo.13683

Endometriosis affects one in nine women. World-first research at a Sydney hospital is giving them...

A breakthrough paves the way for research into effective treatments, potentially limiting the need for invasive and painful surgeries.

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Replacing free sugars with non-sugar sweeteners does NOT help with weight control in the long term: 🆕 WHO guideline There may be potential undesirable effects from long-term use of such sweeteners, such as an increased risk of type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular diseases and mortality in adults bit.ly/3OaMYzm
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