Features - Test to predict Menopause Age

Doctors are closer to being able to predict the age that a woman will hit the menopause.

A study of 266 Iranian women in a 12 year study found it was possible to pinpoint the age of menopause by measuring levels of a hormone called AMH. This hormone controls the development of follicles in the ovaries from which eggs develop and could potentially help identify women who may have an early menopause.

However, Stuart Lavery, a consultant gynaecologist at Hammersmith Hospital in London and spokesman for the British Fertility Society, said that the quality of the partner's sperm and other medical complications such as scarred tubes all contribute to overall fertility.

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