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Tracking the many physical and emotional symptoms of menopause with a website, app or diary can help women better monitor their health.
The most popular supplements for hot flushes are phytoestrogens (or plant estrogens). This trend has been partly driven by companies that promote them as a safer alternative to hormone therapy.
Many UK employers have moved ahead of the government to make working life easier for menopausal employees.
Uncertainty about how long symptoms will last can be tough for women going through hormonal changes that come with menopause. Unfortunately, there isn’t a clear cut time frame.
Science shows that many perimenopausal miseries — such as hot flashes, night sweats and trouble sleeping — are caused by excess or variable estrogen, not by “estrogen deficiency.”
Menopausal women who were abused as children experience more hot flushes while sleeping than those who were not abused, according to recent research.
Three out of four women going through menopause suffer hot flushes, and suffer they do. But research shows the way society views ageing and menopause can reduce the severity of symptoms.
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