Sleep disturbance is common in peri- and postmenopausal women, even in the absence of VMS, and is independently linked to worse quality of life, depression, and anxiety.
Current guidelines list gabapentin as a recommended nonhormonal therapy for vasomotor symptoms in women who cannot or prefer not to use hormone therapy.
In this episode of It’s Not a Crisis, Dr. Lee Cohen speaks with host Doryn Wallach about the struggles many women experience during the menopausal transition. For most women, menopausal symptoms are manageable, but for [...]
CBT is effective for the management of vasomotor symptoms, depression, and sleep in perimenopausal women.
As women transition into the menopause, they experience a constellation of symptoms including vasomotor symptoms (hot flashes and night sweats), sleep disruption, problems with sexual functioning, and cognitive impairment. Women may also be more [...]
Stimulation of NKB-neurokinin 3 receptor (NK3R) signalling can induce hot flashes
While we have identified various sociodemographic variables as factors which modulate vulnerability to menopausal symptoms, no studies (to my knowledge) have looked at how a history of intimate partner violence (IPV) or other traumatic exposures [...]
About 80% of women experience vasomotor symptoms (VMS) – hot flashes and night sweats — as they transition into the menopause phase.  For most, the symptoms are manageable, but for a sizeable subset of midlife [...]
For decades, estrogen was used as a component of hormone replacement therapy to treat menopausal symptoms, including hot flashes, night sweats, and sleep disturbance; however, after several large, prospective studies (e.g., HERS, WHI) questioned the [...]
Yoga is frequently recommended as a treatment for menopause-related symptoms, including vasomotor symptoms and sleep disturbance; however, studies regarding its effectiveness have yielded mixed results. In a recent meta-anlsyis, researchers analyzed data from 13 randomized [...]
