Heart rate variability in menopausal hot flashes during sleep

Imaging and menopausal hot flashes

Farrell recently published an interesting review paper on imaging human brain responses during heating and cooling. Here, he discussed our work on imaging such responses during menopausal hot flashes (HFs). Hot flashes are triggered by small elevations in core body temperature acting within a greatly reduced interthreshold zone in symptomatic menopausal women. This reduction is due to estrogen ...

Acupuncture for menopausal hot flashes.

Hot flashes are the most common symptom related to perimenopause and menopause. Hormone therapy (HT) is considered the most effective treatment for hot flashes. However, studies have reported that HT may have negative health effects, and many women are looking for alternate treatment options. Acupuncture has been suggested to have the potential to reduce the frequency and severity of hot flashe...

Heart rate variability during nap sleep.

Reduced heart rate variability during sleep in long-duration spaceflight.

Limited data are available to describe the regulation of heart rate (HR) during sleep in spaceflight. Sleep provides a stable supine baseline during preflight Earth recordings for comparison of heart rate variability (HRV) over a wide range of frequencies using both linear, complexity, and fractal indicators. The current study investigated the effect of long-duration spaceflight on HR and HRV d...

Sleep Disruptions and Hot Flashes in Post Menopausal Women with Breast Cancer

Purpose:The purpose of this secondary analysis was to explore the associations between the frequency of hot flashes and sleep disruptions experienced by post menopausal women with the diagnosis of breast cancer and received acupuncture treatments for hot flashes. Data Sources: Data were gathered for this secondary analysis from 47 African-American, Hispanic, and Caucasian women experiencing hot...