Hot flashes are a common experience for menopausal women, with an 85-percent incidence in the West. With the increased knowledge of side effects attributable to conventional treatment options, more women are exploring natural alternatives. Although more definitive research is necessary, several natural therapies show promise in treating hot flashes without the risks associated with conventional...

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 ...

Background: To find out those reproductive factors to incidence of breast cancer overall and by menopausal status. Materials and Methods: This was a case – control study, in which, the risk of menstrual, pregnancy- delivery and menopausal factors were determined in women with breast cancer (case) against those without (control). The risk factors stratified by menopausal status also. A total of ...

There is a longstanding interest in the relationship between diet and hot flash symptoms during midlife, especially whether phytoestrogens ease menopausal symptoms. The purpose of this study was to examine flashes, night sweats, trouble sleeping, vaginal dryness relation intake foods rich among Bangladeshi women aged 35 59 years who were living either Sylhet, Bangladesh (n = 157) or as migrants...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To provide a clear definition of the hot flash experience in men with prostate cancer receiving hormonal treatment. DATA SOURCES Articles, book chapters, and electronic sources. DATA SYNTHESIS The hot flash experience has not been explored previously in men with prostate cancer. The physiologic and psychological scopes of the phenomenon are described as a multidimensional...

OBJECTIVE Exercise may help alleviate menopausal and depressive symptoms in middle-aged women, but sufficient evidence does not currently exist to fully support this theory. Whereas frequent moderate- to vigorous-intensity exercise may be associated with the risk of menopausal hot flashes, light-intensity exercise, such as stretching, is not likely to increase the occurrence of hot flashes. Lit...

OBJECTIVE To perform a meta-analysis examining the efficacy of phytoestrogens for the relief of menopausal symptoms. METHODS Medline, Cochrane, EMBASE, and Google Scholar databases were searched until September 30, 2013 using the following key words: vasomotor symptoms, menopausal symptoms, phytoestrogens, isoflavones, coumestrol, soy, red clover. Inclusion criteria were (1) randomized contro...