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...

877 Validity, cut-points, and minimally important differences for two hot fl ash-related daily interference scales Janet S. Carpenter, PhD, RN, FAAN, Giorgos Bakoyannis, PhD, Julie L. Otte, PhD, RN OCN, Chen X. Chen, PhD, RN, Kevin L. Rand, PhD, Nancy Woods, PhD, RN, FAAN, Katherine Newton, PhD, Hadine Joffe, MD, MSc, JoAnn E. Manson, MD, DrPH, Ellen W. Freeman, PhD, and Katherine A. Guthrie, P...

Purpose Hot flashes are a significant clinical problem for many women. Currently there are limited options to hormone replacement therapy as non-hormonal pharmacological agents are associated with only modest activity and many adverse side effects. Hypnosis is one mind-body therapy that seems particularly promising for treating hot flashes and was investigated in the present study. This study e...

Flash memory shows promise for use in storage devices for mobile computers. However, flash memory cannot be overwritten unless erased in advance. Erase operations are slow that usually decrease system performance, and consume power. For power conservation, better system performance, and longer flash memory lifetime, system support for erasure management is necessary. In this report, a non-updat...

Flash memory shows promise for use in storage devices for mobile computers. However, flash memory cannot be overwritten unless erased in advance. Erase operations are slow that usually decrease system performance, and consume power. For power conservation, better system performance, and longer flash memory lifetime, system support for erasure management is necessary. In this report, a non-updat...

BACKGROUND Vasomotor symptoms (VMS), characterized by hot flashes and night sweats, are the most commonly reported symptoms associated with estrogen deficiency during menopause and occur in up to 70% of women. The goal of treatment is to reduce the frequency and severity of symptoms. Although hormone therapy (HT) is generally recommended as first-line treatment, it is not appropriate for all pa...

OBJECTIVE To evaluated whether Paullinia cupana decrease number and severity of hot flashes in breast cancer survivors. METHODS This was a prospective phase II pilot study. We studied female breast cancer survivors who had completed the cancer treatment 3 months previously and who were experiencing at least 14 hot flashes per week. At least 9 of the 15 patients were required to have a decreas...

Although much research is underway to develop new treatments for postmenopausal hot flashes, it is hindered by a lack of suitable outcome measures. Therefore, the author invented a miniature, ambulatory hot flash recorder. The purpose of this study was to ascertain patient satisfaction with this device. Subjects were 38 postmenopausal women reporting frequent hot flashes. They wore the recorder...