Menopause Program News Today

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Highlights from Live Science, The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education, Cosmopolitan and others.

Thankfully, science is finally starting to prioritize studying VMS (vasomotor symptoms) and menopause in general. Heres what we DO know—and how you can get relief.

Hot flashes and night sweats happen to most women—yet there’s still so much we don’t know. But science is starting to catch up.

"Gaps in treatment can be used to inform healthcare providers about menopausal HT prescribing disparities, with the goal of improving equitable and advanced patient care among disadvantaged populations."

The prescribing, counseling, and use of hormone therapy to treat menopausal symptoms is substantially more common among white women than among Black women, according to a literature review.

The transition to menopause is confounding for women who contend with dozens of symptoms with little medical guidance. For women of color, symptoms can start sooner, be more severe and last longer than for White women.

A growing number of spas and resorts are offering programs that target the changes of perimenopause and menopause. The biggest benefit may be the chance to bond with other women going through the same thing.

Symptoms can be more severe and last longer. Doctors don’t always realize this.

Menopausal hormone therapy (HRT) may be linked to an increased risk of dementia and Alzheimer's disease, a new study suggests.