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Hot flashes, anxiety, and more: Why menopause symptoms are getting more attention

Nobody tells you about menopause. Sure, you hear about hot flashes from time to time, maybe from a relative or in a joke on a TV show. But the sex-ed classes that teach tweens and teens about periods rarely mention the day those periods will end. Even doctors rarely bring up menopause with their patients, and too often dismiss the symptoms when they occur. “We get the puberty talk, but we don’t get the menopause talk,” Pauline Maki, a professor of psychiatry, psychology, and obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Illinois at Chicago, told Vox. But now, the American population is getting older: By 2030, the median age in America will rise to 40, up from 37 today. And millennials, a generation beloved by marketers, have started entering their 40s, a decade when menopause symptoms can begin.

Higher incidence of carpal tunnel syndrome after bilateral oophorectomy

Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS), which causes tingling and numbness in the hand, more commonly affects women than men and tends to peak around the age of menopause. A new study suggests the risk of severe CTS increases in women who underwent bilateral oophorectomy before menopause, and estrogen therapy didn t provide a protective effect. Study results are published online today in Menopause, the journal of The North American Menopause Society (NAMS).

These Mental Health Symptoms of Menopause Don t Get Mentioned Enough but Affect the Majority of Women

These Mental Health Symptoms of Menopause Don’t Get Mentioned Enough but Affect the Majority of Women Kara Jillian Brown © Photo: Getty Images/Momo Productions mental health symptoms of menopause As you may already know, menopause comes with a lot of not-so-fun symptoms, to put it mildly. Primarily, people talk about hot flashes and mood swings. But new research shows that perimenopausal and menopausal people also experience brain fog, anxiety, and depression at staggering rates despite the relative lack of discussion surrounding them. And it s this information gap that makes going through the change even more bewildering, explains Alicia Jackson, PhD, health-tech entrepreneur and founder of Evernow, a direct-to-consumer menopause treatment business.

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