Menopause

New research presented at the American Heart Association’s Epidemiology, Prevention, Lifestyle & Cardiometabolic Health Conference 2022 has found women who experience very early menopause are significantly more likely to develop dementia in later life.

​Human females are one of only five animals known to experience menopause and live past their reproductive prime, but why we evolved this way is still a mystery. Two new studies add weight to the hypothesis suggesting the presence of grandmothers increase survival rates for grandchildren.

​Menopausal hot flushes can sometimes be quite serious, causing women to sweat profusely and/or wake up multiple times throughout the night. There may be fresh hope, however, in the form of a new class of drugs that drastically reduces hot flushes in just three days.