Primary and review articles published in English were identified by a MEDLINE (1966-June 2003) search using the MeSH terms "hot flashes," "hot flushes," "menopause," and "serotonin reuptake inhibitor.

Hot flashes are mostly caused by the hormonal changes of menopause, mainly the diminished levels of estrogen. The hypothalamus is that part of the brain responsible for controlling your appetite ...

Every woman who reaches midlife will experience menopause and the 7-14 years that precede it known as perimenopause. During that transitional time, their ovaries will gradually stop working ...

Hot flashes are feelings of intense heat that often affect women during menopause. But men can also experience hot flashes from hormonal changes, lifestyle causes, and some medical conditions.

Because the vast majority of women will experience some level of hot flashes during the perimenopause, clinicians are tasked with an ongoing quest for an optimal way to manage this often ...

If you experience menopause hot flashes at work, try changing what you wear to work, setting up a fan, switching up your diet, and giving yourself plenty of time to get to where you need to be.

Moreover, particularly as many menopausal women have become concerned about the safety of using prescription hormone replacement therapy (HRT) to cool down their hot flashes and related symptoms ...

Hot flashes can also cause blotchy skin, a faster heartbeat, anxiety and other symptoms. “It’s just so weird that they come out of nowhere, you know?” Barrymore said. “I’m so lightheaded ...

Nonhormone options for hot flashes and other menopause symptoms ... potentially altering activity in the medial preoptic area of the hypothalamus." Based on the results, the researchers suggest ...

Women undergoing menopause frequently suffer from hot flashes and night sweats, making their daily life quite challenging. While there are various treatment alternatives available, many women ...

Citalopram, a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor, is an effective, well-tolerated agent for the management of hot flashes, a novel study published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology has ...

KaNDy hopes to offer an alternative to this with NT-814, which works by modulating a group of oestrogen-sensitive neurones in the hypothalamus ... symptoms of hot flashes and night sweats.