Women undergoing menopause can experience hot flashes, but anyone can have them. Smoking, pregnancy, and having an over- or under-active thyroid may trigger a hot flash. Read on to learn about ...

My whole thyroid gland was removed. I also had a little bit of cancer. I have started to get hot flashes again. I had originally been on thyroid medicine before and after the surgery. Then I was ...

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Everyone is different, but hot flashes are primarily caused by hormonal changes in the body, most commonly associated with menopause, says Molly McBride, MD, a NY-based ob-gyn. It's not exactly ...

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.

SSRIs and selective norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs) have been extensively studied for the management of hot flashes with varying results. [1] In this well-done trial, escitalopram at ...

That’s another way of saying hot flashes and sweating ... Q: I was listening to your radio show and heard your thyroid specialist mention that people who are cold all the time might be suffering ...