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  1. Understanding Hot Flashes: Symptoms, Causes, and Solutions

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  2. Hot Flashes Clinical Trial

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  3. Difference Between Hot Flashes and Night Sweats

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  4. Hot Flashes: Is it Due to Menopause or Something Else

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  5. Hot Flashes Symptom Information

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  6. Understanding Hot Flashes: Symptoms, Causes, and Solutions

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  1. Hot flashes are more dangerous than previously thought

    Intense hot flashes could indicate an increased risk of Alzheimer's and heart disease in the future, new research found. Even if menopause is years or decades away, it's time to pay attention ...

  2. FDA Approves Novel Drug to Treat Moderate to Severe Hot Flashes Caused

    The effectiveness of Veozah to treat moderate to severe hot flashes was demonstrated in each of the first 12-week, randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind portions of two phase 3 clinical trials.

  3. Hot flashes treatment: FDA approves new drug for night sweats

    The Food and Drug Administration approved on Friday a new nonhormonal medication to treat the hot flashes and night sweats that often plague people during menopause. While not quite as effective ...

  4. Menopause: FDA approves new drug for hot flashes

    FDA approves new drug to treat hot flashes caused by menopause. It's estimated that up to 80% of women in menopause will experience vasomotor symptoms, also known as hot flashes. Federal ...

  5. FDA Approves New Drug to Treat Hot Flashes

    The News. The Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved the first nonhormonal medication to treat hot flashes in ... an official with the F.D.A. Center for Drug Evaluation and Research. ...

  6. What to Know About the New Treatment for Hot Flashes

    May 12, 2023. The Food and Drug Administration approved a new nonhormonal oral drug Friday, under the brand name Veozah, designed to treat menopausal hot flashes. The drug provides women with a ...

  7. What's the best nonhormonal therapy for hot flashes? Experts release

    New guidelines around the use of nonhormonal therapy for hot flashes — or vasomotor symptoms— due to menopause have been released by the North American Menopause Society.. Dr. Juliana Kling, a women's health specialist at Mayo Clinic and one of the authors of the new guidelines, says, "The new guidelines include a review of the newest (Food and Drug Administration) FDA-approved medications ...

  8. Is it possible to cure hot flashes? We may be getting closer

    Nearly all women suffer from hot flashes during menopause. Researchers have finally figured out what triggers them—paving the way for the first new class of treatments since 1941. Premium Content

  9. Menopause therapy: Brain-based treatment for hot flushes ...

    At night, hot flushes can cause sleep disruptions that, over time, wreak havoc on a woman's health. "Hot flashes are not just a nuisance," says Pinkerton. "This has a profound effect on ...

  10. Elinzanetant shows significant reduction in menopausal hot flashes

    The studies demonstrate that the investigational compound elinzanetant significantly reduced the frequency and severity of moderate to severe vasomotor symptoms (VMS), also known as hot flashes, associated with menopause in women. This reduction was observed compared to placebo. Elinzanetant successfully met all four primary endpoints in both ...

  11. Hot Flash Drug Succeeds in Two Pivotal Trials

    SAN FRANCISCO -- Novel agent elinzanetant relieved the frequency and severity of hot flashes in postmenopausal women in two nearly identical phase III trials, OASIS I and OASIS II. In both trials ...

  12. Benefits of hormone therapy for menopause symptoms outweigh risks ...

    Women under 60 can benefit from hormone therapy to treat hot flashes and other symptoms of menopause. That's according to a new study, and is a departure from what women were told in the past.

  13. New Therapies for Hot Flashes Are on the Horizon

    A new study finds that open water swimming in cold temperatures can help menopausal women with hot flashes, anxiety, and mood swings. By Becky Upham February 14, 2024 5 Changes That Happen to Your ...

  14. Hormones for menopause are safe, study finds ...

    The benefits of hormone therapy for the treatment of menopause symptoms outweigh the risks. That's the conclusion of a new studypublished in the medical journal JAMA. "Among women below the age of 60, we found hormone therapy has low risk of adverse events and [is] safe for treating bothersome hot flashes, night sweats and other menopausal symptoms, " says study authorDr. JoAnn Manson,chief of ...

  15. Timing of Hot Flashes Could Give Clues to Alzheimer's Risk

    The new research connects the dots even further by linking hot flashes to blood biomarkers of Alzheimer's disease: "We found that women with more hot flashes [during sleep] had greater markers ...

  16. Hot Flashes Clinical Trials

    The purpose of this study is to assess the side effects and effectiveness of s-adenosyl-L-methionine for treating hot flashes in women who have a history of breast cancer or who do not wish to take estrogen due to a perceived increased risk of breast cancer. This randomized phase III trial studies how well oxybutynin chloride works in managing ...

  17. Hot flashes

    Explore Mayo Clinic studies testing new treatments, interventions and tests as a means to prevent, detect, treat or manage this condition. ... The North American Menopause Society recommends hypnosis for the treatment of hot flashes. Research indicates that hypnosis might help reduce both the frequency and severity of hot flashes.

  18. New treatments for hot flashes target neurons

    As many as 75 percent of the women in North American experience hot flashes, and many of these women still look to hormone therapy to relieve the surge of hormones, otherwise known as vasomotor symptoms, or VMS.. But new research, shared recently at the Annual North American Menopause Society Conference, shows the direction of VMS therapy is turning toward new nonhormonal drug treatments ...

  19. With New Research into Hot Flashes During Menopause ...

    Hot flashes during menopause, a common symptom of women's natural midlife biology, affect more than 80% of women. The causes behind these common hot flashes have remained a mystery to scientists for years. However, recent research has revealed a breakthrough in understanding the root cause of these uncomfortable, sweaty episodes.

  20. Physical Activity Influences the Relationship between Objectively

    Hot flashes (HF) are disruptive symptoms experienced by approximately 80% of women undergoing menopause. The transition to menopause is associated with increases in CVD risk factors. The frequency and severity of HF have been associated with poorer cardiovascular health but most of these studies have quantified HF by self-report and have not considered physical activity (PA), known for its ...

  21. Menopausal Hot Flashes: A Concise Review

    M ore than 80% of women experience hot flashes (HFs) during menopause. Defined by transient sensations of heat, sweating, flushing, anxiety, and chills lasting for 1-5 min, HFs can cause considerable distress especially when severe and frequent. [ 1, 2] However, these are often ignored due in part to their relatively benign nature.

  22. New Research from the CWMH: Escitalopram (Lexapro) for Hot Flashes

    The study found that escitalopram resulted in a significant reduction in the frequency, severity, and bothersomeness of hot flashes as compared to placebo. At baseline, the mean frequency of hot flashes for all subjects was 9.8 per day. At 8 weeks, the mean daily frequency decreased to 5.3 in the treatment group versus 6.4 in the placebo group.

  23. Hot Flashes: Triggers, How Long They Last & Treatments

    Hot flashes are a common symptom of menopause that often feels like a sudden flare of heat, paired with sweating and flushed skin. Hot flashes typically start with menopause and can end when you're post-menopausal or last the rest of your life. Treatment options can include prescription medications, non-hormonal therapies and lifestyle changes.

  24. New research on hot flashes, brain fog & exercise in menopause

    The latest research about hot flashes. Much of the literature tells us that these annoying symptoms (collectively called "vasomotor symptoms," or VMS) will last from a few months to a few years. Recent studies, however, suggest that hot flashes can last more than a decade for many women. Here are two examples of what researchers are finding:

  25. What Does a Hot Flash Feel Like? Here's How to Tell and Get Some ...

    A hot flash is "a sudden moment of warmth—usually in the face, neck and shoulders, followed by. sweating. ," says. Elena Ratner, MD. , gynecologic oncologist at Yale New Haven Hospital and ...

  26. Straight Talk About Soy

    Soy is a nutrient-dense source of protein that can safely be consumed several times a week, and probably more often, and is likely to provide health benefits—especially when eaten as an alternative to red and processed meat. Soy is exalted as a health food by some, with claims of taming hot flashes, warding off osteoporosis, and protecting ...

  27. Breakthrough discovery uses engineered surfaces to shed heat

    Splash a few drops of water on a hot pan and if the pan is hot enough, the water will sizzle and the droplets of water seem to roll and float, hovering above the surface. The temperature at which ...