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ScienceDaily (Sep. 4, 2008) — Loss of sleep, even for a few short hours during the night, can prompt one’s immune system to turn against healthy tissue and organs. A new article in the September 15th issue of Biological Psychiatry, by the UCLA Cousins Center research team, reports that losing sleep for even part of [...]

Menopause Sleep Disturbances Menopause Sleep disturbances can cause exhausted women a great deal of anxiety. Cold night sweats and hot flashes that wake menopausal women from their slumber are extremely distressing. However there are many treatments available to help women with their menopause sleep disturbances. What are the different menopause sleep disturbances? There are two [...]

Sleep Problems during Menopause Many women, in fact the majority of women, will suffer sleep problems during menopause. Therefore, if you find yourself suffering from sleep problems it is worth being proactive and educating yourself on some of its related symptoms and causes. There is a wealth of free and handy information available that can [...]

Sleep and Menopause Menopause is a stage in a woman’s life when her ovaries stop producing the hormones estrogen and progesterone and she stops having her monthly menstrual cycle (her period). It is a normal part of aging and marks the end of a woman’s reproductive years. Menopause typically occurs in a woman’s late 40′s [...]

Many options are available for treating sleep problems associated with menopause, including hormone replacement therapy, antidepressants, and alternative therapies. Up until recently, hormone replacement therapy (HRT) was routinely used to treat menopausal symptoms. However, due to findings of the Women’s Health Initiative that its risks outweighed its benefits (increased risk of breast cancer, stroke and [...]

This article is from the WebMD Feature Archive How Menopause Affects Sleep A new area of research in sleep medicine focuses on women’s health and how menopause affects sleep. Menopause, regardless of age, is associated with poor sleep quality. These sleep problems are thought to be associated with hormonal function and also with psychological factors. [...]

This article is from the WebMD News Archive Worst Menopause Symptom? Lack of Sleep April 22, 2008 — New research shows that women in early menopause report that lack of sleep is their biggest problem. Researchers interviewed 110 women. All were healthy white women between the ages of 43 and 55 with an average age [...]

Sleep Disorders Related to Menopause What Causes Menopause Sleep Problems? Menopause is the physical change women go through during their late 40s and early 50s (the average age of onset is 51, though women can begin menopause as early as 40 and as late as 60) as their bodies stop producing eggs. As their bodies [...]

Menopause and Sleep Problems Many women going through menopause often experience insomnia, an inability to fall asleep or stay asleep at night. This is a normal side effect of menopause and is usually caused by symptoms of menopause, such as hot flashes. I Am Not Sleeping Well at Night. Do I Have Insomnia? Symptoms of [...]

Sleep Disorders Increase During Menopause New research suggests difficulty falling asleep and staying asleep increase as women go through menopause. Rush University Medical Center investigators discovered waking up earlier than planned also increases through late perimenopause but decreases when women become postmenopausal. Their study is published in the July 1 issue of the journal SLEEP. [...]