#208 - Menopause and Sleep Update: Outside This Woman's Work
About this episode
This episode discusses the evolving understanding of menopause and its impact on sleep, highlighting new research and treatment options.
Menopause has always been linked to sleep disruption, but the story has changed dramatically since we last covered it in episode 3. Hot flashes and night sweats still matter, but newer research is pushing us to think more broadly about brain temperature regulation, insomnia, mood, sleep apnea, cardiometabolic risk, and a new generation of nonhormonal medications that directly target vasomotor biology. In this episode we will: Revisit why menopause so often produces sleep-maintenance ins...
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