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When Lifestyle Changes Aren’t Cutting It: What Treatment Actually Looks Like for Severe Hot Flashes
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Layering up, keeping a fan nearby, and cutting back on wine only goes so far when hot flashes are frequent, drenching, and disrupting sleep every night. For a meaningful share of women, the standard lifestyle advice simply isn’t enough — and it’s not a personal failure when it isn’t. Read more…
Healthy Aging: Four Things With Solid Research Behind Them
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Four topics with solid research behind them: muscle strength, protein, sleep, and social connection. Our selection, not a ranking. Read more…
A Small Study Offers a Clue About Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD)
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“It’s just hormones” gets said about premenstrual mood dips like it explains anything, when really it just names a symptom and calls it a day. A small 2025 study in blood cells from women with PMDD offers a clue to one possible mechanism, and it’s more interesting than a shrug. Read more…
Night Owls: Poorer Work Recovery May Link Late Chronotype to Anxiety
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A Finnish survey of 2,266 working adults found that night owls reported worse work-life balance and more mental health symptoms, and that poorer recovery from work partly explained the link with anxiety. The study shows associations, not cause. Read more…
Brain Aging: What Habits and Sleep Research Show
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Bilingualism, meditation, and sleep problems have each been studied in relation to brain aging or dementia risk, and subjective age in relation to general health. Most findings are associations rather than proof. Read more…
Heart Disease, Frailty, and Memory Loss Often Overlap
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A major ACC statement says heart disease, frailty, and cognitive decline in older adults often share underlying aging processes, and recommends assessing them together while noting the evidence is limited. Read more…
