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Hot Flashes Linked to Memory Loss in Perimenopausal Women
The study, which found that women in midlife underreport the number of hot flashes the uncomfortable symptoms of menopause they experience by more than 40 percent, is the first to explore the relationship between objectively measured hot flashes and memory performance.
Memory complaints are common at midlife, and previous research indicates that about 40 percent of midlife women report forgetfulness.
"The problem is that the physiology of hot flashes and the science of hot flashes is more complex than we previously understood," said the studys author.
In the research, 29 midlife women with moderate to severe hot flashes were enrolled in an observational study.
The women wore monitors that measured changes in skin conductance during a hot flash. Both subjective and objective hot flashes were recorded during a 24-hour period. The average number of objective hot flashes was 19.5 per day.
The research team also objectively measured memory performance the recollection of words, names, word pairs, paragraphs and stories using standard neuropsychological tests.
"When we looked at the relationship between the hot flashes that the women truly had that is, the hot flashes that the monitor picked up and memory performance on the cognitive tests, we found a very strong relationship. So, the more true hot flashes a woman had, the worse her memory performance," the researcher said.
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