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Article: Looking for relief? Change your lifestyle.(Lifestyle Corner)(hot flashes)
- Article from:
- National Women's Health Report
- Article date:
- April 1, 2004
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Soon after the Women's Health Initiative results were announced in July 2002, several of my patients came to me anxious for some kind of non-hormonal therapy to help with their hot flashes. And I had just the answer: change your lifestyle.
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For while hormones may work best for moderate-to-severe hot flashes, a growing body of research finds that making some simple changes in your life can make a big difference when it comes to reducing the severity and number of milder hot flashes. My favorite options:
* Exercise. Rack up another reason to take that walk! Compelling evidence suggests that regular exercise may reduce the number and ...