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Article: Menopause: Anatomy of a Hot Flash.(Cover story)
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- Newsweek International
- Article date:
- May 8, 2006
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Byline: Carolyn R. Schatz and Celeste Robb-Nicholson, M.D. (Schatz and Robb-Nicholson are the editor and editor in chief of the Harvard Women's Health Watch. For more info on hot flashes, go to health.harvard.edu/NEWSWEEK.)
Hot flashes are no joke when they leave you soaked in sweat and feeling dazed. Technically, hot flashes exaggerate how the body normally cools down: blood vessels dilate, letting more blood reach the skin to release heat. They tend to come on rapidly and last from one to five minutes. They range in severity from a fleeting sense of warmth to a feeling of being on fire. Some women have just a few during a week; others get them day and night.
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