|
|
Article: Approaching the age of sleep problems: female Baby Boomers, sleep disorders, and the relationship to menopause.(Cover story)
- Article from:
- Sleep Review
- Article date:
- April 1, 2008
- Author:
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2008 Allied Media Group. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]
As Baby Boomers move into their fifties and sixties, women in this generation will soon (if they have not already) experience menopause. More than half of women can expect to struggle with sleep problems during their menopausal transition years. (1) With more female Baby Boomers beginning to experience menopause-related sleep problems, they will likely turn to sleep clinicians for help with diagnosis and treatment.
Menopause has often been affiliated with a number of sleep problems, particularly hot flashes. However, new information (2) is revealing that hot flashes may not be as much a factor in menopausal women's sleep problems ...
Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles:
|
|
Article: Hot flashes don't cause depression in ...
Internal Medicine News;
January 15, 2009 ;
700+ words
...SAN FRANCISCO -- Hot flashes may not necessarily be a cause ... leading hypothesis is that hot flashes cause sleep problems, which lead to depressive ... baseline, the women had no hot flashes or depressive symptoms, had ...
|
|