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Article: WSU researchers create sensor to track hot flashes.(Wayne State University)
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- Crain's Detroit Business
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- May 26, 2008
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Byline: Chad Halcom
Two Wayne State University researchers have developed a new sensor to help pinpoint the frequency of one of the most frustrating menopause symptoms for women: hot flashes.
While heart rate and blood pressure can be easily and objectively measured, hot flashes are harder for scientists to track.
"You never can rely on self-reporting (of hot flashes). There's no objective measurement to gauge psychological symptoms,'' said Robert Freedman, a trained psychologist and professor of the Center for Behavioral Medicine at Wayne State University, who said hot flashes and their symptoms vary widely among women.
"There have ...