Article: Rocket Science.(causes of hot flashes)(Brief Article)

Aerospace technology is helping unlock a longstanding mystery of menopause-- the physiology of hot flashes. Using a NASA-developed telemetry pill that transmits data on core body temperature, Dr. Robert R. Freedman found that hot flashes are triggered by small temperature elevations. The thermoneutral zone--the body temperature range within which peripheral vasodilation, sweating, and shivering don't ...

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