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Article: Study explores role of genes, obesity and alcohol in hot flashes in midlife women
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- The Hindustan Times
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- April 25, 2007
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Washington, April 25 -- Three new studies have explored the role of genes, obesity and alcohol consumption in contributing to - or lessening - the intensity and frequency of hot flashes in midlife women.
The studies are part of a five-year research effort led by veterinary biosciences professor Jodi Flaws and colleagues at the University of Maryland, Mercy Medical Center in Baltimore and the School of Medicine at Johns Hopkins University.
Physicians have long noted that some factors, such as smoking, increase the likelihood that a woman will experience more - or more intense - hot flashes than other women. Race ...