A hot flash is a sudden sensation of intense body heat,often with profuse sweating and reddening of the head,neck,and chest. These symptoms can occur with mild to severe heart palpitations,anxiety,irritability and,rarely,panic. Hot flashes are the most common symptom of a woman's changing ...
More than half of the women who reported hot flashes, night sweats, and other menopausal symptoms when they started taking hormones experienced a recurrence of these symptoms after being taken off the therapy.
Simply getting more exercise and tweaking your diet to reduce fat and cholesterol can offer protection against the increased risk associated with the aging female heart.
Do female ob-gyns take hormone therapy in their menopausal years as often as their female patients or is there a disparity? If so, what is the reason for it?