Advisory Board May 7, 2024

Although some doctors have dismissed women’s menopausal symptoms as being “all in their head,” new research has uncovered physical changes in women’s brains during menopause that could impact their emotions, cognition, and more. Writing for the Washington Post, Lindsey Bever explains how menopause changes the brain, its impact on women’s health, and what women can do to ease these symptoms.

5 ways employers can support women’s health during midlife

How menopause changes the brain

“For decades, some doctors have told women that the brain fog, insomnia and mood swings they experience in midlife are ‘all in their heads,'” Bever writes. However, new research has found that women experience significant physical changes in their brains during menopause, which can lead...

Today's Sponsors

LEK
ZeOmega

Today's Sponsor

LEK

 
Topics: Patient / Consumer, Physician, Provider
Mastering prompt engineering to elevate AI in clinical practice
Mark Fendrick, MD: Addressing the Colonoscopy Backlog with New Screening Modalities
Is it ever too late to attend medical school? A nontraditional student shares her thoughts.
Mark Fendrick, MD: The “Perfect Storm” of Colorectal Cancer Screening Demand
STAT+: Wearable devices generate powerful data but it’s not useful to doctors, yet

Share This Article