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.
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“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...