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Menopause therapy: Brain-based treatment for hot flushes approved by FDA

Investigations into the impact of menopause on the brain have yielded a potential way to treat troublesome symptoms without hormones.
  1. Heidi Ledford
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US regulators have approved a first-of-its-kind drug to treat hot flushes — a symptom that affects as many as 80% of people going through menopause — that works by targeting the neural pathways that give rise to them.

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-01628-3

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