Ekta Kapoor, associate Professor of Medicine at Mayo Clinic, writes women with a greater self-reported menopause symptom burden had higher cortisol levels, signifying greater physiological stress. This keeps women alert at night, contributing to longer stretches of wakefulness, non-restorative rest, a buildup of sleep debt and the lower quality of life that comes with extreme fatigue, in general
(Note: I was asked by the journals editor-in-chief* to write an editorial that accompanies the remarkable new research paper
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Obesity is a known risk factor for breast cancer, and weight loss may lower the risk of developing the disease
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In experimental models, body weight gains have been observed, possibly connected to both food intake regulation and hormonal influences independent of growth hormone