Chronic pain treatment cools hot flashes in menopausal women
Sunday, October 13, 2013 - 12:30
in Health & Medicine
Menopausal women suffer from half as many hot flashes after receiving a non-hormonal chronic pain treatment. The nerve block treatment interrupts the area of the brain that regulates body temperature, reducing moderate-to-severe hot flashes and alleviating depression in menopausal women, breast cancer patients and women in surgical menopause.