"Hot Flashes" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A sudden, temporary sensation of heat predominantly experienced by some women during MENOPAUSE. (Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed)
| Descriptor ID |
D019584
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C23.888.475
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| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2015 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Hot Flashes" by people in Profiles.
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Identifying women who share patterns of reproductive hormones, vasomotor symptoms, and sleep maintenance problems across the menopause transition: group-based multi-trajectory modeling in the Study of Women's Health Across the Nation. Menopause. 2020 10 05; 28(2):126-134.
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Associations between body mass index and sexual functioning in midlife women: the Study of Women's Health Across the Nation. Menopause. 2015 Nov; 22(11):1175-81.
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Duration of menopausal vasomotor symptoms over the menopause transition. JAMA Intern Med. 2015 Apr; 175(4):531-9.
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Physical activity and health during the menopausal transition. Obstet Gynecol Clin North Am. 2011 Sep; 38(3):537-66.
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Hot flashes and carotid intima media thickness among midlife women. Menopause. 2011 Apr; 18(4):352-8.
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Major depression during and after the menopausal transition: Study of Women's Health Across the Nation (SWAN). Psychol Med. 2011 Sep; 41(9):1879-88.
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Sleep disturbance during the menopausal transition in a multi-ethnic community sample of women. Sleep. 2008 Jul; 31(7):979-90.
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Longitudinal analysis of the association between vasomotor symptoms and race/ethnicity across the menopausal transition: study of women's health across the nation. Am J Public Health. 2006 Jul; 96(7):1226-35.
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Herbal & dietary supplements for hot flashes: here's what works--and what doesn't. AWHONN Lifelines. 2003 Oct-Nov; 7(5):414-20.
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Sleep difficulty in women at midlife: a community survey of sleep and the menopausal transition. Menopause. 2003 Jan-Feb; 10(1):19-28.