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US women reach menopause at 50. One in 10 gets there early.

A NHANES analysis of 15,322 women put median natural menopause at 50, found early menopause in 10% and traced it to smoking, education, sleep and depression.

Jul 31, 2026

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Broken sleep in perimenopause tracked worse thinking decades on

A study of 2,097 postmenopausal women in Menopause found the worst perimenopausal sleep went with lower cognitive scores years later, but only in women woken by symptoms.

Jul 31, 2026

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A menopause sleep drug worked at week 4, then didn't

A SLEEP trial gave 110 postmenopausal women elinzanetant or placebo and measured sleep in a lab. The 22-minute advantage at four weeks had vanished by twelve.

Jul 29, 2026

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Social disadvantage tracked with three fewer reproductive years

A Menopause study of 8,576 US women found those facing the most stacked social disadvantage had a reproductive lifespan about three years shorter, with food insecurity weighing heaviest.

Jul 29, 2026