Researchers from the University of Illinois and Northwestern University in Chicago found that the ability to remember things becomes weak in women during menopause.
It is quite common for women to complain about having difficulty in remembering things during menopause. Researchers from the University of Illinois and Northwestern University in Chicago have conducted a series of tests, which show that complaining about not being able to remember things is not just about a woman's "mood swings" during menopause but is actually true.
Previously, studies have been conducted that linked hot flashes during menopause to memory problems. However, other studies said there was no link between the two at all. Some experts claimed that while there may be some direct link between hot flashes during menopause to memory problems, no objective tests had yet confirmed it.
So, researchers from the University of Illinois and Northwestern University in Chicago conducted a series of 8 tests on 66 women aged between 44 and 62, who had at least 35 hot flashes a week to see whether a woman's memory gets muddled during menopause or not. These women had to complete a set of questionnaires about their memory, mood and menopause systems.
After the answers were analyzed, researchers found that those who complained about memory problems actually had them. Researchers also found the women who had more trouble with hot flashes didn't fare well in the tests while women with more hot flashes had more memory problems. Also, women who reported more negative emotions did worse on the tests than women who did not.
The findings of the study were published in Menopause, the journal of The North American Menopause Society (NAMS)
