Your Brain and Your Body: How Menopause Can Change Everything

Menopause changes everything. Not only do many women experience some of the

more common – but temporary – symptoms of menopause, like hot flashes and

mood swings, but there are some surprising ways menopause impacts our

bodies in much deeper ways. We know, for example, that bones can get

thinner and weaker with the drops in estrogen, and just about everything

gets drier. But menopause affects our brain health and functioning in ways

we are only starting to understand.