Why perimenopause insomnia hurts metabolic health

Ask most physicians when perimenopause begins and they will point to the menstrual cycle: irregular periods, shortened cycles, the first hints of hormonal flux. Ask most women and they will say the same. We have built an entire cultural narrative around the period as the harbinger. But for a significant number of women, perimenopause announces itself first at 3 a.m. Not with a hot flash. Not with missed bleeding. With …

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Why perimenopause insomnia hurts metabolic health