sleep

If you have been told your pain is stress or ageing while your scans are clear, here is the evidence that pain without visible damage is real and recognised.

When sleep breaks down in perimenopause, your hunger hormones follow. This is the science behind the midnight cravings — and why it is not about willpower.

A glass of wine helps you fall asleep, then wakes you at 2am. Here is what alcohol does to sleep in perimenopause and the experiment worth doing

Menopause shifts your internal body clock by about an hour. Most women reach for melatonin. Here is why that is unlikely to help and what the evidence actually supports.

Waking between 2 and 4am in perimenopause is a hormonal event. Here is what current research says about cortisol, sleep fragmentation, and the tired-but-wired feeling

Not all progesterone is the same. Australian research explains why body-identical micronised progesterone improves sleep and synthetic versions often do not.

Sleep changes in perimenopause go deeper than broken nights. Here is what happens to your sleep stages and why it matters for your health.

Hot flushes and night sweats treatment: MHT, non-hormonal medications, the newer NK3 drugs, and mind-body options. What the evidence says, and what to ask your GP.

Night sweats in menopause: why they happen, why some women only get them at night, the link to broken sleep, and when to see your GP. Plus what actually helps.

Hot flushes are linked to markers of cardiovascular health. Here is what the research actually shows — and why frequent hot flushes are worth a conversation, not a worry.

Waking at 3am and can't get back to sleep? You are not going crazy — and it is not just stress. This is one of the most common and least-talked-about symptoms of perimenopause. Here's the hormonal explanation, and five things you can try tonight.