Menopause Marks a Critical Window for Sleep and Mood Care

Mood, sleep, cognition, and brain structure changes in midlife women.

In a UK Biobank analysis of about 125,000 women, menopause was associated with higher self-reported anxiety, depression, and sleep problems, alongside smaller gray matter volumes in memory and emotion-related regions. Women who reported using hormone replacement therapy (HRT) had, on average, higher baseline mental health symptoms and the lowest measure…