If you’re waking up covered in sweat and it’s not because there’s a heatwave outside or you're buried under heavy bed linens, then it could be that you’re experiencing night sweats. A study of over ...

Waking up drenched in sweat can be unsettling, but night sweats are more than just a nighttime nuisance. While sweating is your body’s natural way of cooling down, excessive perspiration during sleep ...

Hot flashes are most commonly caused by hormone changes related to menopause, Thurston explains. Specifically, the rapid drops of reproductive hormones such as estrogen and progesterone impact the ...

September 16, 2009 — Night sweats in relatively healthy postmenopausal women are linked to a reduced risk for death during the following 20 years, independent of use of hormone therapy, according to ...

Any number of things can keep you from getting a good night’s rest. Among common offenders, night sweats affect as much as 41 percent of primary care patients. But how can you tell if you’re actually ...

Women who have postmenopausal vasomotor symptoms (VMS), especially night sweats, have a higher risk for type 2 diabetes, according to a study published December 6 in Menopause. Further, the excess ...