Hot flashes and night sweats, known as vasomotor symptoms (VMS), are some of the most recognizable symptoms of menopause. Both involve intense feelings of overheating and can be very disruptive and distressing. Hot flashes do not always involve sweating and can occur at any time, while night sweats involve repeated episodes of heavy sweating particularly during sleep. Different racial and ethnic groups have varied experiences with hot flashes/night sweats, with Black women, for example, at greater risk of experiencing them, and for a longer number of years.
In this Menopause Talk, Dr. Jewel Kling and Dr. Denise Millstine will explore how hot flashes and night sweats can severely impact our sleep, mood, work life, and even our future health. With far-reaching impacts, we cannot just “suffer through them,” and should not have to! Fortunately, we now have many options for treating VSM. Join us to learn more about these options and have your questions answered.
Dr. Juliana (Jewel) M. Kling is a Professor of Medicine, Chair of the Division of Women’s Health Internal Medicine, Assistant Director of the Women’s Health Center, and Associate Chair of Equity, Inclusion, and Diversity for the Department of Medicine at the Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Dr. Kling has dedicated her career to studying and improving care related to menopause, female sexual health, and LGBTQ health. She is a Menopause Society (formerly North American Menopause Society) Certified Menopause Practitioner and serves on the board of the International Society for the Study of Women’s Sexual Health (ISSWSH) and the American Medical Women’s Association Sex and Gender Health Collaborative. She is part of the transgender steering committee at Mayo Clinic Arizona and has been a past co-chair of the LGBTI Mayo Employee Resource Group. Dr. Kling is a skilled educator in the areas of sex- and gender-specific medicine and is active with the Internal Medicine residency and Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine, as well as efforts to expand the discipline of Sex- and Gender-specific medicine.
Dr. Millstine is a board-certified physician in Internal Medicine and an integrative medicine specialist at the Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, Arizona. Dr. Millstine’s interests include women's health, Integrative Medicine, menopause, narrative medicine, and the use of books and reading to improve health understanding and empathy. She is a certified menopause expert with the Menopause Society (formerly the North American Menopause Society).
Dr. Millstine received a fellowship in Integrative Medicine through the University of Arizona Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine. She also trained at Harvard University on Effective Writing for Healthcare Professionals. She directs a Women’s Health Blog for Mayo Clinic Press. She is also the creator and host of the Mayo Clinic’s Read.Talk.Grow. podcast, where she talks about books and health with authors and experts. Dr. Millstine provides consultations in Integrative Medicine through the Women's Health Center.
