What do we know about brain fog in menopause?

What do we know about brain fog in menopause?

Author: ABC Australia April 24, 2026 Duration: 0:00
Two thirds of women report concerns over memory loss, concentration or other cognitive symptoms during menopause. What do we understand about what's going on, and how can it be managed? A new plan for improving asthma outcomes in Australia and ending that reliance on the blue puffer. Understanding how the genes we're born with could shape our risk of some cancers in childhood - with implications for adults too. And the links between home cooking and dementia - with studies suggesting slicing and dicing at home (instead of eating out more often) could have a protective effect for your cognition. References RSV Vaccine - Department of Health Home cooking, cooking skills and dementia requiring long-term care: a population-based cohort study in Japan Typology of out-of-home eaters: a description of sociodemographic, lifestyle, nutritional and environmental characteristics in the NutriNet-Santé cohort Gender and age differences in weekend eating habits: associations with fat mass percentage in a cross-sectional study Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists and risk of substance use disorders among US veterans with type 2 diabetes: cohort study Heart-nosed bat alphacoronaviruses use human CEACAM6 to enter cells Advances in understanding of cognitive symptoms during menopause A Bold Blueprint for Asthma Reform in Australia Integrated germline and somatic molecular profiling to detect cancer predisposition has a high clinical impact in poor-prognosis paediatric cancer

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