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What Does Acupuncture Have To Do
With Menopause?
 According to a recent survey record numbers show that 2.7
million Canadian women will reach this point of their lives in the
next decade, posing a great burden on health, social and
economic systems altogether . Hot flashes are at the top of the
symptoms list, with 39% of women going through menopause
experiencing them. Other common symptoms involve sleeping
difficulties, fatigue, night sweats, urinary incontinence or mood
swings.
 Hot flashes are, as the name suggest, swift sensations of heat
throughout the entire body which lead to a flushed face, red
neck and sweating. Some women might also experience an
increased heart rate or chills. They also occur during night-time
and they are believed to be caused by a reduction in oestrogen
levels.