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Does Menopause Keep You Awake At Night? Does Menopause Keep You Awake At Night?
Does Menopause Keep You Awake At Night? Hormones affect your mood and sleep, especially as you age. In fact, about 61 percent of women who are past menopause (the one-year anniversary of your last period) and almost 80 percent of women who are in perimenopause (when your body starts to transition toward menopause) report sleep problems. Why? Because your ovaries are slowing down their production of the sleep-promoting hormone progesterone, and also because you might be overcome with major sleep disrupters such as hot flashes or night sweats due to lower estrogen levels. When estrogen levels begin to decline rapidly, as is the cas…

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Westchester Native, Former First Lady Barbara Bush Dies At 92 Westchester Native, Former First Lady Barbara Bush Dies At 92
Westchester Native, Former First Lady Barbara Bush Dies At 92 Former First Lady Barbara Bush, a native of Westchester, who had been in failing health and declined further medical treatment after a series of hospitalizations, died on Tuesday. She was 92. A native of Rye who attended Rye Country Day School, she had been treated for decades for Graves' disease, a thyroid condition. Bush had been suffering for some time and has been in and out of the hospital multiple times in the last year while battling with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, or COPD, and congestive heart failure. She was surrounded by family and loved ones at the Bush home in Hous…

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by Joe Lombardi