Hot flashes, night sweats last for 7+ years in many midlife women

(The JAMA Network Journals) Frequent menopausal vasomotor symptoms (VMS), including hot flashes and night sweats, lasted for more than seven years during the transition to menopause for more than half of the women in a large study and African-American women reported the longest total VMS duration, according to an article published online by JAMA Internal Medicine.