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Episode 17: "Perimenopause starts a decade before menopause"

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Doctors are warning women in their late 30s and early 40s not to automatically dismiss sudden anxiety, poor sleep, brain-fog or changes in their periods as stress.

Perimenopause can begin years before a woman's final period — and the first symptoms may have nothing to do with the hot flushes we've traditionally associated with menopause.

HOT1027's Tara Penny takes a look...
19 Aug 2AM English South Africa Health & Fitness · News

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