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Treatments and supplements · Aerobic exercise

Does aerobic exercise reduce hot flashes?

What we can tell you today: how thoroughly this has been studied.

Thoroughly studied

7 studies, of which 3 bring together the results of several trials in people. This is as strong as evidence gets.

5 Repeated evidence 3 studies
4 Large controlled trial 4 studies

This says how thoroughly something has been studied — not whether it works for you. What each study actually found is in the study itself, and in the plain-language write-ups we are adding.

Appears under: Weight loss and GLP-1 · Sleep, energy and the brain · Living longer in good health · Menopause and hormones

The studies