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Regular physical exercise can improve menopausal symptoms.
01 April 2006

A team of researchers from Spain looked at 2 groups of women aged 55-72 years. One group were asked to take regular supervised exercise for 3 hours each week and the other group took no regular exercise. The women who exercised reported an improvement in their menopausal symptoms by a quarter whlist those taking no exercise found their problems increased by nearly 10%.

So exercise looks useful to reduce menopausal symptoms, as well as the other health benefits.

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