Women experience a steady rise in body temperature from their teens to midlife, which may be useful for monitoring ageing and overall health
Women experience a steady rise in body temperature from their teens to midlife, which may be useful for monitoring ageing and overall health
By Alice Klein
20 May 2026
Hot flushes are associated with the menopause, but women actually get progressively hotter from the start of adulthood to midlife
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