“A common vitamin stopped my hot flashes!”

When Katie Smith, 50, began suffering from night sweats and hot flashes she tried a surprising tip she heard on the radio—and it transformed her quality of life. Here, she shares her story

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"I can sleep through the night and I feel like a new woman," says Katie

Another night I can't fall back asleep—it's time to do something, I thought as I tossed and turned.

“It all made sense—I was almost 50, and I'd heard other women talk about night sweats and hot flashes that started when they were even younger than me. So I worried this was going to be a regular thing. But when I couldn’t sleep, I'd forget things, struggle to focus on my career as a writer and become incredibly irritable. I just didn’t feel like myself.