What: New Scientist has an overview on where existing science is when it comes to menopause, from the back and forth over hormone replacement therapy to how menopause is a “renovation project on the brain.”

Key line: “’We don’t like hormonal surges, we don’t like hormonal withdrawal,’ says Pauline Maki, director of the Women’s Mental Health Research Program at the University of Illinois in Chicago. ‘That variability also likely contributes to the memory problems that many women experience during perimenopause.’”

Source: New Scientist