Former Olympic athlete had been unaware of link between hormonal changes and sleep disturbance, which experts say presents serious public health challenges
For the Olympic gold medal-winning athlete Kelly Holmes, one of the first warning signs that something had changed was struggling to sleep.
Throughout her career as an athlete, good sleep had always been a priority – and easy to obtain. But a couple of years ago, then aged 51, she started struggling to fall asleep, and waking around 3am. It was only when a doctor told her this was a symptom of the perimenopause that she realised what was happening.
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