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Menopause
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Latest News
- Latest News
- Soy May Improve Quality of Life During Menopause (06/06/2005, Reuters Health)
- Black Cohosh Extract Relieves Hot Flashes (05/19/2005, Reuters Health)
- NIH State-of-the-Science Panel Calls for "Demedicalization" of Menopause (03/23/2005, National Institutes of Health)
From the National Institutes of Health
- From the National Institutes of Health
- Menopause (National Institute on Aging)
Also available in: Spanish - Menopause (National Institute on Aging)
- NIH State-of-the-Science Panel Calls for "Demedicalization" of Menopause (National Institutes of Health)
Overviews
- Overviews
- Menopause (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Menopause
(Patient Education Institute) - Requires Flash Player
Also available in: Spanish - Menopause and Menopause Treatments (National Women's Health Information Center)
Also available in: Spanish
Treatment
- Treatment
- MedlinePlus: Hormone Replacement Therapy (National Library of Medicine)
Also available in: Spanish - Menopausal Hormone Use: Questions and Answers (National Cancer Institute)
Also available in: Spanish - Pros and Cons for Treatment of Menopause Symptoms (Hormone Foundation)
- Very-Low-Dose Birth Control Pills for Perimenopausal Women (American Academy of Family Physicians)
Also available in: Spanish
Alternative Therapy
- Alternative Therapy
- Herbal Products for Menopause (American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists)
- Questions and Answers About Black Cohosh and the Symptoms of Menopause (National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Office of Dietary Supplements)
Coping
- Coping
- Menopause: Managing Your Body's Changes (Hormone Foundation) - Links to PDF
- Midlife Transitions: A Guide to Approaching Menopause (American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists)
- Talking to Your Doctor about Menopause (National Women's Health Information Center)
Specific Conditions
- Specific Conditions
- Induced Menopause Explained (North American Menopause Society) - Links to PDF
- Perimenopause (National Women's Health Information Center)
Also available in: Spanish - Perimenopause (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Postmenopausal Health (North American Menopause Society) - Links to PDF
Related Issues
- Related Issues
- Exercise in Post-Menopausal Women (American Osteopathic Association)
- Hot Flashes: Several Treatments to Choose From (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Menopause and Bladder Control
(National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse)
Also available in: Spanish - Menopause and Diabetes: A Twin Challenge (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Menopause and the Risk of Heart Disease and Stroke (American Heart Association)
- Menopause and Weight Gain: Reverse the Middle Age Spread (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
Clinical Trials
- Clinical Trials
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Hot Flashes (National Institutes of Health)
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Menopause (National Institutes of Health)
Research
- Research
- Are High Sugar Levels Associated with New Cardiovascular Events in Postmenopausal Women Who Have Already Had a Heart Attack? (American College of Physicians)
- Exercise Builds Bone Mass in Postmenopausal Women Whether or Not They Use Hormone Therapy (National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)
Organizations
- Organizations
- Hormone Foundation
- National Institute on Aging
- National Women's Health Information Center (Dept. of Health and Human Services)
Also available in: Spanish - North American Menopause Society