Resources

Hormones Matter - "I want to feel like myself again"

 

Hot Flash: Hormonal Alchemy During the Menopause Transition

by Nancy Siskowic, RN, MSN

 

Written at the end of a three-year course in the 'Art of Spiritual Direction,' this article is an insightful read for spouses, significant others, friends...and you!!! It includes an intimate look at the symptoms you may be experiencing, and includes thoughtful and personal feedback from the many peri-menopausal patients that Nancy has sat and listened to over the years. 

 

Important Hormone Updates (2017) by experts in the field of Menopause, which include outstanding rebuttals of misconceptions arising from the Women's Health Initiative:

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​Menopausal Hormone Therapy for Primary Prevention: Why the USPSTF is Wrong

by the North American Menopause Society

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​Changing the Conversation about Hormone Therapy 

by the International Menopause Society

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​Excellent Website:

www.empowher.com/ahah

by Dr. Philip M. Sarrel, RadioMD.com

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A wonderful website with numerous discussions for women who have had a hysterectomy...but a really informative website for all of us!!! Great Resource!

 

MENOPAUSE UPDATES

 

May 2017 - Hormone update 

January 2017 - Hormone update

August 2013 - Estrogen Therapy update

January 2013 - Various Excerpts

June 2012 - Various Excerpts

June 2012 - Excerpts from NAMS Journal Menopause

May 2012 - Alzheimer's / Dementia Reduction

May 2012 - Vitamin D Deficiency

December 2011 - Hip fracture after stopping estrogen

August 2009 - Enlivening libido

July 2009 - Bio-identical hormones, hormone testing

April 2009 - Early ovary removal... concerns!

January 2009 - Initiating hormones before age 60

November 2008 - Vitamin D's importance

August 2008 - NAMS position statement on initiating hormones 

November 2007 - Estrogen withdrawal and Estrogen deficiency

October 2007 - Tidbits from 2007 NAMS ConferenceNAMS

 

North American Menopause Society