Health and Medical Guide to Womens Health Menopause Health information topics about Menopause: Alternative Therapy 1. Questions and Answers About Black Cohosh and the S National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Office of http://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/blackcohosh.html 2. Herbal Products for Menopause American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists http://www.medem.com/medlb/article_detaillb.cfm?article_ID=ZZZSPYZT5FD&sub_... Clinical Trials 1. ClinicalTrials.gov: Menopause National Institutes of Health http://clinicaltrials.gov/search/condition=menopause&recruiting=true 2. ClinicalTrials.gov: Hot Flashes National Institutes of Health http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct/gui/action/FindCondition?ui=D019584&recruiting... Coping 1. Talking to Your Health Care Provider about Menopau National Women's Health Information Center http://www.4woman.gov/Menopause/menopause.cfm?page=337&mtitle=postmenopause... 2. Midlife Transitions: A Guide to Approaching Menopa American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists http://www.medem.com/medlb/article_detaillb.cfm?article_ID=ZZZ016OLI6C&sub_... 3. Menopause: Managing Your Body's Changes Hormone Foundation http://www.hormone.org/pdf/menopause_managing_your_body.pdf Diagnosis/Symptoms 1. Estrogen Tests American Association for Clinical Chemistry http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/estrogen/test.html Directories 1. Menopause Resources National Women's Health Information Center http://www.4woman.gov/Menopause/resources.htm National Institutes of Health 1. Menopause National Institute on Aging http://www.niapublications.org/engagepages/menopause.asp 2. NIH State-of-the-Science Panel Calls for &quot National Institutes of Health http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/mar2005/od-23.htm 3. Menopause National Institute on Aging http://www.niapublications.org/pubs/menopause/index.asp Organizations 1. Hormone Foundation http://www.hormone.org/ 2. National Institute on Aging http://www.nia.nih.gov/ 3. National Women's Health Information Center Dept. of Health and Human Services http://www.4woman.gov/ 4. North American Menopause Society http://www.menopause.org/ Overviews 1. Menopause Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=DS00119 2. Menopause and Menopause Treatments National Women's Health Information Center http://www.4woman.gov/faq/menopaus.htm Related Issues 1. Menopause and Diabetes: A Twin Challenge Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=DA00038 2. Exercise in Post-Menopausal Women American Osteopathic Association http://www.osteopathic.org/index.cfm?PageID=you_exerfs 3. Hot Flashes: Several Treatments to Choose From Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=HQ01409 4. Menopause and Bladder Control National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse http://kidney.niddk.nih.gov/kudiseases/pubs/menopause_ez/index.htm 5. Menopause and the Risk of Heart Disease and Stroke American Heart Association http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4658 6. Menopause and Weight Gain: Reverse the Middle Age Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=HQ01076 Research 1. Exercise Builds Bone Mass in Postmenopausal Women National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases http://www.niams.nih.gov/ne/highlights/spotlight/2003/exercise.htm Specific Conditions 1. Perimenopause National Women's Health Information Center http://www.4woman.gov/Menopause/menopause.cfm?page=336&mtitle=perimenopause... 2. Induced Menopause Explained North American Menopause Society http://www.menopause.org/edumaterials/inducedbook/inducedmenopause.pdf 3. Postmenopausal Health North American Menopause Society http://www.menopause.org/edumaterials/guidebook/postmenopausalhealth.pdf 4. Perimenopause Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=DS00554 Treatment 1. Very-Low-Dose Birth Control Pills for Perimenopaus American Academy of Family Physicians http://familydoctor.org/326.xml 2. Pros and Cons for Treatment of Menopause Symptoms Hormone Foundation http://www.hormone.org/publications/meno_pros_cons.html 3. Menopausal Hormone Use: Questions and Answers National Cancer Institute http://www.cancer.gov/newscenter/estrogenplus   Women's Health / Gynecology News From Medical News Today Latest Health News and Medical News posted throughout the day, every day. Discovery Of Missing Link Between Obesity And Infertility 8 Sep 2010 at 7:00am Obesity and infertility frequently go hand in hand. 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