BHT beyond Oprah and Dr. Phil

In response to the confusion generated from the "Oprah" and "Dr. Phil" TV shows surrounding the use of custom-compounded bioidentical hormone therapy (BHT) for treatment of menopause-related symptoms, we have enhanced the BHT information on the NAMS Web site.

Updated charts of HT products

NAMS has updated its charts of hormone therapy products for postmenopausal use in the United States and Canada. You can
download them from the NAMS Web site for no charge.

NAMS education on Medscape popular
Currently, thousands are learning more about menopause from NAMS educational programs posted on Medscape. With one program about HT that was posted 8 months ago, a total of 5,882 have earned CME/CE and 28,953 have read the material, including 5,723 physicians. Join the crowd and learn!

NAMS at other scientific meetings
NAMS participates in many scientific meetings around the world. Our President, Dr. JoAnn Pinkerton, is speaking at ACP (Philadelphia) in late April while our Executive Director, Dr. Wulf Utian, will be presenting NAMS sessions in May at ACOG (Chicago) and EMAS (London). If you're going to any of these scientific meetings, be sure to attend.

Need CME?
Did you know that there are currently 11 top-notch CME activities available through the NAMS Web site? And that there's no fee for NAMS members for these CME credits? Be sure to take advantage of these opportunities before they expire. (The textbook, offering an unprecedented 25 credits, expires at the end of October.)

Get your questions answered
Annual Meeting attendees always like
to have their questions addressed in small settings. "At your request, we're pleased to announce the return of the roundtable sessions
at the NAMS 2009 Annual Meeting," said Dr. Leon Speroff, Chair of the Scientific Program Committee. This is just one more reason to attend this year. Review the in-progress Preliminary Program posted on the NAMS Web site. Registration materials will be available soon.

Win recognition and cash prizes for your work
Researchers, this is your opportunity to present your work to menopause experts, either as a poster or oral presentation for top-scoring abstracts.
Up to four poster prizes will be awarded, with $1,000 as the top prize. Act quickly, the deadline for submitting your abstracts is April 30.

NAMS exam featured in RN Magazine

This month's issue of this leading nursing periodical is featuring an article about the NAMS competency exam, encouraging their readers to earn the NAMS Menopause Practitioner certificate. For more

Meet the "Menopause Practitioner of the Year"
It is our pleasure to introduce Sally Payette, RN, from Ottawa, ON, Canada. Ms. Payette is the first recipient of the NAMS Menopause Practitioner of the Year, presented at the 2008 Annual Meeting in Orlando. Learn more about what the Menopause Practitioner credential means to her in a recent interview.

Next exam in San Diego
NAMS encourages all members who are licensed healthcare
professionals to earn this prestigious certification. The 100-item
multiple-choice examination will be held on September 30, just prior
to the NAMS Annual Meeting in San Diego.

Let NAMS help you help your patients
Whether your patient�s question is about perimenopausal contraception, hormone therapy, surgical menopause, nondrug remedies for hot flashes, preventing osteoporosis, or more, you can reinforce your counseling by sending her to the NAMS Web site. Check out this helpful menopause Q&A feature in the Consumer Community.

Join the Donor Recognition Reception at the
2009 Annual Meeting
The 2009 Annual Fund campaign is in full swing! Please consider a very special gift in honor of our
20th anniversary. In recognition of Annual Fund
donors who contribute $500 or more, NAMS will hold a Donor Recognition Reception in San Diego. Please join the NAMS Board at this celebratory event on October 2 at 5:30 PM.

Meet our donors
A brand-new feature of the NAMS Giving Center Web page is a series of interviews with some of our generous donors during which they discuss why they support the Society�s Mission through their gifts. The first two donors to be spotlighted are:

Dr. Maria E. Bleszynski (Surrey, BC, Canada) ... ...For this interview

Mr. Raymond N. Sussel (Cleveland, Ohio) ... ...For this interview

NAMS Spotlight on New Therapies
By popular request, NAMS provides ongoing
information regarding new therapeutic options in menopause management. Note, however, that this
mention does not imply endorsement. Click to see
this month's highlights.