Information on Menopause and Educational Materials

The North American Menopause Society provides a wide range of information on menopause including educational materials, not only for healthcare professionals but also for consumers in search of accurate, unbiased information. These materials about menopause have been developed through the collaboration of many experts in the field. Most are available in print, and some are formatted for downloading, and many are posted in their entirety for viewing within this website.

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(All items are free except those highlighted in yellow)

Scientific Materials

• Terms & Statistics 
• Evaluating the Scientific Literature

Clinical Practice Materials

       NAMS-The Female Patient Collaboration (includes audiocasts, articles, and patient handouts)

• To Treat or Not to Treat: Reducing Fracture Risk in Postmenopausal Women
• Marine Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Cardiovascular Disease
• Screening for Ovarian Cancer in Midlife Women
• The Stress of Caregiving in Midlife Women
• Cognitive Symptoms and Disorders in the Midlife Woman
• Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder (HSDD)

        NAMS-Medscape Collaboration

• "Postmenopausal Systemic Hormone Therapy: Putting Risks into Perspective"
• "Beneficial Effect of HT on Mortality and Coronary Heart Disease in Women"
• "HT and Breast Cancer: An Expert Interview with JoAnn E. Manson, MD, DrPH"
• "Postmenopausal Systemic HT: Reaching Consensus at Last on Benefit and Risk"
• "Practical Application of NAMS 2008 Position Statement on Estrogen and Progestogen"
• "Managing Vasomotor Symptoms in Women With Cardiovascular Risk"
• "Selecting Menopausal Estrogen Therapy: Oral or Transdermal?"
• "Comprehensive Breast Care: An Update for the Menopause Practitioner"
• "Dialogues in Menopause Management: Facilitating Counseling About HT"
• "New Approaches to Postmenopausal Osteoporosis"

        NAMS-Penn State College of Medicine/Indicia Collaboration
        EMPREss: Enhancing Menopause management through understanding Physiology of Receptors of Estrogen:

• Multiperspective Case Consult #1
• Journal and Conference Summaries Issue #1
• Multiperspective Case Consult #2
• Multiperspective Case Consult #3
• ER Physiology Challenge  

Consumer Materials 

• Menopause Guidebook
• Sexual Health & Menopause Online Resource
• Book Reviews
• Menopause Flashes Online Magazine
• NAMS-MORE Magazine Collaboration
• Handouts  
  

  	— Marine Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Cardiovascular Disease
  	• English      • Spanish
  	—Screening for Ovarian Cancer in Midlife Women
  	• English       • Spanish
  	—The Stress of Caregiving in Midlife Women
  	• English      • Spanish
  	— Cognitive Symptoms and Disorders in the Midlife Woman
  	• English       • Spanish
  	— Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder
  	• English      • Spanish
  	— Menstrual Calendars
  	• English      • Spanish      • French