Resources

Canada’s health professions are ready to support women to meet the challenges of menopause.  They are there to help, and they have the research, resources and expertise to make a difference.

The following links and information resources may also be helpful as you seek more information about the symptoms of menopause:

Alternative Treatments

• Therapeutic Products Directorate, Health Canada
  Provides advisories on health products.
• Herbal Alternatives for Menopause Symptoms (HALT Study) 
  Treatment of Vasomotor Symptoms of Menopause with Black Cohosh, Multibotanicals, Soy, Hormone Therapy, or Placebo," and an accompanying editorial, "A Randomized Trial of Alternative Medicines for Vasomotor Symptoms of Menopause," is published in the Dec. 19, 2006, issue of Annals of Internal Medicine.
• European Scientific Cooperative on Phytotherapy (ESCOP)
  An organization that aims to advance the scientific status of phytomedicines
• Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Centre
  Provides information for oncologists and healthcare professionals, including a clinical summary for herbs, botanicals and other products.
• National Centre for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
  Explores complementary and alternative healing practices in the context of rigorous science.
• The Richard and Hilda Rosenthal Centre for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
  Promotes an inclusive medical system that takes into account the practices of all cultures.
  

Bladder Health

• Women’s Bladder Health
  A web site developed by Canadian health professionals
• The Canadian Continence Foundation
  A web site developed to help people with urinary incontinence.
  

Mental Health Resources

• Canadian Mental Health Association
• Centre for Suicide Prevention
• Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatment
• Emotional Aspects of Menopause (Copyright © The Cleveland Clinic)
  This fact sheet describes some of the emotional changes of menopause. It also describes some of the medicines used to treat these changes.
• Mood Disorders Society of Canada
• National Network for Mental Health

Physical Fitness

• Canada’s Physical Activity Guide, Public Health Agency of Canada
  
• Stairway to Health

Other Sites

• The Mayo Clinic
  Menopause information from the Mayo Clinic
• The National Women’s Health Information Centre
  US Department of Health and Human Services
  Office of Women’s Health
  
• See also: http://www.4woman.gov/menopause/resources/
• The NEW Women’s College Hospital
  
• The North American Menopause Society (NAMS)