Resources

Canada’s health professions are ready to help women 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:

• Menopause and Osteoporosis Update 2009
• Canadian Consensus on Menopause Report, 2006
• Glossary of Terms
• SOGC Menopause Handbook

Lifestyle

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

Smoking Cessation Resources

• Quit Smoking: Health Canada
• On the Road to Quitting: Health Canada
• Tobacco Use and Smoking Cessation Among Seniors

Sexuality

• The Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada
  • Sexualityandu - Your Link to Sexual Well-Being
    • Sex Over 50
  • www.hpvinfo.ca - Information about the human papillomavirus (HPV)
  • www.sogc.org  - Information on women's health
• Women's Sexual Health: What No One Tells Us
  Women's Health Matters, Women's College Hospital
• Women's Bladder Health
  A web site developed by Canadian health professionals
• Sexuality at Any Age
• Menopause: Hormones, Sex and You
• Female Sexual Dysfunction
• www.thebigow.ca

Bladder Health

• The Canadian Continence Foundation
  A web site developed to help people with urinary incontinence.
• Women’s Bladder Health
  A web site developed by Canadian health professionals.
• The Powder Room
  A place for you to share your experiences, questions, concerns, stories and thoughts about overactive bladder.
• Laughing without Leaking
  Browsing Laughing without Leaking will give you the latest information, news and research results on urinary stress incontinence.

Cancer

• A Guide to Coping with Gynecological Cancer
• Canadian Cancer Society
• Public Health Agency of Canada
• Canadian Partnership Against Cancer
• Canadian Strategy for Cancer Control

Osteoporosis

• Osteoporosis Canada
• Canada’s Physical Activity Guide
• Women's Health Matters

Hormone Therapy

• SOGC Position on Hormone Therapy in Menopause

Symptoms

Alternative treatments

• Therapeutic Products Directorate, Health Canada
  Issues advisories on health products.
  
• Canada Health Network
  General health information
• 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.

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)
• Women's Health Matters
• Heart and Stroke Foundation Canada
• MediResource Menopause Channel