Menopause
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In the News: Menopause Linked to Worsening Cholesterol Levels (2010)
Elsewhere On The Web
The Hormone Foundation
The North American Menopause Society
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists: Pause, Your Complete Guide to Midlife Health
American Menopause Foundation
Womenshealth.gov: Menopause
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Women's Reproductive Health, Menopause
The National Women's Health Information Center: Understanding Menopause
National Institute on Aging: Menopause
National Institute on Aging: Menopause, Time for a Change
Article Sources
NOTE: This article is based on research that utilizes the sources cited here as well as the collective experience of the Lab Tests Online Editorial Review Board. This article is periodically reviewed by the Editorial Board and may be updated as a result of the review. Any new sources cited will be added to the list and distinguished from the original sources used.
Sources Used in Current Review
(© 2007 December). The Menopause Years. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists [On-line information]. Available online at http://www.acog.org/publications/patient_education/bp047.cfm through http://www.acog.org. Accessed August 2009.
(© 2006 October). Menopause Guidebook. The North American Menopause Society [On-line information]. Available online at http://www.menopause.org/edumaterials/guidebook.aspx through http://www.menopause.org. Accessed August 2009.
(Updated 2009 February 19). Age Page: Menopause. National Institute on Aging [On-line information]. Available online at http://www.nia.nih.gov/HealthInformation/Publications/menopause.htm through http://www.nia.nih.gov. Accessed August 2009.
(2008 January). Menopause, Time for a Change. National Institute on Aging [On-line information]. PDF available for download at http://www.nia.nih.gov/NR/rdonlyres/B69585FF-51B7-4FB6-AD11-6AEC846EB0D9/0/NIA_Menopause08_vWeb2.pdf through http://www.nia.nih.gov. Accessed August 2009.
Curran, D. (Updated 2008 September 30). Menopause. eMedicine [On-line information]. Available online at http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/264088-overview through http://emedicine.medscape.com. Accessed August 2009.
Sources Used in Previous Reviews
A Manual of Laboratory & Diagnostic Tests (sixth edition), Frances Fischbach, editor. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2000; Pp. 235-238, 418-420.
Clinical Guide to Laboratory Tests (third edition), Norbert W. Tietz, editor. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders & Co., 1995; Pp. 216-217, 248-249.
The Hormone Foundation. Menopause: What Every Woman Should Know. Brochure, 1999.
Okie, Susan. "Hormones Don't Protect Women From Heart Disease, Study Says." The Washington Post, July 24, 2001; Pp. A1, A6.
JoAnn V. Pinkerton, M.D., Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Virginia Health System, The Women's Place: Midlife Health Center.
Laurence M. Demers, PhD. Distinguished Professor of Pathology and Medicine, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, The M. S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA.
