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http://www.menopause.org/ The North American Menopause Society is the leading non-profit scientific organization devoted to promoting understanding of menopause, and thereby improving the health of women through midlife and beyond. Its website offers educational materials about menopause, information on the latest research as well as a complete listing of other resources. The Hormone Foundation is dedicated to improving the quality of life by promoting the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of human disease in which hormones play a role. Its website offers some information on how hormonal changes affect women during menopause. Women's Health Initiative is one of the largest preventive studies of its kind in the United States. The WHI focuses on the major causes of death, disability and frailty in postmenopausal women. The overall goal of the initiative is to reduce coronary heart disease, breast and colorectal cancer, and osteoporotic-fractures among postmenopausal women via prevention/intervention strategies and risk factor identification. This website will connect you to locations that are participating in clinical trials as part of this study. |
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