Recommended Resources

Note:  I primarily focus on evidence based practices and traditional medicine resources with some exceptions.

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Books 

• The New Menopause (Mary Claire Haver, MD - OB/GYN)​

• The New Perimenopause (Mary Claire Haver, MD - OB/GYN)

• Unbreakable (Vonda Wright, MD - Orthopedic Surgeon)

• The Menopause Manifesto  (Jen Gunter, MD - OB/GYN)

• The Menopause Moment (Kelly Casperson, MD - Urologist)

• The Menopause Brain (Lisa Mosconi, PH.D, Neuroscientist)

• How to Menopause (Tamsen Fadal, MD, creator and co-producer of the M Factor documentaries)

• Buddha’s Brain (Rick Hanson, PH.D)

• Atomic Habits (James Claar)

 

On my list to read

• Estrogen Matters (Avrum Bluming, MD and Carol Tavris, PhD)

• You Are Not Broken: Stop "Should-ing" All Over Your Sex Life  (Kelly Casperson, MD - Urologist)

• ROAR (Stacy T. Sims, PhD Environmental Exercise Physiology and Sports Nutrition)

 

On Line Resources

• Cleveland Clinic:  https://my.clevelandclinic.org/

• Mayo Clinic: https://www.mayoclinic.org/

• Harvard Health:  http://www.health.harvard.edu/

• The Menopause Society menopause.org

• Let’s Talk Menopause (non-profit):  https://www.letstalkmenopause.org/

• HERmedicine.org

• The Pause Life (Mary Claire Haver) https://thepauselife.com/ 

• Podcast “Unpaused”

• Nutrition and healthy cooking:  Soul Food Salon:  https://www.soulfoodsalon.com

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Boston Area Resources:

• The Boston Perimenopause and Menopause Community (Facebook group), run by Lexington  community organizer and women’s health coach, Catherine Walter  https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1Ms7VfcWNa

• Amy Boutwell, MD : Internist specializing in mid-life women's care located in Lexington, MA:  https://www.amyboutwellmd.com

• Sapphire Women's Healthcare:  Personalized healthcare for women navigating midlife, hormones and whole body health located in Chelmsford, MA:   https://www.sapphirewomenshealthcare.com

• Menopause Empowerment Program at Cape Concierge Physical Therapy (Sandwich, MA)  https://www.capeconciergept.com/menopause-empowerment-program

• Uplift Physical Therapy (specializing in Pelvic Physical Therapy) Lexington MA:  https://upliftphysiolex.janeapp.com/locations/uplift-physio-llc

• MGH Women’s Midlife Health Center:  https://www.massgeneral.org/obgyn/patient-resources/midlife

• BWH Women’s Midlife and Menopause Clinic: https://www.brighamandwomens.org/womens-health/fish-center/menopause-and-midlife-program

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On Line Medical Care -- when you've exhausted other options:

• Midi Health:  https://www.joinmidi.com/

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