Menopause
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Articles, Fact Sheets, Pamphlets, Journals & Videos
PARL subscribes to the Gale Health and Wellness Resource Center database. This service is available free to anyone with a Library card. Not only can you access thousands of articles, pamphlets and fact sheets on various health topics but also informative video files. Below are links to a sampling of the many resources from the database available on the subject of Menopause.
Menopause - The Ups and Downs of Change
Menopause - Managing the Symptoms
Staying Healthy after Menopause
Should you get a Bone Density Test?
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Suggested Books
These books are just a small sample of books on the topic of menopause from our collection. Please search the online catalogue for a more complete listing.
- The Menopause Book
- The menopause thyroid solution: overcome menopause by solving your hidden thyroid problems
- The secret pleasures of menopause playbook: a guide to creating vibrant health through pleasure
- What's age got to do with it?: living your healthiest and happiest life
- The no-nonsense guide to menopause
- The complete nutrition guide to menopause: natural strategies to manage symptoms, control weight and stay healthy
- Chicken soup for the soul in menopause: living and laughing through hot flashes and hormones
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Local Information, Organizations & Featured Links
Antigonish Women's Resource Centre
Suite 204, Kirk Place
219 Main Street, Antigonish, N.S.
B2G 2C1
Phone: (902) 863-6221
Fax: (902) 867-1144
Email: antig.women@ns.sympatico.ca
Women come to the centre for information and peer counselling; self-help and support groups; workshops and presentations; referrals to other community resources; a space for meeting and group work; volunteer opportunities; and celebrations.
Menopause Canada
Website: http://www.menopausecanada.com
What is Menopause, symptoms, short term effects, long term effects, treatments.
Health Connections Resource Centre
HEALTH CONNECTIONS in the People's Place Library.
283 Main Street,
Antigonish, NS B2G 2C3
Tel: (902) 863-7369
Fax: (902) 863-9318
Email: smithlj@gasha.nshealth.ca
Provides free health information and support.
Mayo Clinic on Menopause
Website:
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/menopause/WO00106