References

• ⁱMayo Clinic. http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/menopause/DS00119. Accessed October 21, 2009.
• ⁱⁱU.S. Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health. http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/women/pht_facts.pdf. Revised June 2005. Accessed October 21, 2009.
• ⁱⁱⁱThe North American Menopause Society. Menopause Guidebook. 6th ed. 2006. Cleveland, OH. http://www.menopause.org/edumaterials/guidebook.aspx.  Accessed October 21, 2009.
• ^ivOffice of the Surgeon General. Bone health and osteoporosis: a report of the surgeon general. http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/library/bonehealth/chapter_2.html. Published October 14, 2004. Accessed January 20, 2010.
• ^vFast facts on osteoporosis. National Osteoporosis Foundation Website. http://www.nof.org/osteoporosis/diseasefacts.htm. Accessed May 1, 2009.
• ^viNational Osteoporosis Foundation. Bone Tool Kit. http://www.nof.org/awareness2/2007/images/Bone_Tool_Kit.pdf. Accessed May 1, 2009.
• ^viiShanafelt TD, Barton DL, Adjei AA, Loprinzi CL. “Pathophysiology and treatment of hot flashes.” Mayo Clinic Proc. 2002;77(11):1207-1218.
• ^viiiU.S. Food and Drug Administration. “Menopause and Hormones.” http://www.fda.gov/ForConsumers/ByAudience/ForWomen/ucm118624.htm. Updated June 18, 2009. Accessed July 30, 2009.
• ^ixUtian, WH, Archer DF, Backmann GA, et al; for the North American Menopause Society. “Estrogen and progestogen use in postmenopausal women: July 2008 position statement of The North American Menopause Society. Menopause. 2008;14(4 pt 1)582-602.
• ^xThe Endocrine Society. Bioidentical Hormones. October 2006. www.menopause.org/bioidenticalHT_Endosoc.pdf.
• ^xi“The Buzz on Bioidenticals: The Facts about Estrogen therapy.” A supplement to The Female Patient, developed with the Red Hot Mamas and Elizabeth Lee Vliet. July 2009. http://www.femalepatient.com/pdf/BuzzPatientEdition.pdf.
• ^xiiNorth American Menopause Society. Understanding the Controversy: Hormone Testing and Bioidentical Hormones. 2007. www.menopause.org/edumaterials/PG06monograph.pdf.
• ^xiiiSamsioe G. Transdermal hormone therapy: gels and patches. Climacteric. 2004;7(4)346-356.
• ^xivThe North American Menopause Society. Menopause Glossary. http://www.menopause.org/glossary.aspx. Accessed October 21, 2009.
• ^xvFDA Guidebook. http://www.fda.gov/ForConsumers/ByAudience/ForWomen/ucm118627.htm. Last updated June 2008. Accessed March 2010.