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If you are having problems with hot flashes, discuss them with your health professional at your next regularly scheduled appointment. If your hot flashes are so severe that they are disrupting your sleep or affecting another area of your life, call your health professional to discuss your hot flashes.

If you would like more information about menopausal changes, see the topic Menopause and Perimenopause.

Organization

North American Menopause Society (NAMS)
P.O. Box 94527
Cleveland, OH  44101-4527
Phone: (440) 442-7550
Fax: (440) 442-2660
E-mail: info@menopause.org
Web Address: www.menopause.org
 

The North American Menopause Society (NAMS) is a nonprofit organization that promotes the understanding of menopause and thereby improves the health of women as they approach menopause and beyond. NAMS members include experts from medicine, nursing, sociology, psychology, nutrition, anthropology, epidemiology, pharmacy, and education. The NAMS Web site has information on perimenopause, early menopause, menopause symptoms and long-term health effects of estrogen loss, and a variety of therapies.



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Author: Kathe Gallagher, MSW
Carrie Henley
Last Updated: August 4, 2006
Medical Review: Joy Melnikow, MD, MPH - Family Medicine
Tom Bailey, MD - Family Medicine
Carla J. Herman, MD, MPH - Internal Medicine

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