Nonhormonal management of menopause-Associated vasomotor symptoms: 2015 position statement of the North American Menopause Society

Menopause

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1155-1174

  Carpenter, Janet ^a   Gass, Margery L S ^b   Maki, Pauline M ^c   Newton, Katherine M ^d   Pinkerton, Joann V ^e   Taylor, Maida ^f   Utian, Wulf H ^b   Schnatz, Peter F ^h   Kaunitz, Andrew M ⁱ   Shapiro, Marla ^j   Shifren, Jan L ^l   Hodis, Howard N ^m   Kingsberg, Sheryl A ⁿ   Liu, James H ^g   Richard Davis, Gloria ^p   Santoro, Nanette ^j   Sievert, Lynnette Leidy ^o   Schiff, Isaac ^k   Pike, Caitlin ^p  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^b North American Menopause Society   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^d GROUP HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g READING HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^j HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^l CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^o UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^p INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Complementary therapies; Hot flashes prevention and control; Hot flashes diet therapy; Hot flashes drug therapy; Menopause; Post menopause

Indexed keywords

CLONIDINE; GABAPENTIN; HERBACEOUS AGENT; NORADRENALIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; PAROXETINE; PLANT EXTRACT; POLLEN EXTRACT; SEROTONIN NORADRENALIN REUPTAKE INHIBITOR; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SOY EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITAMIN;

ACTAEA RACEMOSA; ACUPUNCTURE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANGELICA SINENSIS; BARK; BREATHING; CHIROPRACTIC; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL HYPNOSIS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CRINUM; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIET THERAPY; DRUG EFFICACY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; GINSENG; HOPS; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; LEISURE; LEPIDIUM; LEPIDIUM MEYENNII; LEPIDIUM PERUVIANUM; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; LINSEED; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; MENOPAUSE; META ANALYSIS; MINDFULNESS; MINDFULNESS BASED STRESS REDUCTION; NEURAL OSCILLATION CALIBRATION; NEUROLOGICAL AND SENSORIAL PROCEDURES; OENOTHERA; PACED RESPIRATION; PINE; PRESCRIPTION; PUERARIA; PUERARIA MIRIFICA; REVIEW; RHUBARB; SIBERIAN RHUBARB; SOY FOOD; STELLATE GANGLION BLOCK; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VASOMOTOR DISORDER; WEIGHT REDUCTION; YAM; YOGA; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOT FLASHES; PHYSIOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STANDARDS; UNITED STATES; VASCULAR DISEASES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; PAROXETINE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RELAXATION; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES; VASCULAR DISEASES; VASOMOTOR SYSTEM; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOGA;

EID: 84946479112     PISSN: 10723714     EISSN: 15300374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GME.0000000000000546     Document Type: Review

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