World Menopause Day ! October 18, 2006
The International Menopause Society urges nations to place greater focus on menopausal health issues


A letter from the IMS President

One of the major physiological events in a woman's life is menopause. Cessation of menses, which usually occurs between the ages of 45 and 55 years, is universal, unavoidable and unpreventable. Menopause marks not only the end of the fertile period, but also the beginning of a new era in which changes in metabolism and psyche may become prominent.

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