World Menopause Day - ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵThe ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ is at the forefront of new directions in women's health and aims to bring accurate, evidence-based information to health prof/health-info/world-menopause-day2025-07-02T05:45:15+10:00²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ (AMS)ams@menopause.org.auJoomla! - Open Source Content ManagementWorld Menopause Day 20242024-10-11T10:10:40+11:002024-10-11T10:10:40+11:00/health-info/world-menopause-day/2024Suzanne Graingersuzanne@impagination.com.au<p><img src="/images/impthemeams/2024wmd_hp-6.jpg" alt="World Menopause Day 2024" width="1200" height="422" /></p>
<h3>The theme for World Menopause Day 2024 Menopause and Menopause Hormone Therapy</h3>
<p>Though menopause and menopause hormone therapy are well understood in some parts of the world, they still receive little attention or remain controversial in others. This is the reason why the IMS chose it as the official theme of this year's World Menopause Day. Their goal is to ensure that they empower the individual with evidence-based resources to make fully informed choices.</p>
<p><img src="/images/impthemeams/2024wmd_hp-6.jpg" alt="World Menopause Day 2024" width="1200" height="422" /></p>
<h3>The theme for World Menopause Day 2024 Menopause and Menopause Hormone Therapy</h3>
<p>Though menopause and menopause hormone therapy are well understood in some parts of the world, they still receive little attention or remain controversial in others. This is the reason why the IMS chose it as the official theme of this year's World Menopause Day. Their goal is to ensure that they empower the individual with evidence-based resources to make fully informed choices.</p>
World Menopause Day 20232023-10-13T10:10:40+11:002023-10-13T10:10:40+11:00/health-info/world-menopause-day/2023Suzanne Graingersuzanne@impagination.com.au<p><img src="/images/pics/wmd/WMD23_IMS.jpg" alt="World Menopause Day 2023 - Cardiovascular Disease" width="1200" height="292" title="World Menopause Day 2023 - Cardiovascular Disease" /></p>
<p>World Menopause Day is held every year on the 18th October. The purpose of the day is to raise awareness of the menopause and the support options available for improving health and wellbeing. We encourage professionals and women to participate in this global awareness raising campaign by printing and sharing these materials, organising events to engage their communities, and sharing World Menopause Day social media posts. </p>
<h3 class="user-content__title title title--h3">The theme for World Menopause Day 2023 is Cardiovascular Disease</h3>
<p>Breast cancer is often believed to be the number one cause of death and disability in women. In reality, it is cardiovascular disease. The number of cases of cardiovascular disease is high… and continuing to rise.</p>
<p>But by understanding more about the causes and impacts of cardiovascular disease, you can take steps to reduce your risk. Here’s what every woman needs to know…</p>
<p><img src="/images/pics/wmd/WMD23_IMS.jpg" alt="World Menopause Day 2023 - Cardiovascular Disease" width="1200" height="292" title="World Menopause Day 2023 - Cardiovascular Disease" /></p>
<p>World Menopause Day is held every year on the 18th October. The purpose of the day is to raise awareness of the menopause and the support options available for improving health and wellbeing. We encourage professionals and women to participate in this global awareness raising campaign by printing and sharing these materials, organising events to engage their communities, and sharing World Menopause Day social media posts. </p>
<h3 class="user-content__title title title--h3">The theme for World Menopause Day 2023 is Cardiovascular Disease</h3>
<p>Breast cancer is often believed to be the number one cause of death and disability in women. In reality, it is cardiovascular disease. The number of cases of cardiovascular disease is high… and continuing to rise.</p>
<p>But by understanding more about the causes and impacts of cardiovascular disease, you can take steps to reduce your risk. Here’s what every woman needs to know…</p>
World Menopause Day 20222022-10-13T10:10:40+11:002022-10-13T10:10:40+11:00/health-info/world-menopause-day/2022Suzanne Graingersuzanne@impagination.com.au<p><img src="/images/pics/wmd/Brain_Fog_and_cognition_WMD2022.jpg" alt="Brain fog and cognition WMD 2022" width="1200" height="299" title="Brain fog and cognition WMD 2022" /></p>
<p>World Menopause Day is held every year on the 18th October. The purpose of the day is to raise awareness of the menopause and the support options available for improving health and wellbeing. We encourage professionals and women to participate in this global awareness raising campaign by printing and sharing these materials, organising events to engage their communities, and sharing World Menopause Day social media posts. </p>
<h3 class="user-content__title title title--h3">The theme for World Menopause Day 2022 is Cognition and Mood</h3>
<p>The October print issue of Climacteric includes <strong>Brain fog in menopause: a health-care professional’s guide for decision-making and counseling on cognition</strong>: <a href="/images/docs/wmd/IMS-White-Paper-2022-Brain-fog-in-menopause.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="wf_file" title="IMS White Paper 2022 Brain fog in menopause"><img src="/media/jce/icons/pdf.png" alt="pdf" class="wf_file_icon" style="border: 0px; vertical-align: middle; max-width: inherit;" /><span class="wf_file_text">IMS White Paper 2022 Brain fog in menopause</span><span class="wf_file_size" style="margin-left: 5px;">1.26 MB</span></a>.</p>
<p>The paper is also available via Climacteric <a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13697137.2022.2122792" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="online with free access here">online with free access here</a>. </p>
<p><img src="/images/pics/wmd/Brain_Fog_and_cognition_WMD2022.jpg" alt="Brain fog and cognition WMD 2022" width="1200" height="299" title="Brain fog and cognition WMD 2022" /></p>
<p>World Menopause Day is held every year on the 18th October. The purpose of the day is to raise awareness of the menopause and the support options available for improving health and wellbeing. We encourage professionals and women to participate in this global awareness raising campaign by printing and sharing these materials, organising events to engage their communities, and sharing World Menopause Day social media posts. </p>
<h3 class="user-content__title title title--h3">The theme for World Menopause Day 2022 is Cognition and Mood</h3>
<p>The October print issue of Climacteric includes <strong>Brain fog in menopause: a health-care professional’s guide for decision-making and counseling on cognition</strong>: <a href="/images/docs/wmd/IMS-White-Paper-2022-Brain-fog-in-menopause.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener" class="wf_file" title="IMS White Paper 2022 Brain fog in menopause"><img src="/media/jce/icons/pdf.png" alt="pdf" class="wf_file_icon" style="border: 0px; vertical-align: middle; max-width: inherit;" /><span class="wf_file_text">IMS White Paper 2022 Brain fog in menopause</span><span class="wf_file_size" style="margin-left: 5px;">1.26 MB</span></a>.</p>
<p>The paper is also available via Climacteric <a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13697137.2022.2122792" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="online with free access here">online with free access here</a>. </p>
World Menopause Day 20212021-10-14T10:10:40+11:002021-10-14T10:10:40+11:00/health-info/world-menopause-day/2021Suzanne Graingersuzanne@impagination.com.au<p><img src="/images/pics/wmd/2021wmd_header.jpg" alt="WMD IMS 2021" width="1200" height="461" title="WMD IMS 2021" /></p>
<p>World Menopause Day is held every year on the 18th October. The purpose of the day is to raise awareness of the menopause and the support options available for improving health and wellbeing. We encourage professionals and women to participate in this global awareness raising campaign by printing and sharing these materials, organising events to engage their communities, and sharing World Menopause Day social media posts. </p>
<h3 class="user-content__title title title--h3">The theme for World Menopause Day 2021 is Bone Health.</h3>
<p>The October print issue of Climacteric includes the <strong>Update on bone health</strong>: the IMS White Paper. The paper is also available via Climacteric <a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13697137.2021.1950967" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="online with free access here">online with free access here</a>. </p>
<p class="user-content__text text">Osteoporosis and associated fractures present a major challenge in improving global health outcomes. Key clinical aspects are the definition of osteoporosis and associated fractures, fracture risk prediction, stratification of risk of fracture, intervention thresholds and the most appropriate intervention based on integration of aforementioned. Correct understanding and application of these concepts are essential to stem the increasing tide of fragility fractures associated with an aging population. The role of muscle strength and function, sarcopenia, and the newly emerging concept of osteosarcopenia in maintaining bone health are discussed in detail.</p>
<p class="user-content__text text user-content__text text user-content__text text">The International Menopause Society has commissioned two experts at the forefront of their specialty to define the state of the art in the understanding of this condition, to advise on practical management strategies and to propose future research strategies.</p>
<p><img src="/images/pics/wmd/2021wmd_header.jpg" alt="WMD IMS 2021" width="1200" height="461" title="WMD IMS 2021" /></p>
<p>World Menopause Day is held every year on the 18th October. The purpose of the day is to raise awareness of the menopause and the support options available for improving health and wellbeing. We encourage professionals and women to participate in this global awareness raising campaign by printing and sharing these materials, organising events to engage their communities, and sharing World Menopause Day social media posts. </p>
<h3 class="user-content__title title title--h3">The theme for World Menopause Day 2021 is Bone Health.</h3>
<p>The October print issue of Climacteric includes the <strong>Update on bone health</strong>: the IMS White Paper. The paper is also available via Climacteric <a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13697137.2021.1950967" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="online with free access here">online with free access here</a>. </p>
<p class="user-content__text text">Osteoporosis and associated fractures present a major challenge in improving global health outcomes. Key clinical aspects are the definition of osteoporosis and associated fractures, fracture risk prediction, stratification of risk of fracture, intervention thresholds and the most appropriate intervention based on integration of aforementioned. Correct understanding and application of these concepts are essential to stem the increasing tide of fragility fractures associated with an aging population. The role of muscle strength and function, sarcopenia, and the newly emerging concept of osteosarcopenia in maintaining bone health are discussed in detail.</p>
<p class="user-content__text text user-content__text text user-content__text text">The International Menopause Society has commissioned two experts at the forefront of their specialty to define the state of the art in the understanding of this condition, to advise on practical management strategies and to propose future research strategies.</p>