Books and Online Resources on Menopause*
BOOKS
The Menopause Manifesto: Own Your Health with Facts and Feminism by Dr. Jen Gunter, MD
The Complete Guide to the Menopause: Your Toolkit to Take Control and Achieve Life-Long Health by Dr. Annice Mukherjee, MD
The Menopause Brain: New Science Empowers Women to Navigate the Pivotal Transition with Knowledge and Confidence by Lisa Mosconi, PhD
Preparing for the Perimenopause and the Menopause by Dr. Louise Newson, MD
The Definitive Guide to the Perimenopause & Menopause by Dr. Louise Newson, MD
It’s Not Hysteria: Everything You Need to Know About Your Gynecologic Health (But Were Never Told) by Dr. Karen Tang, MD, MPH
Grown Woman Talk: Your Guide to Getting and Staying Healthy by Dr. Sharon Malone, MD
The Upgrade: How the Female Brain Gets Stronger and Better in Midlife and Beyond by Dr. Louann Brizendine, MD
The New Menopause: Navigating Your Path Through Hormonal Change with Purpose, Power, and the Facts by Dr. Mary Claire Haver, MD
Unlock Your Menopause Type: Personalized Treatments, the Last Word on Hormones, and Remedies that Work by Dr. Heather Hirsch, MD, MS, NCMP, with Stacey Colino
The Perimenopause Solution by Dr. Shahzadi Harper, MD, and Emma Bardwell
Before the Change: Taking Charge of Your Perimenopause by Ann Louise Gittleman, PhD
Perimenopause Power: Navigating Your Hormones on the Journey to Menopause by Maisie Hill
The Good Menopause Guide by Liz Earle
Hot and Bothered: What No One Tells You About Menopause by Jancee Dunn
Menopausing: The Positive Roadmap to Your Second Spring by Davina McCall, with Dr. Naomi Potter, MD
The Perimenopause Solution by Dr. Shahzadi Harper, MD, and Emma Bardwell
Before the Change: Taking Charge of Your Perimenopause by Ann Louise Gittleman, PhD
Menopause: The One-Stop Guide by Kathy Abernathy
Menopocalypse: How I Learned to Thrive During Menopause and How You Can Too by Amanda Thebe
New Menopausal Years: Alternative Approaches for Women 30-90 by Susun S. Weed
What Fresh Hell is This? Perimenopause, Menopause, and Other Indignities, and You by Heather Corinna
The Wisdom of Menopause: Creating Physical and Emotional Health During the Change by Dr. Christiane Northrup, MD
ARTICLES & RESOURCES ADDRESSING MENOPAUSE
“Menopause, from A to Z,” by Liz Brody, Oprah Daily. April 5, 2023. https://www.oprahdaily.com/life/health/a43380328/what-is-menopause-an-a-to-z/
“Buckle Up: Things Are About to Get Weird — Everything you really need to know about menopause,” by Oprah Daily. https://www.oprahdaily.com/life/health/a43769544/menopause-resource-guide/
“Menopause: It’s Not That Complicated,” by Anne Fulenwider, Oprah Daily. April 5, 2023. https://www.oprahdaily.com/life/health/a42858175/what-is-menopause-facts/
“The Menopause Talk,” video with Oprah, Drew Barrymore, and Maria Shriver. April 5, 2023. https://www.oprahdaily.com/life/health/a43327739/life-you-want-menopause/
“What is “Normal” When it Comes to Menopause? Hint: Nothing. Why trying to define what’s normal for all women will likely leave Black women behind.” by By Omisade Burney-Scott and Jennifer Weiss-Wolf, Oprah Daily. April 5, 2023. www.oprahdaily.com/life/health/a42781139/menopause-what-is-normal/
“The State of Women’s Health with Maria Shriver, Dr. Sharon Malone, MD, Dr. Lisa Larkin, MD, and Dr. Stephanie Faubion,” Conversations Above the Noise with Maria Shriver. October 10, 2023. www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3Q1TwmWKqQ
“4 Things Every Woman Needs to Know About Menopause: Sharon Malone, MD, on what happens when certain hormones have left the building,” by Cassie Hurwitz, Oprah Daily. September 30, 2023. www.oprahdaily.com/life/health/a45342843/menopause-facts-sharon-malone/
“What Postmenopausal Women Need to Know with Dr. Sharon Malone,” The Hot Flashes & Cool Topics podcast. October 5, 2022. https://hotflashescooltopics.podbean.com/e/what-post-menopausal-women-need-to-know-with-dr-sharon-malone/
“How Menopause Affects Women of Color: Symptoms can be more severe than they are for white women and last longer. Doctors don’t always realize this.” by Alisha Haridasani Gupta, The New York Times. August 23, 2023. www.nytimes.com/2023/08/23/well/live/menopause-symptoms-women-of-color.html
“What is Menopause Like for Women of Color?” Article and request for stories from readers about their menopause experience, The New York Times. January 13, 2023. www.nytimes.com/2023/01/13/us/menopause-experiences.html
“Making Menopause More Inclusive: The Global Majority Experience,” by Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, Noon. https://www.noon.org.uk/making-menopause-more-inclusive-the-ethnic-minority-experience-3-of-8/#
“Physical and Psychosocial Changes During the Menopause Transition Among Latinas: A Narrative Review,” by Valentina Marginean and Yamnia I. Cortés, PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Nursing. April 2020. https://our.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/1148/2020/04/Final_UNC_Celebration_of_Undergraduate_Research_Poster.pdf
“What Your Mother Never Told You About Health with Dr. Sharon Malone,” The Michellle Obama Podcast. September 30, 2020. https://shows.acast.com/the-michelle-obama-podcast/episodes/64766d8c9aab2f0011234a5b
“Knowledge is Power: Empowering a Better Menopause with Dr. Sharon Malone,” by K. Wilson, Menopause Made Modern by Claret Circle. Accessed October 2023. https://menomademodern.com/post/knowledge-is-power-empowering-a-better-menopause-with-dr-sharon-malone/
“I’m a Menopause Doctor — Here’s What I Wish I’d Known at 30,” by Dr. Sarah Ball, August 7, 2023. https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/im-a-menopause-doctor-heres-what-i-wish-id-known-at-30_uk_64d10eafe4b0334ad276cd92?ncid=APPLENEWS00001
“Why Menopause is a Modern Phenomenon & Signals the End of Ovarian Function,” by Chloe Castleberry, SheKnows.com. July 19, 2023. https://www.sheknows.com/health-and-wellness/videos/2811054/menopause-ovarian-function/
“How Menopause Changes the Brain,” by Alisha Haridasani Gupta, The New York Times. November 21, 2023. www.nytimes.com/2023/11/21/well/mind/menopause-dementia-risk-estrogen.html#:~:text=The%20characteristic%20decline%20in%20estrogen,those%20of%20pre%2Dmenopausal%20women
“How Menopause Can Happen With Breast Cancer Treatments,” Breastcancer.org. https://www.breastcancer.org/treatment-side-effects/menopause/types/cancer-treatment-caused
“Menopausal Symptoms and Breast Cancer,” Breast Cancer Now. https://breastcancernow.org/information-support/facing-breast-cancer/going-through-treatment-breast-cancer/side-effects/menopausal-symptoms-after-treatment
“I Had Breast Cancer and Went Through Menopause Twice,” Adulted magazine, I Am Stripes, November 4, 2022. https://iamstripes.com/blogs/your-body/i-had-breast-cancer-and-went-through-menopause-twice
“Menopause in Different Cultures,” Women’s Health Network. Accessed Sept. 2023. https://www.womenshealthnetwork.com/menopause-and-perimenopause/menopause-in-different-cultures/
The Black Girl’s Guide to Surviving Menopause Podcast: https://blackgirlsguidetosurvivingmenopause.com/
Messages from the Menopausal Multiverse by Omisade Burney-Scott. https://blackgirlsguidetosurvivingmenopause.com/messages-from-the-menopausal-multiverse/
“51 Women and Their Menopause Journeys,” by Mara Santilli, The Plum Online. https://theplumonline.com/wellness/menopause-now
“Hoda, Jenna, Maria Shriver, Bobbi Thomas and Naomi Watts open up about women’s health at every age,” by Maura Hohman. Today.com. October 19, 2023. www.today.com/health/live-blog/own-your-health-today-hoda-jenna-rcna121108
“Menopause 101: A primer for the perimenopausal,” The North American Menopause Society. www.menopause.org
“Menopause Preparedness Toolkit Video Series,” the Society for Women’s Health Research. August 2022. https://swhr.org/swhr_resource/menopause-toolkit-video-series/
National Menopause Foundation: https://nationalmenopausefoundation.org/
Let’s Talk Menopause! www.letstalkmenopause.org
Rock My Menopause resources: https://rockmymenopause.com/resources/
“End the Stigma. Period.” UN Women, October 6, 2019. https://www.unwomen.org/en/digital-library/multimedia/2019/10/infographic-periods
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