The latest for providers on sexuality as patients age, sexual distress and dysfunction, hormonal and menopausal changes, and talking to patients about sexual function.

• American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors and Therapists

  • Contemporary Sexuality, a monthly newsletter on sex

• American Society of Reproductive Medicine

  • Menopausal Medicine – ASRM’s newsletter for clinicians who care for older women

• Association of Reproductive Health Professionals

  • What You Need to Know: Female Sexual Response (PDF)

  • What You Need to Know: Talking to Patients about Sexuality and Sexual Health (PDF)

  • Visiting Faculty Program slide presentation: Nurture Your Nature: Women's Sexual Health in the Midlife and Beyond (PowerPoint) (PDF)

  • Mature Sexuality: An Education Initiative for Health Professionals and the Public

  • Clinical Proceedings: Mature Sexuality

  • Clinical Proceedings: Women's Sexual Health in Midlife and Beyond

  • Clinical Proceedings: New Dynamics in Health Care: Hormone Therapy and Menopause Care

  • Sex and Sexuality Resource Center

• Consumer Reports

  • Evaluating Prescription Drugs Used to Treat: the Symptoms of Menopause: Comparing Effectiveness, Safety and Price

• Contraception Online

  • Management of the Perimenopausal Woman

• Female Sexual Dysfunction Online

  • Female Sexual Dysfunction Online Slide Library

• Kingsberg S.

  • Just ask! Talking to patients about sexual function (PDF).

• Lesbian Health Research Center

  • Why and how does sexual orientation make a difference in women’s health?

• Medscape

  • Women’s Sexual Health Resource Center – from Adolescence to Menopause

• National Center for Complimentary and Alternative Medicine

  • Do CAM Therapies Help Menopausal Symptoms? (PDF)

• National Women’s Health Resource Center

  • Excessive Menstrual Bleeding Tool Kit and Women's Health Updates: Excessive Menstrual Bleeding

• Nelson A and Stewart F. Menopause. In: Hatcher RA, Trussell J, Stewart F, et al, eds. Contraceptive Technology. 18th ed. New York: Ardent Media, 2004, pp 73-108.

• North American Menopause Society

  • Menopause Practice: A Clinician’s Guide

• Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States

  • New Expectations: Sexuality Education for Mid and Later Life (PDF)

  • The Source, a bimonthly newsletter devoted to recently published books, new reports, new curricula, upcoming conferences, and new videos that address sexuality issues.

• Sexuality Research and Social Policy

  • Journal of National Sexuality Resource Center launches inaugural issue online (PDF)

• Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada (SOGC)

  • 2006 Menopause Consensus Report

• US Food and Drug Administration

  • FDA Perspectives on FSD Trials and Clinical Endpoints

• Whipple B, Brash McGreer K. Management of female sexual dysfunction. In: Sipski ML, Alexander CJ, eds. Sexual Function in People with Disability and Chronic Illness. A Health Professional's Guide. Gaithersburg, Md: Aspen Publishers, Inc, 1997, pp 509-534.

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