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- Menopause
The Menopause Society
Formerly the North American Menopause Society
www.menopause.org
Menopause Foundation of Canada
Menopause and Work in Canada and other useful information
www.menopausefoundationofcanada.ca
Menopause And U
Part of the Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Canada Menopause and Education Program
www.menopauseandu.ca
Canadian Menopause Society
Formerly SIGMA -Special Interest Group Menopause and Aging
www.sigmamenopause.com
The Menopause Guidebook (9th Edition), 10/20
By The Menopause Society
www.menopause.org
The New Rules of Menopause, A Mayo Clinic Guide to Perimenopause and Beyond 2023
By Stephanie Faubion M.D. M.B.A.
Director of Mayo Clinic Women’s Health, and medical director for The Menopause Society
The New Menopause: Navigating Your Path Through Hormonal Change with Purpose, Power and Facts, 2024
By Dr. Mary Claire Haver
Kindle, hardcover, paperback option. Podcast with Dr. Mary Claire Haver with Brene Brown. 1 hr 2 mins (some colorful language).
The Menopause Brain: New Science Empowers women to Navigate the Menopause Transition with Knowledge and Confidence, 2024
By Dr Lisa Mosconi PhD
- Multilingual Resources
Jean Hailes for Women’s Health
Fact sheets translated into 18 languages
www.jeanhailes.org.au
- Early Menopause
healthtalk.org
Menopause/Early Menopause
www.healthtalk.org
The Complete Guide to POI and Early Menopause (2022)
By Dr. Hannah Short and Dr. Mandy Leonhardt – for physicians and their patients (POI – Premature Ovarian Insufficiency)
- Health Issues
Canadian Digestive Health Foundation
The Foundation of the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology
Great information about gut health
www.cdhf.ca
Osteoporosis Canada (Bone Health)
See the Nutrient Calculator program, exercises for bone health, and try some of the great recipes
www.osteoporosis.ca
- Endometriosis & Pain
Pelvic Pain Support Network
Bladder, bowel, gynecological & neurological pain
www.pelvicpain.org.uk
Pain Canada
Resources for management of chronic pain
www.paincanada.ca
People in Pain Network
Non-profit Canada
www.pipain.com
Sask Pain Society
See "Living With Pain" resources
www.saskpain.ca
Medication Assessment Centre & USask Chronic Pain Clinic
Offers Medication Clinic, USask Chronic Pain Clinic and Sleep Clinic
www.pharmacy-nutrition.usask.ca
- Mental Well-Being
eMental Health Canada
National resources
www.ementalhealth.ca
Anxiety Canada
Creating a Culture of Wellness in the Workplace
Mental Health Helplines
Indigenous Peoples Helplines
2SLGBTQIA+ resources and Helplines
www.anxietycanada.com
Online Therapy Unit
Saskatchewan Health Authority and University of Regina, SK
Service, Education and Research. Free online treatment for individuals experiencing mental health difficulties including anxiety, depression and alcohol misuse.
www.onlinetherapyunit.ca
10 Simple Solutions to Panic: How to overcome panic attacks, calm physical symptoms and reclaim your life (2004)
by Martin Antony and Randi McCabe
When Panic Attacks: the new, drug free anxiety therapy that can change your life (2007)
By David D. Burns
The Anxiety and Phobia Workbook, 4th Edition (2005)
by Edmund J. Bourne, 2005
How to Stop Worrying and Start Living (1984)
By Dale Carnegie, first written in 1944 re-released in 1984
Women Who Worry Too Much (2005)
By Holly Hazlett-Stevens Ph.D.
The Seven Principles that Make Marriage Work – Replenish Your Soul (2015)
By John Gottman and Nan Silver
The Four Agreements (1997)
By don Miguel Ruiz
The Love Prescription (2022)
by Johan Gottman PhD and Julie Schwartz Gottman PhD A simple yet powerful plan to transform your relationship in seven days
The Five Love Languages, How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to Your Mate (2004)
by Gary Chapman
Loving Me, Loving You, Balancing Love and Power in a Codependent World (1991)
by Brenda Schaeffer
The Dance of Intimacy, A Woman’s Guide to Courageous Acts of Change in Key Relationships (1989)
By Harriet Lerner
The Dance of Connection: How to Talk to Someone When You're Mad, Hurt, Scared, Frustrated, Insulted, Betrayed, or Desperate (2002)
by Harriet Lerner, 2002
- Women's Health Guidelines
The Menopause Society
Formerly North American Menopause Society
www.menopause.org
Society of Obstetrics & Gynaecology Canada
See Women’s Health Programs
www.sogc.org
- Physical Activity & Diet
Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology (CSEP)
Canadian Physical Activity Guidelines & Canadian Sedentary Behaviour Guidelines
www.csep.ca
Canada’s Food Guide
Canada’s Dietary Guidelines
www.food-guide.canada.ca
Eat Good 4 Life
Focuses on a variety of healthy family recipes, from breakfast to dinner, and everything in-between
www.eatgood4life.com
Recipes from American Institute of Cancer Research
Healthy diet Healthy Lifestyle
www.aicr.org
Liz Pearson
Registered Dietitian (great recipes)
www.lizpearson.com
DASH Diet
Lower blood pressure
www.heartandstroke.com
Mediterranean Diet Plan
For Heart Health
www.heartandstroke.com
www.mayoclinic.com
Canada’s Food Guide (online)
printable pdf, many other languages available, order a free copy from Health Canada on home page
Brain Food: The Surprizing Science of Eating for Cognitive Power (2019)
by Lisa Masconi PhD, Associate Director, Alzheimer’s Prevention Clinic, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York
The Longevity Kitchen
By Rebecca Katz
A collection of 125 delicious whole-foods recipes showcasing 16 antioxidant-rich power foods, developed by wellness authority Rebecca Katz to combat and prevent chronic diseases.
The Healthy Mind Cookbook
by Rebecca Katz and Matt Edelson
A collection of more than 120 recipes formulated to optimize brain health, boost memory, improve mood, sharpen the central nervous system, and more.
- Sexual Health
National Vulvodynia Association (US)
For vulvar disorders
www.nva.org
The Centres for Vulvovaginal Disorders
See articles
www.cvvd.org
Sexual Health & Menopause Online
The Menopause Society (formerly North American Menopause Society)
• Check out Sexual Health from A to Z
www.menopause.org
SOGC (Society of Obstetrics & Gynecology (Canada)
Has several sites of interest:
www.sexualityandu.ca
www.hpvinfo.ca
www.endometriosisinfo.ca
www.menopauseandu.ca
Rekindling Desire
Online workshop by world renowned intimacy expert Esther Perel (associated cost)
rekindlingdesires.estherperel.com
The Centres for Vulvovaginal Disorders
See articles
www.cvvd.org
Come As You Are: The Surprising New Science that Will Transform Your Sex Life (2021)
by Emily Nagoski
An exploration of why and how women’s sexuality works. Also, a discussion on how complications of everyday life influence the context around a woman’s arousal, desire and orgasm.
Start Talking: Intimacy (2015)
By Julie & James Smith and Melissa & Neil Hague
A guide for couples in communicating about intimate/sexual topics.
The Ultimate Guide to Sex after Fifty: How to Maintain or Regain a Spicy, Satisfying Sex Life (2015)
By Joan Price.
Definitive guide to sex and aging: health, fun (and function), disability, dating, illness, orgasms, G-spots, P-spots, polyamory, kink and much more
Sex Talk: Uncensored Exercises for Exploring What Really Turns You On (2002)
By Lauren Docket and Aline Zoldbrod
Fifty intimacy exercises for couples (straight, gay, and bi) with stories, often quite explicit and erotic, which help to illustrate how the intimacy enhancing exercises would play out in real life and to create vivid sexual intimacy in the reader, which can increase desire.
When Sex Hurts: A Woman’s Guide to Banishing Sexual Pain (2011)
by Andrew Goldstein, Caroline Pukall and Irwing Goldstein
Up-to-date information on more than 20 causes of sexual pain; how to interpret your doctor’s lingo; what can be done about sexual pain; how to rebuild intimacy once the pain is gone.
- Sleep
Canadian Sleep Society
Brochures on a variety of sleep related topics
www.css-scs.ca
College of Pharmacy & Nutrition
Cognitive Behavior Therapy for treatment of Insomnia (CBT-I).
• Contact College of Pharmacy and Nutrition, University of Saskatchewan for Pharmacists who provide CBT-I for insomnia in the Saskatchewan Health Authority
www.pharmacy-nutrition.usask.ca
The Lung Association
Sleep apnea info and support group
www.lungsask.ca
Sleep Well
Dalhousie University
www.sleepwell.ca
CALM App
Rated Best Overall
Headspace App
Rated Best for Meditation
Sleep Rest App
Best Personalization
Sleep Easy App
Best program options
Insomnia Therapy, Sleep Easily, Meditations
Sleep Cycle App
Best Features
Sink Into Sleep (2nd Edition) 2021
By Judith R. Davidson, PhD
Quiet Your Mind and Get to Sleep: Solutions to Insomnia for those with Depression, Anxiety or Chronic Pain (2009)
By Colleen E. Carney PhD and Rachel Manber PhD (Ryerson University, Toronto and Stanford University, California (CBT-i)
End the Insomnia Struggle – Step by Step Guide CBT-I and ACT (2016)
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Workbook
The Insomnia Workbook (2009)
Stephanie Silberman PhD psychologist and Fellow of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
No More Sleepless Nights (1996)
by Peter Hauri
Say Good Night to Insomnia: the 6 Week Solution, (2009)
by Gregg D. Jacobs
Can't Sleep, Can't Stay Awake: A Woman's Guide to Sleep Disorders 2011)
by Meir Kryger, M.D.
- Bladder Health
Mayo Clinic on Incontinence
By Paul D. Petit M.D. and Anita Chen M.D.
- Pelvic Health
Pelvic Health Solutions
Information resource
www.pelvichealthsolutions.ca
Saskatchewan Physiotherapy Association
To find Saskatchewan Pelvic Floor physiotherapists
www.saskphysio.org
Saskatchewan Surgical Initiative
Click on “incontinence or vaginal prolapse” to connect with great resources
www.sasksurgery.ca
- Oral Health
- Cancer
Saskatchewan Cancer Agency
Screening programs for breast,
cervical, colorectal and cancer prevention)
www.saskcancer.ca
- General Health & Other
- Caregiving & Elder/Senior Care
Dementia Risk Reduction
McMaster Optimal Aging Portal
www.mcmasteroptimalaging.org
Alzheimer Society Of Saskatchewan
Dementia Helpline 1-877-949-4141
www.alzheimer.ca
Inclusion Saskatchewan
Supporting people with intellectual disabilities
www.inclusionsk.com
Saskatoon Caregiver Information Centre
A program of the Saskatoon Council on Aging (SCOA)
1 (306) 652-4411
www.saskatooncaregiver.ca
Steps To Safety
• National Fire Prevention Association
• Saskatoon Fire Department, Falls and Fire
• Prevention at Home – Education and Awareness, videos, group presentations, home visits, print resources
• Saskatoon Fire Department, Community Relations 306-975-2520
saskatoon.fire@saskatoon.ca
www.canada.ca
Health publications, healthy living
www.canada.ca
- Hot Flashes Archive