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Understanding Menopause

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A Multiethnic Internet Study on Menopausal Symptoms (MOMS)

The MOMS study is a NIH funded study on menopausal symptoms among multiethnic groups of midlife women in the U.S.

The study will contribute to health care planning from women's own perspectives and help develop decision support systems for menopausal symptom management.

Learn more about the study and how to participate.

Menopause Resources

Organizations who accept both English and Spanish calls are marked with an asterisk (*).

Government Agencies

  • womenshealth.gov, OWH, HHS *
    8270 Willow Oaks Corporate Drive
    Fairfax, VA 22031
    Phone: (800) 994-9662
    TDD: (888) 220-5446
    FAX: (703) 663-6942
    www.womenshealth.gov/menopause

  • Office on Women's Health, HHS
    200 Independence Avenue, SW, Room 712E
    Washington, DC 20201
    Phone: (202) 690-7650
    FAX (202) 205-2631
    http://www.womenshealth.gov/owh

  • Administration on Aging, HHS
    1 Massachusetts Avenue
    Washington, DC 20201
    Phone: (202) 619-0724
    Eldercare locator: (800) 677-1116
    http://www.aoa.dhhs.gov

  • Agency for Health Care Research and Quality *
    540 Gaither Road, Suite 2000
    Rockville, MD 20850
    Phone: (800) 358-9295
    TDD: (888) 586-6340
    http://www.ahrq.gov

  • National Cancer Institute, NIH, HHS *
    Building 31, Room 10A31
    6116 Executive Boulevard, Room 3036A
    Bethesda, MD 20892-8322
    Phone: (800) 422-6237
    TTY: (800) 332-8615
    http://www.cancer.gov

  • National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, NIH, HHS *
    PO Box 7923
    Gaithersburg, MD 20898
    Phone: (888) 644-6226
    TTY: (866) 464-3615
    Fax: (866) 464-3616
    http://nccam.nih.gov

  • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, NIH, HHS *
    PO Box 30105
    Bethesda, MD 20824-0105
    Phone: (301) 592-8573
    TTY: (240) 629-3255
    Fax (240) 629-3246
    http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov

  • National Institute on Aging, NIH, HHS *
    Public Information Office
    Building 31, Room 5C27
    31 Center Drive, MSC 2292
    Bethesda, MD 20892
    Phone: (800) 222-2225
    TTY: (800) 222-4225
    FAX (301) 496-1072
    http://www.nia.nih.gov

  • National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH, HHS *
    Information Resource Center
    PO Box 3006
    Rockville, MD 20847
    Phone: (800) 370-2943
    TTY: (888) 320-6942
    FAX (301) 984-1473
    http://www.nichd.nih.gov

  • National Institute of Mental Health, NIH, HHS *
    Public Information and Communications Branch
    6001 Executive Blvd., Room 8184, MSC 9663
    Bethesda, MD 20892-9663
    Phone: (866) 615-6464
    TTY: (866) 415-8051
    FAX (301) 443-4279
    http://www.nimh.nih.gov

  • National Mental Health Information Center, SAMHSA, HHS *
    PO Box 42557
    Washington, DC 20015
    Phone: (800) 789-2647
    TDD: (866) 889-2647
    Fax (240) 221-4295
    http://www.mentalhealth.samhsa.gov

  • Office of Research on Women's Health, NIH, HHS
    6707 Democracy Blvd. Suite 400
    Bethesda, MD 20892-5484
    Phone: (301) 402-1770
    FAX (301) 402-1798
    http://orwh.od.nih.gov/index.html

  • Office of Women's Health, CDC, HHS
    1600 Clifton Road, NE, MS E-89
    Atlanta, GA 30333
    Phone: (404) 498-2300
    Fax: (404) 498-2370
    http://www.cdc.gov/women/

  • Office of Women's Health, FDA, HHS
    5600 Fishers Lane
    Rockville, MD 20857
    Phone: (888) 463-6332
    http://www.fda.gov/womens/default.htm

  • Osteoporosis and Related Bone Diseases National Resource Center, NIH, HHS *
    2 AMS Circle
    Bethesda, MD 20892-3676
    Phone: (800) 624-2663
    TTY: (202) 466-4315
    Fax: (202) 293-4315
    http://www.osteo.org

Private Organizations

  • American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE)
    245 Riverside Ave, Suite 200
    Jacksonville, FL 32202
    Phone: (904) 353-7878
    http://www.aace.com

  • American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) (Offers Publications in Spanish)
    409 12th St., S.W., PO Box 96920
    Washington, DC 20090-6920
    Phone: (202) 638-5577
    http://www.acog.org

  • American Menopause Foundation, Inc. (Offers publications in Spanish)
    350 5th Avenue, Suite 2822
    New York, NY 10118
    Phone: (212) 714-2398
    http://www.americanmenopause.org

  • Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses
    2000 L Street, NW, Suite 740
    Washington, D.C. 20036
    Phone: (800) 673-8499
    http://www.awhonn.org

  • Black Women's Health Imperative
    1420 K Street, N.W. Suite 1000
    Washington, DC 20005
    Phone: (202) 548-4000
    Fax: (202) 543-9743
    http://www.blackwomenshealth.org

  • Boston Women's Health Book Collective (Offers publications in Spanish)
    34 Plympton Street
    Boston, MA 02118
    Phone: (617) 451-3666
    Fax: (617) 451-3664
    http://www.ourbodiesourselves.org

  • Hormone Foundation *
    8401 Connecticut Avenue, Suite 900
    Chevy Chase, MD 20815-5817
    Phone: (800) 467-6663
    http://www.hormone.org

  • The Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging
    Tufts University, 711 Washington Street
    Boston, MA 02111-1524
    Phone: (617) 556-3000
    FAX (617) 556-3344
    http://hnrc.tufts.edu

  • National Center on Women and Aging
    The Heller School for Social Policy and Management
    MS 035
    Brandeis University
    Waltham, MA 02454-9110
    Phone: (800) 929-1995
    http://www.heller.brandeis.edu/national/

  • National Osteoporosis Foundation (NOF)
    1232 22nd Street, NW
    Washington, DC 20037-1202
    Phone: (800) 223- 9994
    http://www.nof.org

  • National Women's Health Network
    514 10th Street, NW, Suite 400
    Washington, DC 20004
    Phone: (202) 628-7814
    http://www.nwhn.org

  • North American Menopause Society (NAMS) (Offers publications in Spanish)
    PO Box 94527
    Cleveland, OH 44101
    Phone: (440) 442-7550
    http://www.menopause.org

  • Planned Parenthood Federation of America *
    434 West 33rd Street
    New York, NY 10001
    Phone: (800) 230-7526
    http://www.plannedparenthood.org

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Content last updated July 22, 2008.

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