Dr. Nese Yuksel | Menopause 101 (CMA Menopause Series 4/6)

Dr. Nese Yuksel is a full Professor with the Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at the College of Health Sciences at the University of Alberta. She also holds a cross-appointment with Alberta Health Services and has been practicing in the areas of menopause and osteoporosis for nearly 25 years. She is passionate about bringing her clinical experience to inform her research and teaching. Dr. Yuksel is a Menopause Society Certified Practitioner (MSCP, formerly NCMP) and the current president for the Canadian Menopause Society. Basically, she is very qualified to be here talking Menopause 101 with us but she brings more than her brains to this conversation.

Nese is an experienced runner and her résumé includes not only several half marathons & marathons, but a 50k ultramarathon as well! She's also a postmenopausal woman and generously sprinkles stories from her own menopause transition into this chat. We begin by defining the terms menopause, perimenopause and postmenopause, discussing common symptoms and why those might occur, and reviewing some of the treatment options available. Then we touch on best practices for having a healthy menopause, some of the new osteoporosis guidelines recently released by Osteoporosis Canada, and what women can get excited about during this stage of life!

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Website: canadianmasters.caJoin the CMA Facebook Group: @cma.vca is the best place to continue the menopause conversation!Instagram: @canadianmastersathletics35Previous episodes in this series:Jill Moreash | Thriving in PostmenopauseSasha Gollish | Perimenopause & the Competitive AthleteCarrie Oswald | Medically-Induced Menopause

Resources discussed in this episode:

Canadian Resources:Canadian Menopause Society (CMS) - https://www.sigmamenopause.com/consumers/publicationsMenopause Foundation of Canada - https://menopausefoundationcanada.ca/MQ6 website - https://mq6.ca/ (useful info including algorithm and treatment options)SOGC menopauseandu - https://www.menopauseandu.ca/Osteoporosis Canada - https://osteoporosis.ca/ (info on osteoporosis and bone health)North American Resources:The Menopause Society (formerly NAMS) - https://www.menopause.org/International Resources:International Menopause Society - https://www.imsociety.org/

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