Useful Resources
My E-Newsletter
Apps
Books
Podcast Episodes
Resources by Topic
Videos
Useful Websites
Useful Resources for Health Professionals
Balance Leaflet Links
My E-Newsletter
Apps
Balance App: The free balance app allows you to track your symptoms, access personalised expert content, download a Health Report, share stories in the community and lots more.
Dipsea: Dipsea is an app for Sexy Stories, Sleep Scenes, and Wellness Sessions designed to turn you on and then tuck you in.
Me vs PMDD: Me v PMDD makes symptom tracking for Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder incredibly simple and is accompanied by easy-to-read symptom graphs that can help you and your doctor understand and more effectively treat PMDD.
OMGYes: Based on findings from the largest-ever research study into women’s pleasure, OMGYes offers inspiration for women, men & couples, solo or together with super-honest videos, animations & how-to’s.
PreMentricS: Designed by Gynaecologists, this easy to use app is intended for use by patients, clinicians, general practitioners and partners to diagnose Pre Menstrual disorders appropriately and aid in treatment provision. As well as clinical diagnosis and treatment monitoring, this app which costs less than a UK prescription charge can be used for research purposes.
Squeezy: Squeezy is the multi-award winning app supporting people with their pelvic floor muscle exercise programmes. Designed by chartered physiotherapists specialising in women’s and men’s pelvic health and recommended by the NHS.
Books
- The Hite Report: A nationwide study on female sexuality – Shere Hite
- Menopause: The One Stop Guide – Kathy Abernathy
- Preparing for the perimenopause and menopause – Dr Louise Newson
- Oestrogen Matters – Avrum Bluming, Carol Tavris
- Menopause: All you need to know in one concise manual – Dr Louise Newson
- Me and my menopausal vagina – Jane Lewis
Podcast Episodes
- 28 Days Later
- Louise Newson podcasts
- Liz Earle
- The Menopause and Cancer Podcast with Dani Binnington
- Breast Cancer and Menopause
- Busting myths around HRT
- Changing the Perception Around HRT – Davina Mccall & Dr Louise Newson
- Empowering Women to Receive the Right Menopause Advice
- “Everything you’ve ever wanted to know about the perimenopause and HRT” with Lexie Minter and Katie Grover of West Beach Fitness
- Exercise & the Menopause – Janette Cardy & Dr Louise Newson
- Explaining Menopause, HRT and the Alternatives
- Explaining what the evidence shows to offer choice to women after breast cancer, with Avrum Bluming
- Genitourinary Syndrome of the Menopause – Professor James Simon & Dr Louise Newson
- Gut Matters – Emma Ellice-Flint & Dr Louise Newson
- How the US Government and The Media Conspired to convince women that HRT was dangerous.
- How to apply Androfeme testosterone cream
- HRT and breast cancer
- Life after Breast Cancer – Kirsty Lang and Dr Louise Newson
- Menopause and Contraception – Dr Philippa Kaye & Dr Louise Newson
- Menopause and Depression
- Menopause and Health – Dr Annice Mukherjee & Dr Louise Newson
- Menopause Taboo in Women from Different Ethnic Groups
- Migraine and hormones, with specialist Dr Katy Munro
- Migraines & Menopause – GP & Menopause Expert Dr Sarah Ball & Dr Louise Newson
- Migraines and menopause
- Missing my Perimenopause
- Oestrogen Matters
- Osteoporosis and bone health
- Pelvic Floor Health – Jane Simpson & Dr Louise Newson
- Psychosexual Medicine and Menopause – Dr Stephanie Goodwin & Dr Louise Newson
- Recognising and understanding the menopause
- Sex and the Menopause – Samantha Evans & Dr Louise Newson
- Skin Changes During the Menopause
- Surgical Menopause and Endometriosis
- Symptoms and effective treatments
- Taking HRT Forever
- Taking oestrogen through the skin with patches or gels
- Testosterone: not just icing on the cake with Rachel Dawber
- Testosterone: the forgotten hormone with Professor Isaac Manyonda
- Testosterone: why can’t we have our own hormone back? With Dr Zoe Hodson
- The Basics About HRT
- The Benefits of Body Identical Progesterone – Professor James Simon
- The Benefits of Yoga – Lucy Holton & Dr Louise Newson
- The Dr Louise Newson Podcast
- Treat me like a patient but there’s no ‘one size fits all’ with Melanie Martins
- What does the evidence say about breast cancer and HRT? With Professor Isaac Manyond
- ‘Yes, I’ve had breast cancer but now I need help with the menopause’ with Dr Sarah Ball
- You are what you eat, with the Healthy Eating Doctor
Resources by Topic
Alternatives to HRT
Bone Health
Breast Cancer – Check your own risk factors:
Cancers
- General gynae cancer charity – Eve Appeal
- Womb cancer – Peaches Womb Cancer Trust
- Cervical cancer – Jo’s Trust
- Ovarian cancer – Target Ovarian Cancer
- Macmillan
- Gynae cancer diagnosis support: Go Girls
- Pelvic radiation disease information and support: PRDA UK
Cardiovascular Health
- British Heart Foundation
- Check your own QRISK
Endometriosis
Exercise
- Masai Warrior
- Sitting like the Queen
- Pelvic floor exercises (a whole range)
- The Knack
- Walk at Home for beginners
Nutrition
Pelvic Floor
PMS/ PMDD
- National Association for Pre-Menstrual Syndrome
- The International Association For Premenstrual Disorders (IAPMD)
Sex & Intimacy
Many women have forgotten how to access intimacy and you may find the following useful:
- Building a bridge to emotional and sexual intimacy
- Mind the Gap, by Dr Karen Guerney
- The surprising truth about desire everyone needs to know
- Jo Divine Sexual Health Blog
- Coco-Berlin body-love workout connects mind/body through sensual awareness
Self Care
- Dr Ranjan Chatterjee Podcast Episode
- Deliciously Ella Podcast
Sleep
Vulval Health
Please find below UK guidelines including:
- A Framework for Managing Vulval Disease from the Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists
- What is the role of vulval infiltration of adipose-derived mesenchymal cells and platelet-rich plasma (aka ‘fat transfer’) in women with vulval lichen sclerosus?
- Vulvovaginal Thrush
- Vulvodynia
- Lichen Sclerosus
Clinical Standards
BSSVD Guidance on Management
- BSSVD Guidance for Health Professionals on Management of Lichen Sclerosus
- Vulval Lichen Sclerosus Follow up Guidance
International Guidelines
Videos
- British Menopause Society YouTube Channel
- Let’s Talk Gynae Cancers
- The Benefits of Yoga – Lucy Holton & Dr Louise Newson
- Trying to right 20 years of misinformation and hysteria about HRT – Professor Rob Langer
- Vaginal dryness with Jane Lewis
- What is Perimenopause? Dr Louise Newson
- You are what you eat, with the Healthy Eating Doctor
- The Difference Between Body Identical and Bioidentical Hormones
- The silent problem: vaginal dryness
- Vaginal Dryness and Menopause Related Urinary Symptoms
- Your Utrogestan questions answered by Dr Sarah Ball
- balance – How to apply Oestrogel [Video] (balance-menopause.com)
Useful Websites
Useful Resources for Health Professionals
- BMS Tools for Clinicians
- BNF Treatment Summary
- Early and locally advanced breast cancer: diagnosis and management
- Hormone Replacement Therapy After Breast Cancer
- Hormone Replacement Therapy in Cancer Survivors – Review of the Literature
- IMS Resources
- Individual Benefits and Risks of Intravaginal Estrogen and Systemic Testosterone in the Management of Women in the Menopause, With a Discussion of Any Associated Risks for Cancer Development
- Menopause: diagnosis and management
- Menopause Doctor
- NH Menopause Society
- NICE Guideline
- NICE Clinical Summary
- Oestrogen Matters by Dr Avrum Bluming and Carol Tavris
- PCWHF Guidance
- Position Statement for Management of Genitourinary Syndrome of the Menopause (GSM)
- RCOG Menopause Hub
- Shared decision making
- Systemic or Vaginal Hormone Therapy After Early Breast Cancer: A Danish Observational Cohort Study
Balance Leaflet Links
- Antidepressants and Menopause
- Contraception during the Menopause and Perimenopause
- Diabetes and menopause
- Estrogen in patches, gels or sprays
- Family history of breast cancer: Should I take HRT?
- FAQs about HRT Factsheet
- Healthy eating for the menopause
- High blood pressure and the menopause
- HRT – Types and doses
- HRT The Basics
- Lifestyle for healthy bones
- Living well through your perimenopause and menopause
- Looking after your immune system
- Menopause and Clots
- Menopause and HRT
- Menopause and Me booklet
- Menopause and Me: A guide for younger women
- Menopause and Relationships: A guide for partners
- Menopause and the workplace
- Micronised Progesterone or Utrogestan®
- Migraine and Menopause
- My Story: Sticky blood, menopause and me
- Pelvic Floor Health During The Menopause
- Pelvic Floor Health During The Menopause
- Perimenopause and HRT
- Skin changes during menopause
- Starting or continuing HRT many years after your menopause
- Surgical Menopause
- The Mirena Coil or Intrauterine System (IUS)
- Understanding hormone levels in the blood
- Vaginal bleeding during perimenopause and menopause Factsheet
- Vaginal Dryness
- Vitamin D
- What to expect when you start HRT
