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To celebrate World Menopause Day on 18th October 2015, IMS launched a new campaign with the theme "What comes to mind - menopause and the aging brain". Click here for more details.… Read More

16-17 october 2015 - 1st Serbian Congress on the Menopause. Professor Svetlana Vujovic, IMS Board member, reports:-The 1st Serbian Congress on the Menopause and Involutive Hypoandrogenism was held on October 16th and 17th, at the National Institute in Belgrade, Serbia. There were 350 participants made up of endocrinologists, gynecologists, general practitioners, psychiatrists, nurses and students… Read More

1st IMS Webinar entitled "Osteoporosis & Women" is now available on our website. Click here to watch it now.… Read More

IMS Board members Susan Davis, Mary Ann Lumsden and Tommaso Simoncini, plus other IMS members and Margaret Rees, President of EMAS, have contributed to the paper published in Nature on 23rd April entitled 'Menopause'.The article is a comprehensive overview of all aspects of menopause and can be read online, free of charge, for 12 months… Read More

An IMS symposium was held at the recent Colegio Mexicano de Especialistas en Ginecología y Obstetricia held in Mexico City on 13th March, and hosted by the COMEGO President, Cuauhtémoc Celis González. The symposium focused on the Fundamentals of Menopausal Medicine. This 90-minute plenary symposium was uniquely held in English and Spanish, with two Board… Read More

Menopausal hormone use and ovarian cancer risk: individual participant meta-analysis of 52 epidemiological studies. The Lancet. Published online, 12 February 2015 - Please find attached analysis of the recent published paper in The Lancet which discusses HRT and ovarian cancer risk.This includes: A statement from IMS President, Dr Rodney Baber outlining the IMS position. A… Read More

IMS would like to offer sincere congratulations to Professor Susan Davis who has been awarded a 2015 Laureate for International Excellence in Endocrinology Award by The Endocrine Society.Please follow the link for further news https://www.endocrine.org/news-room/current-press-releases/endocrine-society-announces-2015-laureate-award-winners.… Read More

The IMS is pleased to announce a series of seven short, easy-to-understand videos, which will be launched on YouTube on 5th January 2015, to specifically help women access simple, relevant and credible information about the menopause and counteract the misleading information often found on social media sites. The videos cover a whole range of issues… Read More

IMS was delighted to hear that Professor Henry Burger, an IMS past President, was awarded a Doctorate of Laws honoris causa, by Monash University, Melbourne, Australia on 16th December 2014.Rod Baber, IMS President commented 'Henry Burger was co founder of Australia's first menopause clinic, The Jean Hailes Clinic and has been a leading researcher in… Read More

The Regional Meeting on Health of Older Women: Policy, Gender and Delivery of Service Issues was held 23-25th September 2014 in Bangkok, aiming to promote the health of older women in countries of South-East Asia Region. Please follow this link to a full report.… Read More