A steady stream of research on diet, individual nutrients/botanicals and hormone therapy provides vital and relevant information for clinicians in everyday practice who are treating women for the scope of issues facing perimenopausal and menopausal women. Staying up to date on this research can be challenging and even daunting. This lecture will highlight research in perimenopausal/menopausal women as it relates in particular to more difficult cases and special circumstances.
Learning Objectives
- To develop successful treatment strategies to address common and difficult menopause QOL issues
- Enhance decision making in special menopause patient populations
- Offer treatment options for special circumstances
- Develop skills to address those menopausal women with a history of cardiovascular disease, diabetes, blood clot, osteoporosis, premature ovarian insufficiency, early menopause, surgical menopause or breast cancer
- Identify key populations for whom HRT is not only safe, but essential, in prevention of disease and decreasing mortality and morbidity
CE Credits
CONO: Category A: 1.0 credit (Pharmacology)
British Columbia: Category C-1.0 credit (0.5 pharmacology)
AANP: 1.0 credit (0.5 pharmacy)
OANP: 1.0 credit (0.5 pharmacy)
Dr Tori Hudson, ND
Dr Tori Hudson, Naturopathic Physician, graduated from the National University of Natural Medicine (NUNM) in 1984 and has served the college in several capacities, including: Medical Director, Associate Academic Dean, and Academic Dean. She is currently a clinical adjunct professor at NUNM), Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine, Bastyr University, and the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine.
Dr Hudson has been in practice for more than 36 years, is the medical director of her clinic, “A Woman’s Time” in Portland, Oregon, co-owner and director of product research and education for VITANICA and the program director for the Institute of Women’s Health and Integrative Medicine. She is also the founder and co-director of NERC (Naturopathic Education and Research Consortium), a non-profit organization for accredited naturopathic residencies.
Dr Hudson has been appointed as a faculty member of the Fellowship in Integrative Health and Medicine, Academy of Integrative Health & Medicine.
Dr Hudson was awarded the 1990 President’s award from the American Association of Naturopathic Physicians for her research in women’s health, the 1999 prestigious Naturopathic Physician of the Year award, the 2003 NUNM Alumni Pioneer Award, the 2009 Natural Products Association Pioneer Award and in 2012 was inducted into the NUNM Hall of Fame. In 2016, she was the recipient of the annual Oregon Association of Naturopathic Physician’s “Living Legends” award.
In 2021 she received the 2020 American Botanical Council’s prestigious Fredi Kronenberg Excellence in Research and Education in Botanicals in Women’s Health Award for 2020.
She is a nationally recognized author (book: Women’s Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine second edition, McGraw Hill 2008), speaker, educator, researcher, and clinician. Dr Hudson serves on several editorial boards, advisory panels and as a consultant to the natural products industry. She also writes monthly columns and freelance articles for several publications.
