Treatment of the postmenopausal woman : basic and clinical aspects /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Philadelphia, PA :
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins,
[1999]
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| Edition: | Second edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- The menopause : a signal for the future
- Premature ovarian failure
- Reproductive options for perimenopausal and menopausal women
- The endocrinology of the menopause
- The perimenopause
- The perimenopausal state and incipient ovarian failure
- Endocrine changes during the perimenopause
- Changes to the menstrural pattens during the perimenopause
- Decisions regarding treatment during the perimenopause
- Use of contraceptives for older women
- Pharmacology of estrogens
- Structure-function relationships, potency, and pharmacokinetics of progestogens
- Clinical aspects of hormonal replacement : routes of administration
- Where androgens come from, what controls them, and whether to replace them
- Hot flashes
- Impact of the changing hormonal milieu on psychological functioning
- Estrogens and depression in women
- Vulvovaginal complaints
- Collagen : the significance in skin, bone, and carotid arteries
- Urinary tract disorders in perimenopausal and postmenopausal women
- Effects of sex steroids on the brain
- Clinical effects of sex steroids on the brain
- The epidemiology of Alzheimer's disease and the role of estrogen replacement therapy in the prevention and treatment of Alzheimer's disease and memory decline in older women
- The role of sex steroids in Alzheimer disease : prevention and treatment
- Epidemiology of osteoporosis
- Detection of osteoporosis
- Biochemical markers of bone turnover
- Pathophysiology of bone loss
- Treatment of osteoporosis
- Epidemiology and risk factors of cardiovascular disease in post menopausal women
- Role of hormone replacement in cardiovascular disease
- Lipids and lipoproteins and effects of hormone replacement
- Arterial changes : estrogen deficiency and effects of hormone replacement
- Estrogen : blood flow and vasomotion
- Hormone replacement therapy and carbohydrate metabolism in cardiovascular risk
- Hormone therapy and hemostasis
- Blood pressure : effects of estrogen and management of hypertension in women
- Role of exercise and nutrition
- Menopause and sexuality
- Postmenopausal compliance with hormonal therapy
- Complementary medicine : herbs, phytoestrogens, and other treatments
- Epidemiology of cancer in the female
- Hormones and breast cell proliferation
- Influence on sex hormones on breast cancer risk and mortality
- Postmenopausal breast surveillance
- Hormone replacement therapy and endometrial cancer
- Detection and surveillance of endometrial hyperplasia and carcinoma
- Ovarian screening by ultrasound
- Patients at high risk for ovarian carcinoma
- Morbidity and mortality changes with estrogen replacement therapy
- Cost-effectiveness analysis of hormone replacement therapy
- Contraindications to hormone replacement therapy
- Clinical efficacy of phytoestrogens : pharmacology and biology
- Alternative therapy : dehydroepiandrosterone replacement in the menopause
- Growth hormone as therapy for postmenopausal women
- Melatonin
- Selective estrogen receptor modulators
- Integrated adult women's medicine : a model for women's healthcare centers
- Clinical studies in hormone replacement therapy
- Clinical trials addressing critical aspects of postmenopausal women's health
- Regimens for today and the future
- Treatment of the postmenopausal woman : where we are today