Current management of the menopause /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Lauritzen, Christian, 1923-, Studd, John
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Taylor & Francis, 2005.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Basic facts and definitions
  • Social structure and social medicine
  • Menopausal changes of ovaries and hypothalamic-pituitary and cerebral function
  • Premenopausal cycle anomalies
  • History of estrogen-progestogen replacement therapy
  • The awareness of the menopausal woman concerning the menopausal transition
  • The considerations, hopes and fears of the menopausal woman
  • The climacteric syndrome
  • Practice of hormone substitution
  • Mechanisms of action of sex steroid hormones and their analogs
  • Estrogen, progestogens and the endothelium
  • Estrogen deprivation and hormone replacement therapy : effects on glucose metabolism and the metabolic syndrome
  • Possible side-effects of sexual hormones
  • Osteoporosis
  • Hormone replacement therapy and atherosclerotic vascular disease
  • Direct vascular actions of estrogens
  • Neurotropic and psychotropic action of estrogens : implications for Alzheimer's disease
  • - Sexuality in postmenopause and senium
  • Estrogens and urogenital atrophy
  • Estrogens in the treatment of premenstrual, postnatal and perimenopausal depression
  • Anti-aging and esthetic endocrinology
  • Skin and connective tissue
  • Lifestyle counseling
  • Phytoestrogens
  • Possible risks of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) : venous thromboembolism (VTE)
  • Gallbladder, liver, pancreas
  • Carcinogenesis and the role of hormones : promotion and prevention
  • Strategies for the prevention of breast and gynecologic cancer
  • Benefits, risks and costs of estrogen and hormone replacement therapies
  • Information sheet for climacteric women
  • The aging male
  • Future developments