Current management of the menopause /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Taylor & Francis,
2005.
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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