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Managing the menopause : 21st century solutions

Panay, Nick, (editor.). Briggs, Paula, 1964- (editor.). Kovacs, Gabor, 1947- (editor.).

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ISBN: 9781107451827
ISBN: 1107451825
Physical Description: print
xi, 244 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Publisher: Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2015.

Contents / Notes

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

1. Physiology of the menstrual cycle and changes in the perimenopause / Mary Rymer -- 2. The ovarian reserve: predicting the menopause / Richard A. Anderson -- 3. The history and politics of menopause / Barry G. Wren -- 4. Clinical features of the menopause transition / Gab Kovacs -- 5. Hormone replacement therapy and cardiovascular disease / Tommaso Simoncini, Elena Cecchi and Andrea R. Genazzani -- 6. Pelvic organ prolapse and incontinence in association with the menopause / Jay Iyer -- 7. Vulvo-vaginal atrophy / Rossella E. Nappi and Barbara Gardella -- 8. Musculoskeletal system and the menopause / Jean Calleja-Agius and Mark P. Brincat -- 9. Osteoporosis recognition and assessment in the menopause / Christopher J. Yates and John D. Wark -- 10. Hormonal management of osteoporosis during the menopause / Panagiotis G. Anagnostis and John C. Stevenson -- 11. Psychological aspects of the menopause / Myra S. Hunter -- 12. Memory and mood in the menopause / Michael C. Craig -- 13. Libido and sexual function in the menopause / Claudine Domoney -- 14. Gynecological pathology in the menopause / John Eden -- 15. Estrogens used in current menopausal therapies / David Crook -- 16. Progestogens used in hormone replacement therapy / David H. Barlow -- 17. Androgen therapy for postmenopausal women / Susan R. Davis -- 18. Selective estrogen-receptor modulators used for postmenopausal women / JoAnn V. Pinkerton -- 19. Non-hormonal treatments for menopausal symptoms / Jenifer Sassarini -- 20. Alternative therapies for the management of menopausal symptoms / Paul Posadzki -- 21. Contraception for the perimenopausal woman / Lee P. Shulman and Jessica W. Kiley -- 22. Hormone replacement therapy and cancer / Franco Guidozzi -- 23. Hormone replacement therapy and venous thrombosis / Sven O. Skouby -- 24. Fertility and premature menopause / Anthony J. Rutherford -- 25. The risk-benefit analysis of hormone replacement therapy in the menopause / Tim Hillard -- 26. Premature ovarian insufficiency: hormonal aspects and long-term health / Nick Panay -- 27. Male menopause -- similarities and differences with the female menopause / Malcolm E. Carruthers.