Title | Women's Health and Menopause [electronic resource] : New Strategies โ Improved Quality of Life / edited by R. A. Lobo, P. G. Crosignani, R. Paoletti, F. Bruschi |
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Imprint | Boston, MA : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 2002 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1061-1 |
Descript | XXI, 411 p. online resource |
XVI Lorenzini Annual Lecture -- Estrogen Receptor ? โ A Multifaceted Player -- XVII Lorenzini Annual Lecture -- Andropause at the Beginning of the New Century: A Few Remarks on Hormones and Aging of Men -- Bone and Joints -- 1. Mechanisms of Estrogen Regulation of Bone Turnover And Bone Mass -- 2. Genetics of Osteoporosis -- 3. The Intrauterine Programming of Osteoporosis -- 4. The Role of Menopause in Bone and Joint Health: Implications for Osteoarthritis and Osteoporosis -- Osteoporosis Prevention Utilizing Novel Compounds -- 5. Novel Compounds Acting Through Receptors and Enzyme Mediators -- 6. Tibolone Is Effective in Preventing Postmenopausal Bone Loss -- Immune System and Inflammation -- 7. Sex Hormones and the Immune System: Implications for Menopause and Autoimmunity -- Hormone Replacement Therapy -- 8. Routes of HRT Administration. When to Use Oral Or Transdermal Administration -- 9. The Role of Antiandrogens in Peri- and Postmenopausal HRT -- Sex Steroids and Reproduction -- 10. Sex Steroid-Sensitive Reproductive Tissues in Women During Reproduction and Menopause -- Cardiovascular Disease -- 11. Does Menopause Increase the Incidence of Coronary Heart Disease? -- 12. Reducing Cardiovascular Risk in Postmenopausal Women: Estrogen or Statins? -- 13. Effects of Estrogen Replacement in Women with Coronary Disease -- Hrt and Cardiovascular Disease: A New Approach -- 14.Recent Findings in Cardiovascular Disease -- 15. Hormone Replacement and Cardiovascular Disease -- 16. The Role of Potassium -- 17. Aldosterone-Receptor Blocking Agents -- 18. Progestogens: New Approaches -- Cancer -- 19. Aromatase, Nuclear Receptors, Adipose Tissue, And Breast Cancer -- 20. Environmental Factors Related to Cancers in Postmenopausal Women -- 21. Growth Factors and Cancer - The Role of Insulin-Like Growth Factors -- 22. Postmenopausal Hormone Use and Endometrial Cancer: Reassessment of the Epidemiological Data -- 23. Hormone Replacement Therapy and Breast Cancer: Still More Questions Than Answers -- 24. Hormonal Approach to Breast Cancer Prevention and Treatment -- Emerging Directions in Menopause Management: Lowering HRT Doses -- 25. Healthy Postmenopausal Women Receiving HRT Are Not at Risk for Early Coronary Events: Results from 2 Large Clinical Trials -- 26. Oral Contraceptive Use and Risk of Low Bone Density in Women Attending Menopause Clinics in Italy -- Stress Incontinence -- 27. Less Invasive Surgery in Stress Incontinence -- Central Nervous System and Mood Disorders -- 28. An Overview of Hormones and Brain Function -- 29. Mechanisms of the Neuroprotective Effects of Estrogen -- 30. Neurosteroids -- 31. Randomized Trials of Estrogen for Memory and Dementia -- 32. Estrogen and Androgen: Mood, Sexual Function, and Quality of Life in the Menopausal Woman -- 33. Women's Health and Menopause: A Comprehensive Approach -- 34. Gynecologic and Urogynecologic Aspects of Menopause -- 35. Cardiovascular Disease in Women -- 36. Menopause and Disorders of Neurological Function and Mental Health -- 37. Menopause Hormone Replacement Therapy and Cancer: Epidemiology -- 38. Sociocultural Issues in Menopause -- Eating Behavior and Nutrition -- 39. Exercise Effect on Body Weight in Postmenopausal Women: The Physical Activity for Total Health Study -- Quality of Life -- 40. Quality of Life: Asian Women and the Menopause -- 41. Sexuality, Midlife, and Menopause -- Women's Health and Menopause in Research and Clinical Practice -- 42. Women's Health and Menopause in Research and Clinical Practice: Session Summary -- New Drugs and Trials -- 43. Women and CHD: The Case for Prevention -- 44. Bone and Statins -- Selected U.S. Government Sponsored Women'S Health Menopause Initiatives -- 45. Selected U.S. Government Sponsored Women's Health Menopause Initiatives: Session Summary