Current Management of the Menopause

Contents:

1. I The Third Part of Life: Basic Facts and Definitions 2. Social Structure and Social Medicine 3. Psychology of Menopause, Postmenopause and Senium 4. Menopausal Changes of Ovaries and Hypothalamus-Anterior Pituitary: Endocrinology and Hormone Values 5. Premenopausal Cycle Anomalies 6. History of Estrogen/Progestogen Replacement 7. II Office Aspects: The Menopausal and the Geriatric Patient in the Gynaecologic Practice 8. The Awareness of the Menopausal Woman Concerning the Menopausal Transition 9. The Considerations and Fears of the Menopausal Woman 10. III Hormone Therapy and Replacement: The Climacteric Syndrome 11. Practice of Estrogen/Progestogen Treatment 12. Pharmacodynamics of Estrogens, Progestogens and Androgens 13. Preparations for Peri- and Post Menopausal Substitution 14. IV Metabolic and Organotropic Effects of Sexual Hormones: Mechanisms of Action of Hormones 15. Estrogen-Progestogens and the Endometrium 16. Estrogen Deprivation and Hormone Replacement Therapy 17. Possible Side-Effects of Sexual Hormones 18. V Role of Hormones in Preventive Gynecology: Osteoporosis 19. Cardiovascular Diseases 20. Experimental Results and So-Called Surrogate Parameters Concerning Cardiovascular Problems 20. Neurotropic and Psychotropic Action of Estrogens/Progestogens 22. Sexuality in Postmenopause and Senium 23. Urogenital Problems 24. Premenstrual Syndrome, Migraine and Depression 25. Anti-Aging and Esthetic Gynecology 26. Skin and Connective Tissue 27. Lifestyle Counselling 28. Phytoestrogens 29. A Paradigm for a Large Prospective Trial in Women over 50 Years 30. Possible risks of HRT: Thrombosis and Embolism 31. Gall Bladder, Liver and Pancreas 32. Weight Problems 33. Cancerogenesis and the Role of Hormones 34. Strategies for Prevention of Breast and Gynaecologic Cancer 35. Benefits, Risks and Costs of Long-Term Estrogen-Progestogen Substitution 36. The Male Climacteric 37. Future Developments