Research Catalog

Title

Women's health and menopause : risk reduction strategies--improved quality of health / edited by R. Paoletti [and others].

Publication

Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, ©1999.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Paoletti, Rodolfo.
• International Symposium on Women's Health in Menopause (3rd : 1998 : Florence, Italy)

Description

xxiii, 289 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Series Statement

Medical science symposia series ; v. 13

Uniform Title

Medical science symposia series ; v. 13.

Subject

• Menopause > Congresses
• Menopause > Hormone therapy > Congresses
• Cardiovascular system > Diseases > Treatment > Congresses
• Estrogen > Therapeutic use
• Menopause > drug effects
• Cardiovascular Diseases > prevention & control
• Estrogen Replacement Therapy
• Estrogens > physiology
• Neurocognitive Disorders > prevention & control
• Osteoporosis, Postmenopausal > prevention & control
• Estrogen > Therapeutic use
• Cardiovascular system > Diseases > Treatment
• Menopause
• Menopause > Hormone therapy
• Kongress
• Postmenopause
• Krankheit

Genre/Form

• Congress
• proceedings (reports)
• Conference papers and proceedings
• Conference papers and proceedings.
• Actes de congrès.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

I.Introduction -- 1.An Aging Humankind: New Realities / E. Diczfalusy -- II.Menopause -- 2.Does Menopause Increase the Risk of Coronary Heart Disease? / M. V. Huisman -- 3.Chronic Low-Grade Metabolic Acidosis in Normal Adult Humans: Pathophysiology and Consequences / [et al.] / L. Frassetto / R. C. Morris, Jr. / K. Todd -- 4.The Menopause, Sex Hormones, and Rheumatic Disease / G. Hall -- III.Estrogen-Progestogen Action -- 5.Novel Mechanisms of Estrogen Action / J.-A. Gustafsson -- 6.The Action of Ovarian Steroid Hormones on Tissues and Organs / M. J. Legato -- 7.Nongenomic Mechanisms of Sex Hormones / J. H. H. Thijssen -- 8.Action of Specific Estrogens on Vascular Cells / C. S. Wingrove / J. C. Stevenson -- 9.Direct Actions of Estrogen on Vascular Cells Ameliorates Response to Injury / D. W. Losordo -- 10.Newer Progestogens / G. Samsioe -- IV.Cardiovascular Risk -- 11.Cardiovascular Disease: Risk Factors Related to Thrombosis / M. B. Donati / G. de Gaetano / L. Iacoviello -- 12.Estrogen Effect upon Coronary Vasculature / G. Panina / G. M. C. Rosano / F. Leonardo -- 13.Estrogen and Endothelial Function / [et al.] / I. Sudano / A. Virdis / L. Ghiadoni -- 14.Action of Specific Estrogens on the Coronary Artery: Effects on Lipoproteins, Coagulation, and Fibrinolysis / J. M. Sullivan -- 15.Coronary Heart Disease in Women: Status 1998 / N. K. Wenger -- V.Osteoporosis -- 16.Introduction to Osteoporosis / C. Christiansen -- 17.Genetics of Osteoporosis / L. Masi / L. Gennari / A. Falchetti / [et al.] -- 18.The Clinical Management of Osteoporosis / S. E. Papapoulos -- VI.Central Nervous System -- 19.Menopause and Psychopharmacology: Signs, Symptoms, and Treatment / L. S. Kahn / U. Halbreich -- 20.The Brain: Target and Source for Sex Steroid Hormones / F. Bernardi / A. R. Genazzani -- 21.The Role of Estrogen in Brain Aging and Alzheimer's Disease / S. J. Birge -- 22.Role of Estrogens in Dementing Illnesses: Hypotheses on the Biological Rationale / B. S. Solerte / [et al.] / D. Solano / S. Govoni -- VII.Hormone Replacement Therapy -- 23.Women's Health and Menopause Epidemiology: The USA Experience / M. T. Chunko / T. Manolio / V. W. Pinn -- 24.Doses, Duration, and Starting Age for HRT Treatment: The American Viewpoint / W. H. Utian -- 25.Estrogen Complexes Contained in Conjugated Equine Estrogens (CEE): An Overview of Their Structure and Possible Effects on Target Tissue / M. Dey / C. R. Lyttle -- 26.Once a Week Transdermal Estrogen -- Quality of Life Improvement in Long-Term Replacement Therapy: Newest Findings / P. Marquis / C. Lademacher / H. Rozenbaum -- 27.Estrogen-Androgen Hormone Replacement Therapy / M. M. Gelfand -- 28.Management of the Late Menopause: Ultra Low-Dose Adjustive Estrogen Therapy / M. Notelovitz -- 29.Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulator (SERM) Drugs for the Prevention of Osteoporosis / L. V. Avioli -- 30.A Rationale for Hormone Replacement Therapy in Organ Transplant Patients / M. L. Foegh -- 31.Management of Ambivalence Towards Hormone Replacement Therapy / A. Graziottin -- VIII.Oncology -- 32.Breast and Female Genital Tract Neoplasms in Overweight Women / C. La Vecchia -- 33.Postmenopausal Hormone Replacement Therapy and Gynecological Malignancies / F. Scheele / P. Kenemans / C. W. Burger -- 34.Hormone Replacement Therapy and Breast Cancer Risk in High-Risk Subgroups / N. Biglia / [et al.] / M. Giai / P. Sismondi -- 35.Breast Cancer and HRT: Collaborative Reanalysis of Data / M. P. Vessey -- 36.A Summary of the Evidence Relating Postmenopausal Hormone Use and Large Bowel Cancer Risk / P. A. Newcomb -- IX.Menopause in Italy: Epidemiological Studies and Medical Perception -- 37.Aims, Methods, and Results of the Progetto Menopausa Italia / G. B. Serra / S. Ricci / C. Piscicelli / [et al.] -- 38.The ICARUS (Italian Climacteric Research Group) Study -- 38.1.Frequency of Cardiovascular Risks Factor in Women Attending Menopause Clinics: Findings from the ICARUS Data Base / [et al.] / C. Albanese / D. Agostinelli / P. Affinito -- 38.2.Determinants of Age at Menopause and Symptomatological Profile in Italian Women Attending Menopause Clinics in Italy / [et al.] / A. Cordopatri / A. Becorpi / M. Bottari -- 38.3.Osteoporosis Risk Profile for Peri- and Postmenopausal Women Attending Menopause Clinics in Italy / R. Chionna / [et al.] / M. Ciammella / M. Massobrio -- 39.Menopause: What Is the Role of the General Practitioner? / G. Tresoldi -- 40.Bioethics, Menopause, and Aging: A View from the Italian Menopause Society / A. Bompiani / [et al.] / F. D'Agostino / I. Baldaro Verde.

ISBN

• 0792359062
• 9780792359067

LCCN

99040693

OCLC

• ocm41945032
• 41945032
• SCSB-1237351

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library