Menopause
eBook - ePub

Menopause

Change, Choice and HRT

  1. 242 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Menopause

Change, Choice and HRT

About this book

Menopause can be an uncertain but significant time in a woman's life. Educating yourself with as much information as possible on this important phase can build confidence. This book has the information you need. With more than 40 years experience as gynaecological endocrinologist, Dr Wren with has researched the pros and cons of HRT, and presents them in easy-to-understand language in this book with family health nurse and author Margaret Stephenson Meere.- Reviews the history of hormone replacement therapy, an overview of HRT and the development of oral contraception; the use and misuse of statistics in the research- Looks at the controversial issues regarding regular hormone treatment, alternative therapies and other non-hormonal medical therapy- The book seeks to clarify the role of oestrogen in maintaining a woman's health and that oestrogen therapy plays a major role in reduction of disease in the postmenopausal woman as well as increasing her longevity.- Dr Barry Wren is the first president and founding member of the Australian Menopause Society.

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Information

Publisher
Rockpool Publishing
Year
2014
eBook ISBN
9781925017052
Edition
0
Topic
Medicine

Table of contents

  1. COVER
  2. TITLE
  3. COPYRIGHT
  4. DEDICATION
  5. HOW TO USE THIS BOOK
  6. AUTHOR’S NOTE
  7. PROLOGUE
  8. INTRODUCTION
  9. SECTION ONE
  10. 1. A HISTORY OF THE MENOPAUSE AND HRT
  11. 2. THE ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF THE MENOPAUSE
  12. 3. THE WOMEN’S HEALTH INITIATIVE STUDY
  13. SECTION TWO
  14. 4. HORMONES AND GENITAL CANCER
  15. 5. ESTROGEN AND THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
  16. 6. OSTEOPAENIA AND OSTEOPOROSIS
  17. 7. HORMONES, BRAIN FUNCTION, MEMORY AND DEMENTIA
  18. 8. LOSS OF LIBIDO (HYPOACTIVE SEXUAL DESIRE DISORDER)
  19. SECTION THREE
  20. 9. HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY REGIMENS
  21. 10. METHODS OF DELIVERING HRT REGIMENS
  22. 11. ADVERSE SIDE-EFFECTS OF HRT
  23. 12. OTHER MEDICAL TREATMENTS FOR MENOPAUSE
  24. 13. COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE THERAPIES FOR THE MENOPAUSE
  25. 14. HRT FOLLOWING BREAST CANCER, ENDOMETRIOSIS OR FIBROIDS
  26. SECTION FOUR
  27. 15. THE BALANCE AND BEAUTY OF AGEING
  28. 16. MENOPAUSE TODAY
  29. EPILOGUE
  30. SECTION FIVE
  31. GLOSSARY
  32. ACRONYMS
  33. APPENDICES
  34. ENDNOTES
  35. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  36. INDEX
  37. ABOUT THE AUTHORS