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List of Contributors xviii An Aging Humankind: New Realities E.
Dicgalusy Does Menopause Increase the Risk of Coronary Heart
Disease? M.V. Huisrnan Chronic Low-Grade Metabolic Acidosis in
Normal Adult Humans: Pathophysiology and Consequences L. Frassetto,
R.C. Morris, Jr., K. Todd, and A. Sebastian The Menopause, Sex
Hormones, and Rheumatic Disease G. Hall Novel Mechanisms of
Estrogen Action J.-A. Gustafsson The Action of Ovarian Steroid
Hormones on Tissues and Organs M.J. Legato Nongenomic Mechanisms of
Sex Hormones J.H.H. Thijssen Action of Specific Estrogens on
Vascular Cells C.S. Wingrove and J.C. Stevenson Direct Actions of
Estrogen on Vascular Cells Ameliorates Response to hjury D. W.
Losordo ix Newer Progestogens G. Samsioe IV. 11. Cardiovascular
Disease: Risk Factors Related to Thrombosis G. de Gaetano, M.B.
Donati, and L. Iacoviello Estrogen Effect upon Coronary Vasculature
G.M.C. Rosano, F. Leonardo, and G. Panina Estrogen and Endothelial
Function A. Virdis, L. Ghiadoni, I. Sudano, S. Pinto, S. Taddei,
and A. Salvetti Action of Specific Estrogens on the Coronary
Artery: Effects on Lipoproteins, Coagulation, and Fibrinolysis J.M.
Sullivan Coronary Heart Disease in Women: Status 1998 N. K. Wenger
Introduction to Osteoporosis C. Christiansen Genetics of
Osteoporosis L. Masi, L. Gennari, A. Falchetti, and M.L. Brandi The
Clinical Management of Osteoporosis S.E. Papapou los VI.
Despite its universality in human female aging, the menopause and
its biology are not completely understood. New biologic mechanisms
by which sex hormones may be detrimental or confer protection are
continually being discovered. We are now starting to understand
that the role of the estrogen receptor is not identical in all
tissues. Important nongenomic effects for sex hormones have also
been described. Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) has produced
effects on health risks: some are reduced, some are increased, and
the rest remain uncertain. HRT is being used by an increasing
number of women to alleviate climacteric symptoms in the
perimenopausal period and to prevent osteoporosis and
cardiovascular disease later. Positive effects on Alzheimer's
disease and dementia on the one hand, and an increase in venous
thrombosis on the other, are currently being reported by several
groups. Both the preventive benefits and the risk of breast cancer
seem to be linked to long-term and current use. HRT requires
further testing through specific clinical trials, currently
underway in the United States, before confident recommendations may
be made about the full range of benefits and risks.
Few topics in women's medicine today are as fraught with confusion
and controversy as the question of appropriate treatment for
menopausal symptoms and the prevention of negative long term health
outcomes common to post-menopausal women. Cardiovascular disease
(CVD), osteoporosis, and cancer -- the most common causes of death,
disability and impaired quality of life for women -- can
potentially be prevented or forestalled by dietary, behavioral, and
drug interventions. A better understanding of the natural history
of the menopause is critical to providing better care. If women and
their physicians have a better understanding of predictors of risk,
they could make more informed decisions about interventions related
to menopausal symptoms, CVD, osteoporosis and gynecologic and
breast cancer. Few other recently introduced medical interventions
have as great a potential of affecting morbidity and mortality as
does hormone replacement therapy (HRT). HRT has produced effect on
health risk: some are reduced, some are raised, and some uncertain,
and these data are interpreted differently by various scientific,
medical and consumer groups.
List of Contributors xviii An Aging Humankind: New Realities E.
Dicgalusy Does Menopause Increase the Risk of Coronary Heart
Disease? M.V. Huisrnan Chronic Low-Grade Metabolic Acidosis in
Normal Adult Humans: Pathophysiology and Consequences L. Frassetto,
R.C. Morris, Jr., K. Todd, and A. Sebastian The Menopause, Sex
Hormones, and Rheumatic Disease G. Hall Novel Mechanisms of
Estrogen Action J.-A. Gustafsson The Action of Ovarian Steroid
Hormones on Tissues and Organs M.J. Legato Nongenomic Mechanisms of
Sex Hormones J.H.H. Thijssen Action of Specific Estrogens on
Vascular Cells C.S. Wingrove and J.C. Stevenson Direct Actions of
Estrogen on Vascular Cells Ameliorates Response to hjury D. W.
Losordo ix Newer Progestogens G. Samsioe IV. 11. Cardiovascular
Disease: Risk Factors Related to Thrombosis G. de Gaetano, M.B.
Donati, and L. Iacoviello Estrogen Effect upon Coronary Vasculature
G.M.C. Rosano, F. Leonardo, and G. Panina Estrogen and Endothelial
Function A. Virdis, L. Ghiadoni, I. Sudano, S. Pinto, S. Taddei,
and A. Salvetti Action of Specific Estrogens on the Coronary
Artery: Effects on Lipoproteins, Coagulation, and Fibrinolysis J.M.
Sullivan Coronary Heart Disease in Women: Status 1998 N. K. Wenger
Introduction to Osteoporosis C. Christiansen Genetics of
Osteoporosis L. Masi, L. Gennari, A. Falchetti, and M.L. Brandi The
Clinical Management of Osteoporosis S.E. Papapou los VI.
The 4th International Symposium on Women's Health and Menopause,
organized by the Giovanni Lorenzini Medical Foundation (Milan,
Italy and Houston, Texas) focused on the new strategies to improve
the quality of life of post-menopausal women. This volume
illustrates the findings of this conference and includes
information on the age-related degenerative processes occurring
after menopause including cardiovascular disease, cancer, fractures
and dementia.
The 4th International Symposium on Women's Health and Menopause,
organized by the Giovanni Lorenzini Medical Foundation (Milan,
Italy and Houston, Texas) focused on the new strategies to improve
the quality of life of post-menopausal women. This volume
illustrates the findings of this conference and includes
information on the age-related degenerative processes occurring
after menopause including cardiovascular disease, cancer, fractures
and dementia.
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Women's Health in Menopause - Behaviour, Cancer, Cardiovascular Disease, Hormone Replacement Therapy (Hardcover, illustrated edition)
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Few topics in women's medicine today are as fraught with confusion
and controversy as the question of appropriate treatment for
menopausal symptoms and the prevention of negative long term health
outcomes common to post-menopausal women. Cardiovascular disease
(CVD), osteoporosis, and cancer - the most common causes of death,
disability and impaired quality of life for women - can potentially
be prevented or forestalled by dietary, behavioural and drug
interventions. A better understanding of the natural history of the
menopause is critical to providing better care. If women and their
physicians have a better understanding of predictors of risk, they
could make more informed decisions about interventions related to
menopausal symptoms, CVD, osteoporosis and gynaecologic and breast
cancer. Few other recently introduced medical interventions have as
great a potential of affecting morbidity and mortality as does
hormone replacement therapy (HRT). HRT has produced effect on
health risk: some are reduced, some are raised, and some uncertain,
and these data are interpreted differently by various scientific,
medical and consumer groups.
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