Managing the Menopause

Nick Panay is a consultant gynaecologist and Director of the West London Menopause & PMS Centre at Queen Charlotte's & Chelsea and Chelsea & Westminster Hospitals, London, UK. He is an honorary senior lecturer, Imperial College London. Paula Briggs is a consultant in Sexual and Reproductive Health at Liverpool Women's Hospital, Liverpool, UK. Gabor Kovacs is Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.

• List of Contributors; Foreword; 1. Physiology of the Menstrual Cycle and Changes in the Perimenopause Philip J. Dutton and Janice M. Rymer; 2. Clinical Features of the Menopause/Post-menopause Gab Kovacs; 3. The Ovarian Reserve: Predicting the Menopause Richard A. Anderson; 4. Premature Ovarian Insufficiency: Fertility Options Tony Rutherford and Gab Kovacs; 5. Premature Ovarian Insufficiency: Optimizing Quality of Life and Long-Term Effects Vujovic Svetlana, Miomira Ivovic, Milina Tancic Gajic, Ljiljana Marina and Svetlana Dragojevic-Dikic; 6. Natural Hormone Replacement Therapy After Menopause by Ovarian Tissue Jacques Donnez and Marie-Madeleine Dolmans; 7. Migraine in the Menopause E. Anne MacGregor; 8. Psychological aspects of the menopause Myra S. Hunter; 9. Memory and Mood in the Menopause Michael C. Craig; 10. Libido and Sexual Function in the Menopause Claudine Domoney; 11. Vulvo-Vaginal Atrophy (VVA) Rossella E. Nappi; 12. Pelvic Floor, Urinary Problems and the Menopause Marco Gambacciani, Eleonora Russo, Magdalena Montt Guevara and Tommaso Simoncini; 13. The Effect of Menopause of the Musculoskeletal System Jean Calleja-Agius and Mark P. Brincat; 14. Hormonal Management of Osteoporosis During the Menopause Panagiotis G. Anagnostis and John C. Stevenson; 15. Cardiovascular Disease and the Menopause Marta Caretto, Andrea Giannini , Tommaso Simoncini and Andrea R. Genazzani; 16. Gynecological Pathology in the Menopause (Excluding Cancers) John Eden; 17. Nutrition and Weight Gain in the Menopause Nigel Denby; 18. The Use of Estrogens and Progestogens in Menopausal Hormone Therapy Kugajeevan Vigneswaran and Haitham Hamoda; 19. Androgen Therapy for Postmenopausal Women Susan R. Davis; 20. Contraception for the Perimenopausal Woman Paula Briggs and Nicola Kersey; 21. Hormone Therapy and Cancer Anne Gompel; 22. Menopausal Hormone Therapy (MHT) and Venous Thrombosis Sven O. Skouby and Johannes J. Sidelmann; 23. The Risk-Benefit Analysis of Menopausal Hormone Therapy in the Menopause Elizabeth Stephenson and Tim Hillard; 24. Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulators (SERMs) and Menopausal Hormone Therapy (MHT) Steven R. Goldstein; 25. Non-hormonal Treatments for Menopausal Symptoms Jenifer Sassarini; 26. Alternative Therapies for the Management of Menopausal Symptoms Edzard Ernst and Paul Posadzki; 27. Menopause Symptoms Sarah Gray; Index

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