Current Management of the Menopause

Part I: The Third Part of Life 1. Basic Facts and Definitions 2.
Social Structure and Social Medicine 3. Menopausal Changes of
Ovaries and Hypothalamus-pituitary and Cerebral Function 4.
Premenopausal Cycle Anomalies 5. History of Estrogen-progestogen
Replacement Therapy Part II: The Patient's Perspective 6. The
Awareness of the Menopausal Woman Concerning the Menopausal
Transition 7. The Considerations, Hopes and Fears of the
Menopausal Woman Part III: Hormone Therapy and Replacement 8.
The Climacteric Syndrome 9. Practice of Hormone Substitution 10.
Mechanisms of Action of Sex Steroid Hormones and their Analogs
11. Estrogens, Progestogens and the Endometrium 12. Estrogen
Deprivation and Hormone Replacement Therapy 13. Possible Side-
effects of Sexual Hormones Part IV: Role of Hormones in
Preventive Gynaecology 14. Osteoporosis 15. Hormone Replacement
Therapy (HRT) and Atherosclerotic Vascular Disease 16. Direct
Vascular Actions of Estrogens 17. Neurotropic and Psychotropic
Action of Estrogens: Implications for Alzheimer's Disease 18.
Sexuality in Postmenopause and Senium 19. Estrogens and
Urogenital Atropy 20. Estrogens in the treatment of
Premenstrual, Postnatal and Perimenopausal Depression 21. Anti-
aging and Esthetic Endocrinology 22. Skin and Connective Tissue
23. Lifestyle Counseling 24. Phytoestrogens 25. Possible Risks
of Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT): Venous Thromboembolism
(VET) 26. Gall Bladder, Liver and Pancreas 27. Cancerogenesis
and the Role of Hormones: Promotion and Prevention 28.
Strategies for Prevention of Breast and Gynecologic Cancer 29.
Benefits, Risks and Costs of Estrogen and Hormone Replacement
Therapies Section V: Miscellaneous 30. Information Sheet for
Climacteric Women 31. The Male Climacteric 32. Future
Developments