Publisher's Synopsis
This textbook contains chapters which have a basic physiology/biochemistry introduction with a review of the relevant literature followed by a discussion on management principles.;Areas covered include menopause and society, symptoms and signs, osteoporosis, atherosclerosis, blood vessels, cancers, hormone regimens, other regimens and methods of management, complications and side-effects of hormone replacement therapy, cost/effectiveness and cost/benefit of therapy, sexuality at time of the menopause, the breast, peri-menopausal problems DUH, PMS and contraception and androgenic disorders in the post-menopause.