Summary:
Women's health is increasingly recognized as a global health priority. With the expanding elderly female population, the long-term complications of ageing and oestrogen deficiency present an enormous problem in terms of morbidity, mortality and economic burden. Thus, managing postreproductive health is becoming a key issue for all health professionals, not just gynaecologists.

This 5th edition is widely considered to the international template for menopause management. Written by experts in the field, this book aims to provide a balanced view of the various treatment options, both oestrogen- and non-oestrogen-based. It provides a practical, unbiased and non-promotional resource on menopausal and postmenopausal health, and is essential reading for all gynaecologists, GPs, physicians, nurses and allied health professionals around the world.

• Internationally renowned Authors

• This book is now considered to be the international template for menopause management

• Complex issues explained in clear, unambiguous terms

• Published on behalf of the British Menopause Society

• Provides an essential, integrated approach to postreproductive health

Table of Contents:
About the authors
Forewords by Louis Keith, Emeritus Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Northwestern University, Chicago, USA and Mike Cust, Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Derby City General Hospital, UK
Preface
THE MENOPAUSE AND POSTMENOPAUSAL HEALTH
1. The menopause: physiology and definitions
2. Menopausal symptoms
3. Chronic conditions affecting postmenopausal health
ASSESSMENT AND INVESTIGATIONS
4. Initial assessment, follow-up and contraception
5. Investigations and screening
MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES
6. Oestrogen-based therapies
7. Benefits, risks and uncertainties of oestrogen-based therapy
8. Non-oestrogen-based treatments for menopausal symptoms
9. Non-oestrogen-based therapy for osteoporosis
10. Diet, lifestyle and exercise
11. Complementary and alternative medicine
WOMEN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS
12. Premature ovarian failure
13. Women with benign medical problems
14. Women at increased risk of developing cancer or with a previous malignancy
Index

About the Author(s):

Margaret Rees MA DPhil FRCOG is a Reader in Reproductive Medicine at the Nuffield Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Oxford, and a Visiting Professor at the University of Glasgow and the Karolinska Institute. Her areas of interest are menopause and menstrual disorders and she has contributed towards over 300 publications. In both areas she has undertaken both laboratory and clinical research. She has authored and edited 20 books, two of which were highly commended in BMA Book Awards. She is the Editor-in-Chief of Maturitas and former Editor-in-Chief of Menopause International. She is also a Council member of the Committee of Publication Ethics (COPE). In 2006 she was awarded the Egon Diczfalusy Medal by the Karolinska Institute in recognition of her international profile in reproductive medicine.

John Stevenson FRCP FESC MFSEM is a Reader in Metabolic Medicine at the National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, and Consultant Physician at the Royal Brompton Hospital, London, where he jointly runs the UK’s first Female Heart Disease Clinic. He has contributed towards over 370 journal articles and book public

Readership:
Gynaecologists, GPs, physicians, nurses and allied health professionals

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