Essentials of Menopause Management (eBook)

Lubna Pal, MBBS, MRCOG, MS, Associate Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, Director, Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Program, Director, Menopause Program, Yale Fertility Center, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA Raja A. Sayegh, MD, Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA

Part I: Symptomatology, epidemiology and impact of the menopausal burden, and review of evidence on the efficacy, risks and benefits of pharmacological and alternative therapies.- Reproductive Aging: Epidemiology, Symptomatology and Nomenclature.- Five Decades of Hormone Therapy Research: The Long, The Short and The Inconclusive.- Non-Hormonal Pharmacotherapies for Menopause Management.- Pharmacotherapies for Menopause Management: Hormonal options.- Management of Menopause and Perimenopause: Integrative Medicine in Support of Wellness.- Part II: An inferential and individualized approach to management of common menopausal concerns through clinical vignettes.- Clinical Management of Menopause-Related Sleep Disturbance.- Management of Genitourinary Syndrome of Menopause (GSM) in menopausal women.- Skeletal Fragility-a Common Menopausal Burden. Risk assessment, diagnosis and management.- Sexuality, Sexual dysfunction and Menopause.- The Case for Androgens in Menopause Management: When and how?- Post-Menopausal Alopecia (Hair Loss).- Evaluation and Management of Hirsutism in Postmenopausal Women.- Primary Ovarian Insufficiency/Premature Ovarian Failure: Management Considerations and Strategies.- Surgical Menopause.- Vasomotor Symptoms & Medical Disorders.- Part III: Managing Menopause in Cancer Survivors.- Pharmacological Therapy for Vasomotor Symptoms in Breast Cancer Survivors.- Management of Osteoporosis in Postmenopausal Breast Cancer Survivors.- Management Strategies for Sexual Health after Breast Cancer Diagnosis.- Hormonal Therapy for Menopausal Symptoms in Gynecologic Cancer Survivors.