Table of Contents
An Aging Humankind: New Realities.- Menopause.- Does Menopause Increase the Risk of Coronary Heart Disease?.- Chronic Low-Grade Metabolic Acidosis in Normal Adult Humans: Pathophysiology and Consequences.- The Menopause, Sex Hormones, and Rheumatic Disease.- Estrogen-Progestrogen Action.- Novel Mechanisms of Estrogen Action.- The Action of Ovarian Steroid Hormones on Tissues and Organs.- Nongenomic Mechanisms of Sex Hormones.- Action of Specific Estrogens on Vascular Cells.- Direct Actions of Estrogen on Vascular Cells Ameliorates Response to Injury.- Newer Progestogens.- Cardiovascular Risk.- Cardiovascular Disease: Risk Factors Related to Thrombosis.- Estrogen Effect upon Coronary Vasculature.- Estrogen and Endothelial Function.- Action of Specific Estrogens on the Coronary Artery: Effects on Lipoproteins, Coagulation, and Fibrinolysis.- Coronary Heart Disease in Women: Status 1998.- Osteoporosis.- to Osteoporosis.- Genetics of Osteoporosis.- The Clinical Management of Osteoporosis.- Central Nervous System.- Menopause and Psychopharmacology: Signs, Symptoms, and Treatment.- The Brain: Target and Source for Sex Steroid Hormones.- The Role of Estrogen in Brain Aging and Alzheimer’s Disease.- Role of Estrogens in Dementing Illnesses: Hypotheses on the Biological Rationale.- Hormone Replacement Therapy.- Women’s Health and Menopause Epidemiology: The USA Experience.- Doses, Duration, and Starting Age for HRT Treatment: The American Viewpoint.- Estrogen Complexes Contained in Conjugated Equine Estrogens (CEE): An Overview of Their Structure and Possible Effects on Target Tissue.- Once a Week Transdermal Estrogen—Quality of Life Improvement in Long-Term Replacement Therapy: Newest Findings.- Estrogen-Androgen Hormone Replacement Therapy.- Management of the LateMenopause: Ultra Low-Dose Adjustive Estrogen Therapy.- Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulator (SERM) Drugs for the Prevention of Osteoporosis.- A Rationale for Hormone Replacement Therapy in Organ Transplant Patients.- Management of Ambivalence Towards Hormone Replacement Therapy.- Oncology.- Breast and Female Genital Tract Neoplasms in Overweight Women.- Postmenopausal Hormone Replacement Therapy and Gynecological Malignancies.- Hormone Replacement Therapy and Breast Cancer Risk in High-Risk Subgroups.- Breast Cancer and HRT: Collaborative Reanalysis of Data.- A Summary of the Evidence Relating Postmenopausal Hormone Use and Large Bowel Cancer Risk.- Menopausein Italy: Epidemilogical Studies and Medical Perception.- Aims, Methods, and Results of the Progetto Menopausa Italia.- Frequency of Cardiovascular Risks Factor in Women Attending Menopause Clinics: Findings from the ICARUS Data Base.- Determinants of Age at Menopause and Symptomatological Profile in Italian Women Attending Menopause Clinics in Italy.- Osteoporosis Risk Profile for Peri- and Postmenopausal Women Attending Menopause Clinics in Italy.- Menopause: What Is the Role of the General Practitioner?.- Bioethics, Menopause, and Aging: A View from the Italian Menopause Society.
