Managing the Menopause Without Oestrogen

Rees - Managing the Menopause with Oestrogen
£19.99
£19.99
Authors/editors: Margaret Rees and Tony Mander
ISBN: 978-1-85315-592-5
Page count: 101
Publisher: RSM Press
Publication year: 2004

Published on behalf of the British Menopause Society, this is a concise, easy to read book, full of up to date evidence on the role and safety of non-oestrogen based strategies for all busy health professionals treating women of menopausal age.

The results from the Women's Health Initiative and the Million Women Study has led to increasing interest in the use of alternatives to hormone replacement therapy (HRT). Women and health professionals are concerned about controversies surrounding breast cancer and cardiovascular disease risk associated with HRT

This book was awarded a 'Highly commended' in the 2005 BMA medical book of the year competition.

Table of contents:

Pharmacological and surgical interventions
1 Statins
2 Antiresorptive agents
3 Selective oestrogen receptor modulators (SERMs)
4 Neurotransmitter modulation to treat hot flushes
5 Testosterone
6 Urinary incontinence

Alternative and complementary therapies
7 Herbal medicine
8 Phytoestrogens and bone health
9 Homeopathy and the menopause
10 Dehydroepiandrosterone
11 Transdermal progesterone creams

Lifestyle
12 Role of diet
13 Functional foods
14 Exercise and physical interventions
15 Changing social structures
16 Counselling and stress management

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