Menopause, Postmenopause and Ageing

Keith - Menopause, Postmenopause and Ageing
£19.99
£19.99
Authors/editors: Louis Keith, Margaret Rees and Tony Mander
ISBN: 978-1-8531-5660-1
Page count: 109
Publisher: RSM Press
Publication year: 2005

Written by international experts Menopause, Postmenopause and Ageing discusses how specific postmenopausal health problems are thought to arise and what are today's most promising treatment options. Health problems covered include dementia, stroke, myocardial infarction, osteoporosis, osteoarthritis and urinary incontinence. In addition, it describes the provision of home-based and residential care for older women.

 

Table of contents:
  1. Detriments of disease in later life
  2. Life course risk factors for menopause and disease in later life
  3. Dementia
  4. Myocardial infarction in women
  5. Stroke
  6. Osteoporosis
  7. Osteoarthritis
  8. Urinary incontinence: basic evaluation and treatment
  9. Caring at home
  10. Providing residential and nursing home care

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