Women’s Health and Menopause

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxi

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2. XVI Lorenzini Annual Lecture

   1. Estrogen Receptor β — A Multifaceted Player

      • Jan-Åke Gustafsson

      Pages 1-5

3. XVII Lorenzini Annual Lecture

   1. Andropause at the Beginning of the New Century: A Few Remarks on Hormones and Aging of Men

      • Etienne-Emile Baulieu

      Pages 7-21

4. Bone and Joints

   1. Mechanisms of Estrogen Regulation of Bone Turnover and Bone Mass

      • B. Lawrence Riggs

      Pages 23-29

   2. Genetics of Osteoporosis

      • Luigi Gennari, Lucia Becherini, Alberto Falchetti, Laura Masi, Maria Luisa Brandi

      Pages 31-42

   3. The Intrauterine Programming of Osteoporosis

      • Cyrus Cooper, Muhammad K. Javaid, Karen Walker-Bone, Elaine M. Dennison, Nigel K Arden

      Pages 43-50

   4. The Role of Menopause in Bone and Joint Health: Implications for Osteoarthritis and Osteoporosis

      • MaryFran Sowers

      Pages 51-58

5. Osteoporosis Prevention Utilizing Novel Compounds

   1. Novel Compounds Acting Through Receptors and Enzyme Mediators

      • Trevor M. Penning

      Pages 59-67

   2. Tibolone Is Effective in Preventing Postmenopausal Bone Loss

      • J. C. Gallagher

      Pages 69-74

6. Immune System and Inflammation

   1. Sex Hormones and the Immune System: Implications for Menopause and Autoimmunity

      • Gil Mor

      Pages 75-83

7. Hormone Replacement Therapy

   1. Routes of HRT Administration. When to Use Oral or Transdermal Administration

      • Göran Samsioe

      Pages 85-90

   2. The Role of Antiandrogens in Peri- and Postmenopausal HRT

      • H. P. G. Schneider

      Pages 91-102

8. Sex Steroids and Reprodution

   1. Sex Steroid-Sensitive Reproductive Tissues in Women During Reproduction and Menopause

      • Frederick Naftolin, Paulo Rinaudo, Fadi Abushahin, Eddie Sze

      Pages 103-116

9. Cardiovascular Disease

   1. Does Menopause Increase the Incidence of Coronary Heart Disease?

      • Yvonne T. van der Schouw

      Pages 117-122

   2. Reducing Cardiovascular Risk in Postmenopausal Women: Estrogen or Statins?

      • Richard O. Cannon III

      Pages 123-130

   3. Effects of Estrogen Replacement in Women with Coronary Disease

      • David M. Herrington, Karen Potvin Klein

      Pages 131-138

10. HRT and Cardiovascular Disease: a New Approach

    1. Recent Findings in Cardiovascular Disease

       • Rogerio A. Lobo

       Pages 139-141

    2. Hormone Replacement and Cardiovascular Disease

       • Karen C. Johnson

       Pages 143-149

    3. The Role of Potassium

       • Peter R. Kowey

       Pages 151-157

    4. Aldosterone-Receptor Blocking Agents

       • Bertram Pitt

       Pages 159-166

The 4th International Symposium on Women's Health and Menopause, organized by the Giovanni Lorenzini Medical Foundation (Milan, Italy and Houston, Texas) focused on the new strategies to improve the quality of life of post-menopausal women. This volume illustrates the findings of this conference and includes information on the age-related degenerative processes occurring after menopause including cardiovascular disease, cancer, fractures and dementia.

• Insulin
• cardiovascular
• estrogen receptor
• growth factor
• insulin-like
• nuclear receptors
• steroids
• surgery
• diabetes

• Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Columbia University, New York, USA

  R. A. Lobo

• First Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

  P. G. Crosignani, F. Bruschi

• Department of Pharmacological Sciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

  R. Paoletti

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