Hormones and Women's Health: The Reproductive Years

Description

With contributions from clinicians and scientists Hormones and Women's Health examines the latest research and its application in clinical and basic science. This book will interest a wide audience concerned with women's health from the viewpoint of endocrinology, gynaecology and general practice and will provide graduate students and practising clinicians in these disciplines with a valuable... Read more

1. Puberty: The Transition to Womanhood 2. Hormones, Genes and the Adolescent Way of Life 3. Ovarian Development: Foetus to Puberty 4. Hormone Replacement Therapy in Adolescent Girls and Young Women 5. Adolescent Health and its Management 6. Fertility and Infertility: Neural Basis for Anovulation 7. Ovulation is Timed by the Brain 8. Leptin and the Neuroendocrine Regulation of Nutrition and Reproduction 9. Ovarian Function 10. Factors Affecting Follicular Development and Maturation 11. Genetic and Environmental Origins of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome 12. Ovarian Cancers: Inhibin as a New Screening Test 13. Premenstrual Syndrome 14. Ovarian Stimulation 15. Ovarian Induction 16. Cancer After Infertility and IVF 17. Uterine Function and Dysfunction 18. Mechanisms of Menstruation and Abnormal Uterine Bleeding 19. Endometriosis: Why and How? 20. Uterine Fibroids 21. Treatment of Menorrhagia in Younger Women 22. Steroidal Contraception 23. Steroid Hormone Action - Consequences of Receptor Binding 24. Benefits and Risks of Steroid Contraception 25. Depot Medroxyprogesterone Acetate Contraception and Reduced Bone Mineral Density 26. Cardioprotective Consequences of Oral Contraception? 27. Female Contraception in China 28. Pregnancy and its Outcomes 29. Molecular Aspects of Human Implantation 30. Serum Markers of Pregnancy Well-Being 31. Regulation of Parturition: the Role of CRH