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Menopause, Postmenopause and Ageing book cover

1st Edition

Menopause, Postmenopause and Ageing

Edited By Margaret Rees, Tony Mander, Louis Keith Copyright 2005
118 Pages
by CRC Press

118 Pages
by CRC Press
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Women live longer than men and one-third of the female population in Western societies is aged over 50. Postmenopausal health problems arising not only from ageing, but also from oestrogen deficiency, are therefore 'hot topics' for medical professionals. The third in a series published on behalf of the British Menopause Society, this book is authored by an international team of specialists who... Read more

Section 1: Determinants of disease Covers osteoporosis, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, dementia, breast, gynaecological and bowel cancers. Section 2: Common condition Covers the pathology, effects of ageing and oestrogen levels, symptoms, impact on women's lives, who and how to investigate, drug and non-drug therapies in the following conditions: dementia, myocardial infarction, stroke, osteoporosis, arthritis, incontinence. Section 3: Care of an ageing population, Caring at home, providing residential care.

Biography

Margaret Rees is a Medical Gynaecologist and Reader in Reproductive Medicine in the Nuffield Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Oxford. Tony Mander is a practising Consultant Gynaecologist, is deputy editor of the Journal of the British Menopause Society and honorary clinical teacher in Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Manchester University. Guest Editor Louis Keith is Emeritus Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago.

This concise text will, indeed, be helpful to gynaecologists, general practitioners, physicians and health professionals involved with the care of aging women.
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