The Controversial Climacteric: The workshop moderators’ reports presented at the Third International Congress on the Menopause, held in Ostend, Belgium, in June 1981, under the auspices of the International Menopause Society

✍ Scribed by P. A. van Keep, W. H. Utian, A. Vermeulen (auth.), P. A. van Keep, W. H. Utian, A. Vermeulen (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Year: 1982
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 187
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Three International Congresses on the Menopause have been held during the last five years, evidence of the explosive increase in the scient­ ific study of this subject. The first, held in La Grande Motte, near Montpellier, France, inJune 1976, was designed to provide a consensus on menopause research (van Keep et al., 1976). The second, held in Jerusalem, was planned to assess the developing research (van Keep et al., 1979). The objective of the third congress, convened inJune 1981 in Ostend, Belgium, under the auspices of the International Menopause Society, was to explore areas of controversy in basic understanding and in the therapeutic advances relating to the climacteric. The workshop moderators were selected because of their acknow­ ledged leadership in menopause research, and each was invited to arrange a workshop on a specific area of interest or concern. The moderators, whilst being given a free hand as far as the selection of invited speakers was concerned, were asked to allow plenty of time for open discussion. In particular, they were encouraged to stimulate debate about controversial issues.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
Gonadal function in the ageing male....Pages 1-8
The pre-menopause....Pages 9-18
Sociological aspects of mid-life....Pages 19-28
Some biochemical consequences of post-menopausal hormone replacement treatment....Pages 29-37
Psycho-sexual aspects of mid-life....Pages 39-49
The breast....Pages 51-60
Neuroendocrine changes in the peri-menopause....Pages 61-71
Hysterectomy....Pages 73-79
Androgens in post-menopausal women....Pages 81-86
The peri-menopause at the cellular level....Pages 87-93
Osteoporosis....Pages 95-101
Potency and hepato-cellular effects of oestrogens after oral, percutaneous, and subcutaneous administration....Pages 103-125
Progestins in the peri-menopause....Pages 127-136
Epidemiologic aspects of the benefits and risks of oestrogen therapy....Pages 137-145
Menopause clinics: purpose, function and international comparisons....Pages 147-161
Back Matter....Pages 163-182

✦ Subjects

Gynecology