Menopause

Part I. Biological Background

1. Menopause, A Stage in the Life of Women
Gita Mishra

2. Menopause: The Concepts and the Biological Background
Antonio Cano

3. Primary Ovarian Insufficiency
Agnieszka Podfigurna, Adam Czyzyk, Monika Grymowicz, Roman Smolarczyk, Blazej Meczekalski

Part II. Impact of Estrogen Depletion on Symptoms and Quality of Life

4. Clinical Symptoms and Quality of Life: Hot Flashes and Mood
Plácido Llaneza

5. Clinical Symptoms and Quality of Life: Insomnia and Muscle/Joint Aches
Juan Enrique Blümel, Eugenio Arteaga

6. Genitourinary Syndrome of the Menopause: Vaginal Health and Microbiota
Maria Jesús Cancelo-Hidalgo, Laura Barrera Coello

7. Sexual Health
Nicolás Mendoza Ladrón Guevara, Ana Rosa Jurado

Part III. The Impact of Estrogen Depletion on Disease Susceptibility

8. Postmenopausal Osteoporosis
Antonio Cano, Miguel Ángel García-Pérez

9. The Metabolic Syndrome in Mid-Aged Women
Faustino R. Pérez-López, Peter Chedraui

10. The Impact of Estrogen Decline on Other Noncommunicable Diseases
Esperanza Navarro-Pardo, Tomi S. Mikkola, Tommaso Simoncini, Marta Millán, María Dolores Juliá, Antonio Cano

Part IV. Management of Menopause

11. Hormone Therapy (I): Estrogens, Progestogens, and Androgens
Francisco Quereda

12. Hormone Therapy (II): Tibolone, The TSEC Concept
Santiago Palacios, Mariella Lilue

13. The Impact of Hormone Therapy on the Clinical Symptoms of Menopause
Claudio Hernández-Angeles, Camil Castelo-Branco

14. The Impact of Hormone Therapy on Health
Esperanza Navarro-Pardo, Tomi S. Mikkola, Tommaso Simoncini, Marta Millán, María Dolores Juliá, Antonio Cano

15. Non-Hormonal Management of the Menopause
Jenifer Sassarini, Mary Ann Lumsden

16. Complementary and Alternative Therapies for Menopausal Vasomotor Symptoms
María Fernanda Garrido Oyarzún, Camil Castelo-Branco

17. Lifestyle: Physical Activity
Nicolás Mendoza Ladrón Guevara, Carlos Teresa Galván

18. Nutritional Management of Menopausal Women
Annamaria Colao

Part V. Menopause in the Context of Healthy Ageing

19. Frailty and Comorbidities. Frailty in Women
Esperanza Navarro-Pardo, Patricia Villacampa-Fernández, Ruth E. Hubbard, Emily Gordon

20. Dynapenia and Sarcopenia During Female Midlife
Faustino R. Pérez-López

21. The Health Challenges at Menopause and Midlife: Sustainability, ICT Technology and Patient Empowerment
Antonio Cano, Vicente Traver

Keywords: Medicine & Public Health, Gynecology, Internal Medicine, Nursing