Reproductive Endocrinology And Fertility

REPRODUCTIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY AND INFERTILITY CURRENT TRENDS AND DEVELOPMENTS......Page 1
PREFACE......Page 3
CONTRIBUTORS......Page 8
CONTENTS......Page 6
CHAPTER 1: CONTRACEPTION FOR WOMEN OVER AGE 40 YEARS......Page 11
I. FERTILITY AND FECUNDITY IN WOMEN OVER THE AGE OF 40 YEARS......Page 12
III. PERMANENT METHODS STERILIZATION......Page 14
A. ORAL CONTRACEPTIVES......Page 16
A. IMPLANTS......Page 17
A. INTRAUTERINE DEVICES......Page 18
VII. BARRIER CONTRACEPTIVES......Page 19
PROGESTIN-ONLY CONTRACEPTIVES......Page 20
LIPID DISORDERS......Page 21
C. OSTEOPOROSIS......Page 22
MIGRAINE HEADACHES......Page 23
SEIZURE DISORDERS......Page 24
H. GYNECOLOGICAL DISORDERS......Page 25
I. INTERACTION OF OC’S WITH OTHER MEDICATIONS......Page 26
REFERENCES......Page 27
CHAPTER 2: ULTRALOW-DOSE ORAL CONTRACEPTION......Page 32
I. MECHANISM OF ACTION OF ORAL CONTRACEPTIVES......Page 33
III. BENEFITS OF ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE THERAPY......Page 34
A. THROMBOEMBOLIC DISEASE......Page 37
B. CANCER......Page 39
C. EFFECT ON LIPIDS......Page 40
E. MIGRAINE HEADACHES......Page 41
G. SICKLE CELL DISEASE......Page 42
VI. CONCLUSIONS......Page 43
REFERENCES......Page 44
I. INTRODUCTION......Page 48
A. HORMONAL ACTIVITY IN POSTMENOPAUSAL WOMEN......Page 49
B. ANDROGEN THERAPY AND SEXUAL FUNCTION......Page 50
B. VASOMOTOR SYMPTOMS......Page 52
A. ESTRADIOL, ANDROGENS AND THE RISK OF FRACTURE......Page 53
B. EFFECTS OF ESTROGENS AND ANDROGENS ON BONE PHYSIOLOGY......Page 54
C. ESTROGEN ? ANDROGEN THERAPY AND BONE MINERAL DENSITY......Page 55
B. EFFECTS ON VASODILATION......Page 57
VI. EFFECTS ON ENDOMETRIUM AND BREASTS......Page 59
VII. EFFECTS ON THE BRAIN......Page 60
VIII. CONCLUSIONS......Page 61
REFERENCES......Page 62
I. INTRODUCTION......Page 65
II. THE RISK OF ENDOMETRIAL CANCER IN WOMEN TAKING HRT......Page 66
III. HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY IN ENDOMETRIAL CANCER PATIENTS......Page 69
IV. THE RISK OF BREAST CANCER IN WOMEN TAKING HRT......Page 70
V. THE RISK OF BREAST CANCER IN WOMEN TAKING SELECTIVE ESTROGEN RECEPTOR MODULATORS......Page 72
VI. HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY IN WOMEN WITH A HISTORY OF BREAST CANCER......Page 73
VII. THE RISK OF CERVICAL CANCER IN WOMEN TAKING HRT......Page 75
IX. THE RISK OF OVARIAN CANCER IN WOMEN TAKING HRT......Page 76
XI. THE RISK OF COLORECTAL CANCER IN WOMEN TAKING HRT......Page 78
XII. THE RISK OF THYROID CANCER IN WOMEN TAKING HRT......Page 79
ADDENDUM......Page 80
REFERENCES......Page 81