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Hormone Therapy: A Clinical Handbook provides a comprehensive overview on hormone replacement therapy, with a range of key features that differentiate it from other titles on the topic. This concise, handy title presents an interdisciplinary approach to the subject, acknowledging that sex hormones affect more than reproductive organs and hot flushes for a deeper understanding of how hormones function. The authors provide a breadth and depth of practical prescribing experience, including many helpful tables and algorithms as well as directions for prescribing hormone therapy in the most effective and safest ways possible.  Targeted and easy to read, Hormone Therapy: A Clinical Handbook offers all clinicians the state-of-the-art information they need to prescribe hormone therapy and hormone replacement therapy.

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Author:   Katherine Sherif ,  Morris Notelovitz
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Edition:   2013 ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 12.70cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 20.40cm
Weight:   1.672kg
ISBN:  

9781461462675

ISBN 10:   1461462673
Pages:   127
Publication Date:   14 May 2013
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Definitions of Menopause and Biological Actions of Sex Steroids.- Principles of Practice.- Medical Association Guidelines, post--2002/Women’s Health Initiative Findings.- Perimenopausal Symptoms: Hot Flushes and Night Sweats; Sleep Disturbances; Urogenital Discomfort; Sexual Libido Issues; Mood and Cognitive Changes.- Bio-identical Hormones: Compounded and Non-Compounded.- Transdermal Estrogen as Preferred Prescription for Perimenopausal Symptom Relief, and the Role of Progesterone.- The Significance of Hormone Routes of Administration.- Hormone Therapy: Individualizing Treatment Based Upon Perimenopausal Symptoms.- FAQ: HT Prescription.-Evaluation of Abnormal Menstrual Bleeding.- FAQ: Ending HT.- FAQ: HT and Other Conditions: Uterine Fibroids, Autoimmune Disease, Hypothyroidism and History of Breast Cancer.- History of HT Use: Controversies and Confusions.- The 2002 Women’s Health Initiative Study (WHI): What Did It Prove or Disprove? Future Directions.

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Katherine Sherif, MD, FACP Drexel University College of Medicine, Drexel Center for Women's Health, Philadelphia, PA, USA Morris Notelovitz MD, PhD, MB.BCh, FRCOG,FACOG Adult Women's Health Alliance, Boca Raton, FL, USA

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