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Endocrinology : Basic and Clinical Principles
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat28497
edited by Shlomo Melmed, P. Michael Conn.
(2nd ed.)
--Totowa, NJ:
Humana Press
, c2005.
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- Online
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- Author
- Melmed, Shlomo
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- Conn, P. Michael
- Responsibility
- edited by Shlomo Melmed, P. Michael Conn
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Place of Publication
- Totowa, NJ
- Publisher
- Humana Press
- Date of Publication
- c2005
- ISBN
- 9781592598298
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Endocrinology
- Hormones
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Endocrinology
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Evidence-Based Endocrinology
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat29012
edited by Victor M. Montori.
--Totowa, NJ:
Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
, c2006.
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- Online
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- Author
- Montori, Victor M
- Responsibility
- edited by Victor M. Montori
- Place of Publication
- Totowa, NJ
- Publisher
- Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
- Date of Publication
- c2006
- Series Title
- Contemporary endocrinology (Totowa, N.J.)
- ISBN
- 9781597450089
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Endocrine System Diseases
- Endocrinology
- Evidence-Based Medicine
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Endocrinology
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Developing women leaders : a guide for men and women in organizations
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat27986
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- Author
- Valerio, Anna Marie
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Date of Publication
- 2010
- Series Title
- Talent management essentials
- ISBN
- 9781444315967
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Leadership
- Organizations
- Staff Development
- Women
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Female Alopecia : Guide to Successful Management
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat32627
Ralph M. Trüeb.
--Berlin, Heidelberg:
Springer
, c2013.
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Few dermatologic problems carry as many emotional overtones as hair loss in women, which is by far the most common hair problem encountered in daily clinical practice. Fortunately, a specific diagnosis can usually be established through a detailed patient history, examination of the scalp and pattern of hair loss, a simple pull test, dermoscopy of the scalp and hair (trichoscopy), a few pertinent screening blood tests, and, in selected cases, a scalp biopsy. Once the diagnosis has been establis…
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- Author
- Trüeb, Ralph M
- Responsibility
- Ralph M. Trüeb
- Place of Publication
- Berlin, Heidelberg
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2013
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xiv, 204 p. : 65 ill., 61 ill. in color)
- ISBN
- 9783642355035
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Alopecia - therapy
- Women
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Dermatology
- Gynecology
- Abstract
- Few dermatologic problems carry as many emotional overtones as hair loss in women, which is by far the most common hair problem encountered in daily clinical practice. Fortunately, a specific diagnosis can usually be established through a detailed patient history, examination of the scalp and pattern of hair loss, a simple pull test, dermoscopy of the scalp and hair (trichoscopy), a few pertinent screening blood tests, and, in selected cases, a scalp biopsy. Once the diagnosis has been established, treatment appropriate to the diagnosis is likely to control the problem. The aim of this comprehensively illustrated monograph is to provide both specialists and primary care physicians with the practical know-how required for successful management of hair loss in female patients of all ages. The book opens by critically examining myths about hair loss. The different examination techniques are then described, and the various forms of hair loss and their treatment are discussed in detail. Approaches to follow-up are outlined, and the management of patient expectations is carefully considered. The potential role of hair care and cosmetics is also explored in some depth.
- Contents
- 1. Introduction -- Historical Myths: Experiments on Hair Loss Cures -- Age-Old Myths: Popular or Layman's Myths -- Physician's Myths: Don't Believe Everything You Hear on Hair -- 2. Examining Hair Loss in Women -- Patient History -- Clinical Examination -- Trichoscopy -- Trichogram -- Laboratory Work-Up -- Scalp Biopsy -- Quantifying Hair Loss -- Hair Database Sheet -- 3. Diagnosis and Treatment -- Telogen Effluvium -- Iron Deficiency -- Postpartum Hair Loss -- Seasonal Hair Shedding -- Female Androgenetic Alopecia -- Menopause -- Effect of Cigarette Smoking and UV Radiation -- Hair Aging -- Alopecia with Scarring Phenomena -- Traumatic Alopecia -- Trichotillomania and Related Disorders -- Imaginary Hair Loss (Psychogenic Pseudoeffluvium) -- Trichodynia and Red Scalp -- Concept of Multigargeted Treatment -- Dystrophic Anagen Effluvium -- Chemotherapy-Induced Hair Loss -- Radiation-Induced Hair Loss -- Toxic Alopecia -- Alopecia Areata -- Loose Anagen Hair and Short Anagen Hair of Childhood -- 4. Follow-Up -- Global Photographic Assessment -- Hair Loss-Related Life Quality Index -- Patient Compliance Issues -- 5. Patient Expectation Management -- Listening to the Patient -- Adjustment Disorders -- Tackling Side-Effects -- Hair Prosthesis -- 6. Hair Care and Cosmetics -- Hair Weathering -- Shampoos -- Conditioners -- Hairstyling Aids -- Hair Dyes -- Cosmetic Treatment for Aging Hair -- Adverse Effects of Cosmetic Hair Treatments -- 7. Epilogue: Female Hair in Christian Iconography.
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- e-Book
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- Online
Nutrition and Diet in Menopause
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat40674
Caroline J. Hollins Martin, Ronald Ross Watson, Victor R. Preedy, editors.
--Totowa, NJ:
Humana Press
, c2013.
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Nutrition and Diet in Menopause is a single comprehensive source that will provide readers with an understanding of menopause. Holistic in its approach, this volume is divided into five sections covering psychological, endocrine and lifestyle factors, metabolism and physiology, bone and nutrition, cancer and nutrition, cardiovascular factors and dietary supplements in menopause. In-depth chapters review the potential long term consequences of menopause on the overall health of women, not only a…
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- Hollins Martin, Caroline J
- Watson, Ronald Ross
- Preedy, Victor R
- Responsibility
- Caroline J. Hollins Martin, Ronald Ross Watson, Victor R. Preedy, editors
- Place of Publication
- Totowa, NJ
- Publisher
- Humana Press
- Date of Publication
- c2013
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xxviii, 469 p. : 133 illus., 37 illus. in color)
- Series
- Nutrition and Health
- Series Title
- Nutrition and health (Totowa, N.J.)
- ISBN
- 9781627033732
- 9781627033725 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Diet Therapy
- Menopause - physiology
- Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
- Women
- Abstract
- Nutrition and Diet in Menopause is a single comprehensive source that will provide readers with an understanding of menopause. Holistic in its approach, this volume is divided into five sections covering psychological, endocrine and lifestyle factors, metabolism and physiology, bone and nutrition, cancer and nutrition, cardiovascular factors and dietary supplements in menopause. In-depth chapters review the potential long term consequences of menopause on the overall health of women, not only at the physical level including hot flushes (flashes) , alterations to the genitourinary system, skin changes, decreased cardiovascular functions, hypertension, headache, back pain, and constipation. Written by international leaders and trendsetters, Nutrition and Diet in Menopause is essential reading for endocrinologists, cardiologists, nutritionists and all health care professionals who are interested in women's health.
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- Part I. Overview and general aspects -- 1. An overview of the extent and nature of menopause and its physiological basis -- 2. Body composition and menopausal transition: a bioanthropological perspective -- 3. Menopause-related physiological changes and their possible control through diet and exercise -- 4. The role of polyphenols in the menopause -- Part II. Bone and muscle -- 5. Intestinal Calcium Absorption Efficiency in Women and the Influence of Menopause -- 6. Calcium absorption from fortified soymilk in osteopenic postmenopausal women -- 7. Postmenopausal homocysteine, vitamin B12, folate levels and bone metabolism: a focus on fractures -- 8. Antioxidant vitamins and carotenoids associated with bone mineral density in post-menopause female subjects: Japanese perspectives -- 9. Soy protein isoflavones and their effect on bone in postmenopausal women -- 10. S-equol, a Natural Metabolite of Soy Daidzein, for the Treatment of Menopausal Symptoms and Osteoporosis in Postmenopausal Women -- 11. Tofu in menopause therapy and prevention -- 12. Dietary Phytoestrogens in Preventing Osteoporosis in Postmenopausal Women: Italian Aspects -- 13. Curcumin and its potential effects on the development of postmenopausal osteoporosis -- 14. Menopause and Sarcopenia: Dietary and Nutritional Aspects -- Part III. Cardiovascular system, metabolism and cancer -- 15. Effects of Flaxseed on Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors in Menopause -- 16. Magnesium Metabolism in Menopause -- 17. Effect of Folic Acid Supplementation in Post-Menopausal Women -- 18. Use of diet and myo-inositol in postmenopausal women: a new approach to the metabolic syndrome -- 19. Leptin and obesity in ovarian dysfunction in menopause -- 20. Fat and Fat Distribution in Menopause: Chinese Aspects -- 21. Nutrition and breast cancer in pre- and post-menopausal women in Uruguay -- 22. Obesity, Nutrition and Cancer in Menopause: European Perspectives -- 23. Vitamin D and the menopause: a focus on apoptosis in cancer -- 24. Gynecological malignancies and diet in menopause: From the biological and epidemiological viewpoints -- Part IV. Psychological Aspects and Cognitive Function -- 25. The psychology of the menopause: the experiences during the transition and individual conceptualization of menopause -- 26. Cognitive Decline in Menopause -- 27. An overview of menopausal dietary supplements and cognition -- 28. Black Cohosh for the Menopausal Transition: Issues of Safety and Efficacy -- Part V. Preclinical studies: implications for human health -- 29. Animal models of menopausal metabolism -- 30. Phytoestrogen -zearalanol in an animal model of menopause -- 31. Flaxseed and Bone Health in Animal Models of Menopause -- 32. Flavonoids of Herba Epimedii and bone metabolism in experimental ovarian deficiency -- 33. Dietary Plant Maslinic Acid in Ovariectomy Model of Menopause -- 34. Interlinking Diet, Nutrition, the Menopause and Recommended Resources.
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Compact clinical guide to women's pain management : an evidence-based approach for nurses
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat31312
Yvonne D’Arcy.
--New York, NY:
Springer Publishing Company
, c2014.
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- Online
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- Author
- D'Arcy, Yvonne M
- Responsibility
- Yvonne D’Arcy
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Publisher
- Springer Publishing Company
- Date of Publication
- c2014
- Series
- Compact clinical guide
- Series Title
- Compact clinical guide series
- ISBN
- 9780826193865 (PDF ebook)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Evidence-Based Nursing
- Pain Management - methods
- Pain - drug therapy
- Women
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
The active female : health issues throughout the lifespan
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat33318
Jacalyn J. Robert-McComb, Reid L. Norman, Mimi Zumwalt, editors.
(Second edition)
--New York:
Springer
, c2014.
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The purpose of the The Active Female: Health Issues Throughout the Lifespan, 2nd Edition is twofold: (1) to increase the awareness of wellness and fitness issues for active females and their family members; and (2) to provide an avenue for medical practitioners, allied health professionals, health educators, and certified individuals in sports medicine to gain critical, updated knowledge of a field specific to active females. Part I of the book offers a foundation to help the reader understand …
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- Robert-McComb, Jacalyn J
- Norman, Reid L
- Zumwalt, Mimi
- Responsibility
- Jacalyn J. Robert-McComb, Reid L. Norman, Mimi Zumwalt, editors
- Edition
- Second edition
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2014
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xxiii, 595 pages)
- ISBN
- 9781461488842 (electronic bk.)
- 9781461488835
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Health Promotion
- Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
- Physical Fitness
- Women
- Women's Health
- Abstract
- The purpose of the The Active Female: Health Issues Throughout the Lifespan, 2nd Edition is twofold: (1) to increase the awareness of wellness and fitness issues for active females and their family members; and (2) to provide an avenue for medical practitioners, allied health professionals, health educators, and certified individuals in sports medicine to gain critical, updated knowledge of a field specific to active females. Part I of the book offers a foundation to help the reader understand the interrelationship among body image concerns, the female reproductive cycle, and musculoskeletal anatomy/physiology of females that makes their health risks and concerns unique. Reproductive health is discussed by a prominent researcher in reproduction/endocrinology. An overview of the Female Athlete Triad which is a syndrome of three interrelated conditions (isordered eating, menstrual disturbances and bone loss) is presented in Part II. Physicians and certified professionals in sports medicine discuss the individual components of the triad, relating not only to the athletic female but also to the recreationally active woman throughout the lifespan. In Part III, Prevention and management of common musculoskeletal injuries is addressed by a female orthopedic surgeon who sub-specializes in treating female athletes. Finally, appropriate exercise and nutritional guidelines for active females are discussed in Parts IV-V of the book by certified professionals and licensed physicians in sports medicine. An invaluable addition to the literature, The Active Female: Health Issues Throughout the Lifespan, 2nd Edition will be of great interest to physicians, allied health care practitioners, medical/other wellness educators, and students who are interested in advancing women's health issues. Sports medicine specialists, family practitioners, gynecologists, team physicians, residents in sports medicine, athletic trainers, health educators, nurses, physicians assistants, physical therapists, sport psychologists, counselors, athletic trainers, and other members of the sports medicine team should also find this title of significant interest.
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- [Machne generated contents note] pt. I Focusing on Active Female's Health Issues: Unique Gender Related Psychological and Physiological Characteristics of Females -- 1. Body Image Concerns Throughout the Lifespan / Marilyn Massey-Stokes -- 2. Reproductive Changes in the Female Lifespan / Reid L. Norman -- 3. Considerations of Sex Differences in Musculoskeletal Anatomy / C. Roger James -- 4. The Human Menstrual Cycle / Reid L. Norman -- 5. Abnormal Menstrual Cycles / Reid L. Norman -- 6. Nutritional, Physical, and Psychological Stress and Functional Amenorrhea / Melissa R. Inigo -- 7. Effects of the Menstrual Cycle on the Acquisition of Peak Bone Mass / Brittany Dowling -- pt. II Disordered Eating Issues in the Active Female -- 8. Menstrual Dysfunction Screening and Management for Active Females / Jennifer J. Mitchell -- 9. Eating Disorders and Disordered Eating: A Global Perspective / Maesy Indigo -- 10. Disordered Eating Issues in Active Children and Adolescence / Lesley Carraway -- 11. The Physiology of Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa / Annette Gary -- 12. The Female Athletic Triad: Disordered Eating, Amenorrhea, and Osteoporosis / Andrew Cisneros -- 13. Screening for Disordered Eating and Eating Disorders in Female Athletes / Jacalyn J. Robert-McComb -- 14. Evidence-Based Disordered Eating Prevention Programs for Active Females / Anna M. Tacon -- pt. III Prevention and Management of Common Musculoskeletal Injuries in Active Females -- 15. Prevention and Management of Common Musculoskeletal Injuries in Preadolescent and Adolescent Female Athletes / Brittany Dowling -- 16. Prevention and Management of Common Musculoskeletal Injuries in the Adult Female Athlete / Brittany Dowling -- 17. Prevention and Management of Common Exercise-Related Musculoskeletal Injuries During Pregnancy / Brittany Dowling -- 18. Prevention and Management of Common Musculoskeletal Injuries in the Aging Female Athlete / Brittany Dowling -- 19. Osteoporosis and Current Therapeutic Management / Kellie F. Flood-Shaffer -- pt. IV Exercise Guidelines and Precautions for Active Females -- 20. Traditional and Nontraditional Empirically Based Exercise Programs for Active Females / Anna M. Tacon -- 21. Cardiovascular Exercise Guidelines for Children and Adolescent Women / Maria Fernandez-del-Valle -- 22. Resistance Training Guidelines for Active Females Throughout the Lifespan: Children, Adolescences, Adult Women, and the Aging Woman / Tyrel S. McCravens -- 23. Exercise Precautions for the Female Athlete: Signs of Overtraining / Lauren Gates -- 24. Excessive Exercise and Immunity: The J-Shaped Curve / Anna M. Tacon -- 25. Screening Tools for Excessive Exercise in the Active Female / Maria Fernandez-del-Valle -- 26. Exercise Prescription and Pregnancy / Jacalyn J. Robert-McComb -- pt. V Nutrition, Energy Balance, and Weight Control -- 27. Estimating Energy Requirements / Eduardo Iglesias-Gutierrez -- 28. Nutritional Guidelines for Active Children / Eduardo Iglesias-Gutierrez -- 29. Nutritional Guidelines and Energy Needs for the Female Athlete: Preventing Low Energy Availability and Functional Amenorrhea Through Diet / Angela Garcia Gonzalez -- 30. Ergogenic Aids and the Female Athlete / Fernando Naclerio -- 31. Nutritional Guidelines and Energy Needs During Pregnancy and Lactation / Lesley Carraway -- 32. Nutritional Guidelines, Energy Balance, and Weight Control: Issues for the Aging Active Female / Jose E. Almaraz Marroquin.
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- e-Book
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- Online
Musculoskeletal health in women
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat33552
Elinor Mody, Elizabeth Matzkin, editors.
--London:
Springer
, c2014.
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Musculoskeletal Health in Women aims to provide fitness advice tailored to women. As women are more prone to specific injuries than men are, due to differences in hip and knee anatomy as well as hormonal differences, this book will provides a fully-illustrated and comprehensive overview of all aspects including energy availability (which is affected by eating disorders), osteoporosis, and menstrual function.
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- Matzkin, Elizabeth
- Mody, Elinor
- Responsibility
- Elinor Mody, Elizabeth Matzkin, editors
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2014
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xii, 144 pages)
- ISBN
- 9781447147121 (electronic bk.)
- 9781447147114
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Exercise Therapy - methods
- Musculoskeletal Diseases - therapy
- Musculoskeletal Physiological Phenomena
- Sex Factors
- Women
- Women's Health
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Musculoskeletal system - Sex differences
- Musculoskeletal system - Wounds and injuries
- Physical fitness for women
- Musculoskeletal System
- Sex Characteristics
- Wounds and Injuries
- Physical Fitness
- Women
- Abstract
- Musculoskeletal Health in Women aims to provide fitness advice tailored to women. As women are more prone to specific injuries than men are, due to differences in hip and knee anatomy as well as hormonal differences, this book will provides a fully-illustrated and comprehensive overview of all aspects including energy availability (which is affected by eating disorders), osteoporosis, and menstrual function.
- Contents
- 1. The Female Athlete Triad -- 2. Nutritional Recommendations for the Young and Aging Female -- 3. Womens Bone Health: Breathing Life into the Skeleton -- 4. Upper Limb Nerve Entrapment Syndromes -- 5. Lower Limb Nerve Entrapment Syndromes -- 6. Osteoarthritis and Gender-Specific Joint Replacement -- 7. Nutraceuticals: An Alternative for Osteoarthritis Management -- 8. Alternative Exercise for Women.
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- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Contraception for adolescent and young adult women
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat33609
Amy Whitaker, Melissa Gilliam, editors.
--New York:
Springer
, c2014.
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Now more than ever there is a need for youth to learn about and use contraception consistently and effectively. Contraception for Adolescent and Young Adult Womenis a valuable resource for gynecologists and primary care practitioners who are on the front lines when it comes to discussing, recommending, and prescribing contraceptive options to adolescent and young adult women. The book is filled with evidence-based information presented in an easy-to-access format, ideal for the busy clinician w…
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- Whitaker, Amy
- Gilliam, Melissa
- Responsibility
- Amy Whitaker, Melissa Gilliam, editors
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2014
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xi, 250 pages)
- ISBN
- 9781461465799 (electronic bk.)
- 1461465796 (electronic bk.)
- 1461465788 (print)
- 9781461465782 (print)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Women
- Young Adult
- Contraception - methods
- Adolescent Health Services
- Women's Health Services
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Contraception
- Abstract
- Now more than ever there is a need for youth to learn about and use contraception consistently and effectively. Contraception for Adolescent and Young Adult Womenis a valuable resource for gynecologists and primary care practitioners who are on the front lines when it comes to discussing, recommending, and prescribing contraceptive options to adolescent and young adult women. The book is filled with evidence-based information presented in an easy-to-access format, ideal for the busy clinician who needs information at his or her fingertips. The first chapter answers the question 'why is contraception important in this population?' and outlines the basics of the initial clinical visit. The book continues by covering each method of contraception currently available, and concludes with a survey of special issues pertinent to young women. In its entirety, the content lays the groundwork for helping providers improve clinical practice in contraceptive care, tailored to the unique needs of young women. This book serves as an excellent reference for family physicians, adolescent medicine physicians, gynecologists, and anyone who wishes to learn and implement best contraceptive counseling and provision practices.
- Contents
- Contraceptive Care for Adolescents -- The Intrauterine Device -- Progestin-Only Contraception -- Combined Hormonal Contraception -- Barrier Methods -- Emergency Contraception -- Emerging Methods and Methods Not Available in the United States -- Adolescents Who Are Obese -- Adolescents with Medical Illness -- Adolescents with Disabilities -- Postpartum Contraception for Adolescents -- Sexuality Education -- Legal and Policy Issues in Adolescent Contraceptive Care -- Pregnancy Options Counseling.
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- e-Book
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- Online
Management of cardiovascular disease in women
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat33719
Hanna Z. Mieszczanska, Gladys P. Velarde, editors.
--London:
Springer
, c2014.
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This book summarizes the great progress in the treatment of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Due to improved therapies, preventive strategies and increased public awareness, CVD mortality has been on the decline for both genders. Unfortunately, the decline has been less prominent for women, and CVD remains the leading cause of mortality for women in the United States and is responsible for a third of all deaths of women worldwide. Management of Cardiovascular Disease in Women provides a comprehens…
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- Mieszczanska, Hanna Z
- Velarde, Gladys P
- Responsibility
- Hanna Z. Mieszczanska, Gladys P. Velarde, editors
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2014
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xx, 462 pages)
- ISBN
- 9781447155171 (electronic bk.)
- 9781447155164
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Women
- Abstract
- This book summarizes the great progress in the treatment of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Due to improved therapies, preventive strategies and increased public awareness, CVD mortality has been on the decline for both genders. Unfortunately, the decline has been less prominent for women, and CVD remains the leading cause of mortality for women in the United States and is responsible for a third of all deaths of women worldwide. Management of Cardiovascular Disease in Women provides a comprehensive overview of differences in cardiac problems in women including the challenges and limitations of the available literature. Unique aspects to women's heart health such as pregnancy, the impact of emotional stress and other psychosocial issues are discussed by leading experts in the field. They therefore provide important insight to cardiovascular care in women, making this book an essential resource for a wide range of practitioners including cardiologists, primary care providers, internists, and reproductive healthcare professionals.
- Contents
- Part I. Epidemiology, Classification, Guidelines -- 1. Cardiovascular Disease in Women: Epidemiology of Cardiovascular Disease in Women- Sex Differences in Disease Incidence and Prevalence. Population Representation, Diversity, Disparities -- 2. Classification of Cardiovascular Disease Risk and Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Women -- Part II. Diagnosis, Evaluation and Treatment of Specific Conditions in Women -- 3. Gender Differences in Clinical Manifestation and Pathophysiology of Ischemic Heart Disease: A Gender Paradox -- 4. Noninvasive Diagnosis of Coronary Artery Disease in Women -- 5. Management of Stable Ischemic Heart Disease in Women -- 6. Invasive Therapy for Women Presenting with Acute Coronary Syndromes -- 7. Coronary Artery Bypass Graft, Valvular, and Advanced Heart Failure Surgeries in Women -- 8. Heart Failure and Pulmonary Hypertension in Women -- 9. Valvular Heart Disease in Women -- 10. Arrhythmias in Women: A Practical Approach -- 11. Women with Adult Congenital Heart Disease -- 12. Hypertension in Women -- 13. Impact of Diabetes Mellitus and the Metabolic Syndrome on the Female Heart -- Part III. Pregnancy and Heart Disease -- 14. Heart Disease in Pregnancy -- Part IV. Special Considerations -- 15. Antithrombotic Issues in Women -- 16. Effects of Hormones and Hormone Therapy on Cardiovascular Health in Women -- 17. Gender Considerations in Peripheral Vascular Disease -- 18. A Holistic Integrative Medicine Approach to Cardiovascular Disease -- 19. The Impact of Stress, Depression, and Other Psychosocial Factors on Women’s Cardiovascular Health -- 20. Pharmacotherapy Considerations in Cardiovascular Disease in Women: Therapeutic Implications for Cardiovascular Disease.
- Format
- e-Book
- Location
- Online
Medicines For Women
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat39139
Mira Harrison-Woolrych, editor.
--Cham:
Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Adis
, c2015.
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In this definitive new text, the major medicines, devices and vaccines used by women worldwide are brought together for the first time in a single volume. Written and edited by international experts with an evidence-based approach, Medicines for Women offers a comprehensive summary of all key areas. In the first part, issues relating to female drug exposure and prescribing to subgroups of women--for example during pregnancy and lactation, and to adolescent women--are presented in the context of…
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- Harrison-Woolrych, Mira
- Responsibility
- Mira Harrison-Woolrych, editor
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Adis
- Date of Publication
- c2015
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (viii, 627 p. : 38 illus., 25 illus. in color)
- ISBN
- 9783319124063
- 9783319124056 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Pharmaceutical Preparations
- Sex Factors
- Women
- Women's Health
- Abstract
- In this definitive new text, the major medicines, devices and vaccines used by women worldwide are brought together for the first time in a single volume. Written and edited by international experts with an evidence-based approach, Medicines for Women offers a comprehensive summary of all key areas. In the first part, issues relating to female drug exposure and prescribing to subgroups of women--for example during pregnancy and lactation, and to adolescent women--are presented in the context of contemporary clinical practice. In the second part, specific groups of medicines are reviewed, including oral contraceptives (with an additional chapter on venous thromboembolism), emergency contraception, contraceptive devices, treatment of chronic pelvic pain, hormone replacement therapy, bisphosphonates, herbal medicines for women, and human papilloma virus vaccines. Every chapter reviews and summarizes the efficacy and safety of each group of products and concludes with a useful set of clinical "take-home" messages. In the third part of the book, broader perspectives are presented--from a primary-care overview of prescribing for women, through to regulatory, political and religious aspects, including issues in developing countries. The two final chapters focus on communicating the benefits and risks of medicines for women. This book is aimed at prescribers, other healthcare professionals and students of women's health throughout the world. It is an extremely valuable resource for all in clinical practice, for students of medicine, nursing, pharmacy and related sciences, and also for those in medicines regulation, pharmacovigilance and the pharmaceutical industry.
- Contents
- Part I. Prescribing Medicines for Women: General Principles and Consideration of Special Sub-populations -- 1. Medicines for Women: Medicines for Half the World -- .2 Effects of Sex Differences in the Pharmacokinetics of Drugs and Their Impact on the Safety of Medicines in Women -- 3. Prescribing Medicines to Adolescent Women -- 4. Medication Use in Pregnancy; Treating the Mother: Protecting the Unborn -- Part II. Specific Medicinal Products for Women: Benefits and Risks -- 5. Oral Contraceptives: Benefits and Risks -- 6. Oral Contraceptives and the Risk of Venous Thromboembolism -- 7. Emergency Contraception -- 8. Contraceptive Devices for Women: Implants, Intrauterine Devices and Other Products -- 9. Human Papilloma Virus Vaccines -- 10. Medical Treatment of Chronic Pelvic Pain -- 11. Menopausal Hormone Therapy: A Safety Perspective -- 1.2 Bisphosphonates for Osteoporosis -- 13. Herbal and Complementary Medicines Used for Women’s Health -- Part III. International Perspectives on Medicines for Women and Risk Communication -- 14. A Primary Care Perspective on Prescribing for Women -- 15. A Medicines Regulatory Perspective on Women’s Medicines -- 16. Political and Religious Perspectives on Managing the Risks and Benefits of Women’s Medicines -- 17. Perspectives on Women’s Health and Medicines in Developing Countries -- 18. Perspectives on Risk Communication and Gender Issues -- 19. Risk Communication and Specific Medicines for Women.
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- e-Book
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- Online
The Female Electrocardiogram : Special Repolarization Features, Gender Differences, and the Risk of Adverse Cardiac Events
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat39214
Pentti M. Rautaharju.
--Cham:
Springer
, c2015.
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This book reviews the promising new electrocardiographic (ECG) predictors of cardiac morbidity and mortality with the primary objective being to evaluate gender differences in special ECG features and in ECG predictors for the risk of adverse cardiac events and to explore mechanisms for gender differences in risk predictors. The Female Electrocardiogram elucidates the emergence of gender differences in ECG features and evaluates repolarization-related ECG predictors of various clinical disease …
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- Rautaharju, Pentti M
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- Pentti M. Rautaharju
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2015
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xiv, 141 p. : 35 illus., 24 illus. in color)
- ISBN
- 9783319152936
- 9783319152929 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Coronary Disease - diagnosis
- Electrocardiography - methods
- Risk Factors
- Women
- Women's Health
- Abstract
- This book reviews the promising new electrocardiographic (ECG) predictors of cardiac morbidity and mortality with the primary objective being to evaluate gender differences in special ECG features and in ECG predictors for the risk of adverse cardiac events and to explore mechanisms for gender differences in risk predictors. The Female Electrocardiogram elucidates the emergence of gender differences in ECG features and evaluates repolarization-related ECG predictors of various clinical disease categories with a special scope to interpret the mechanism and gender differences of the findings. The author examines how the predictors of adverse cardiac events are linked to basic electrophysiological finding whenever adequate information is available in this rapidly advances realm of research. The overall goal of the book is to facilitate understanding of the mechanisms and clinical relevance of repolarization abnormalities in both clinical and epidemiological applications, and as such will be of great interest to all who manage patients using ECG whether they be cardiac electrophysiologists, clinical cardiologists, critical care physicians or any medical professional in the disciplines covered.
- Contents
- Special Features of the female electrocardiogram -- Gender Differences Emerging During Adolescence in Heart Rate, QRS Duration and ST Elevation -- The Repolarization Model: Conceptual Considerations -- Electrocardiographic Predictors Coronary Heart Disease Death in Women -- ECG Predictors of Atrial Fibrillation and Heart Failure -- ECG Predictors of Sudden Cardiac Death -- The Utility of the Electrocardiogram in Left Ventricular Hypertrophy -- Ventricular Conduction Defects in Women -- ST-T waveform features, QT and mortality risk -- Statistical expressions for peaked vs. flat T wave and T wave asymmetry.
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- e-Book
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A Time for Metabolism and Hormones
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat43932
Paolo Sassone-Corsi, Yves Christen, editors.
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, c2016.
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Recent years have seen spectacular advances in the field of circadian biology. These have attracted the interest of researchers in many fields, including endocrinology, neurosciences, cancer, and behavior. By integrating a circadian view within the fields of endocrinology and metabolism, researchers will be able to reveal many, yet-unsuspected aspects of how organisms cope with changes in the environment and subsequent control of homeostasis. This field is opening new avenues in our understandi…
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- Sassone-Corsi, Paolo
- Christen, Yves
- Responsibility
- Paolo Sassone-Corsi, Yves Christen, editors
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- SpringerOpen
- Date of Publication
- c2016
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xiii, 132 p.) : 28 illus., 26 illus. in color.
- Series Title
- Research and perspectives in endocrine interactions
- ISBN
- 9783319270692
- 9783319270685 (Print ed.)
- 9783319270708 (Print ed.)
- 9783319800677 (Print ed.)
- ISSN
- 1861-2253
- Specialty
- Endocrinology
- Physiology
- Abstract
- Recent years have seen spectacular advances in the field of circadian biology. These have attracted the interest of researchers in many fields, including endocrinology, neurosciences, cancer, and behavior. By integrating a circadian view within the fields of endocrinology and metabolism, researchers will be able to reveal many, yet-unsuspected aspects of how organisms cope with changes in the environment and subsequent control of homeostasis. This field is opening new avenues in our understanding of metabolism and endocrinology. A panel of the most distinguished investigators in the field gathered together to discuss the present state and the future of the field. The editors trust that this volume will be of use to those colleagues who will be picking up the challenge to unravel how the circadian clock can be targeted for the future development of specific pharmacological strategies toward a number of pathologies.
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- The epigenetic and metabolic language of the circadian clock -- Molecular architecture of the circadian clock in mammals -- Circadian mechanisms in bioenergetics and cell metabolism -- Control of metabolism by central and peripheral clocks in Drosophila -- Circadian post-transcriptional control of metabolism -- Redox and metabolic oscillations in the clockwork -- Rev-erbs: integrating metabolism around the clock -- Control of sleep-wake cycles in Drosophila -- Circadian metabolomics: insights for biology and medicine -- Rhythms within rhythms: the importance of oscillations for glucocorticoid hormones -- The genetics of autism spectrum disorders.
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- Open access
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- e-Book
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Stem Cells in Neuroendocrinology
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat43934
Donald Pfaff, Yves Christen, editors.
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, c2016.
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This volume starts with an elementary introduction covering stem cell methodologies used to produce specific types of neurons, possibilities for their therapeutic use, and warnings of technical problems. In addition the authors report successes in achieving the derivation of a specific type of neuron. The dopamine neuron offers an important example and is discussed in more detail. Additional chapters cover problems obviously approachable with cells derived from stem cells, including their need …
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- Pfaff, Donald W., 1939-
- Christen, Yves
- Responsibility
- Donald Pfaff, Yves Christen, editors
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- SpringerOpen
- Date of Publication
- c2016
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xii, 156 p.) : 16 illus. in color
- Series Title
- Research and perspectives in endocrine interactions
- ISBN
- 9783319416038
- 9783319416021 (Print ed.)
- 9783319416045 (Print ed.)
- 9783319823942 (Print ed.)
- ISSN
- 1861-2253
- Specialty
- Endocrinology
- Neurology
- Transplantation
- Abstract
- This volume starts with an elementary introduction covering stem cell methodologies used to produce specific types of neurons, possibilities for their therapeutic use, and warnings of technical problems. In addition the authors report successes in achieving the derivation of a specific type of neuron. The dopamine neuron offers an important example and is discussed in more detail. Additional chapters cover problems obviously approachable with cells derived from stem cells, including their need in surgeries for pituitary cancers. The last chapter provides an overview of this particular field of research and presents a vision for its future directions.
- Contents
- A brief overview of techniques for modulating neuroendocrine and other neural systems -- Basics of stem cell biology as applied to the brain -- Human pluripotent-derived lineages for repairing hypopituitarism -- Recapitulating hypothalamus and pituitary development using ES/iPS cells -- Regulation of body weight and metabolism by tanycyte-derived neurogenesis in young adult mice -- Genetic dissection of the neuroendocrine and behavioral responses to stressful challenges -- Pituitary stem cells: quest for hidden functions -- Pituitary stem cells during normal physiology and disease -- Epigenetic mechanisms of pituitary cell fate specification -- Advances in stem cells biology: new approaches to understand depression -- Perspective on stem cells in developmental biology, with special reference to neuroendocrine systems.
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- Open access
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- e-Book
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- Online
Percutaneous Treatment of Cardiovascular Diseases in Women
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat41346
Patrizia Presbitero, Julinda Mehilli, Anna Sonia Petronio, editors.
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, 2017.
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This book describes a wide range of interventional procedures currently employed in the treatment of cardiac diseases in women with the aim of enabling not only interventional cardiologists but also cardiologists and cardiac surgeons to refine their approach to female patients and thus improve outcomes. The book reflects the increasing awareness of gender differences with regard to coronary artery disease and structural valve heart disease. Examples include myocardial infarction, which carries …
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- Presbitero, Patrizia
- Mehilli, Julinda
- Petronio, Anna Sonia
- Responsibility
- Patrizia Presbitero, Julinda Mehilli, Anna Sonia Petronio, editors
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- 2017
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (viii, 275 pages) : 58 illus., 50 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9783319396118
- 9783319396095 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Cardiovascular Diseases - surgery
- Cardiovascular Surgical Procedures - methods
- Percutaneous Coronary Intervention - methods
- Sex Factors
- Treatment Outcome
- Women
- Abstract
- This book describes a wide range of interventional procedures currently employed in the treatment of cardiac diseases in women with the aim of enabling not only interventional cardiologists but also cardiologists and cardiac surgeons to refine their approach to female patients and thus improve outcomes. The book reflects the increasing awareness of gender differences with regard to coronary artery disease and structural valve heart disease. Examples include myocardial infarction, which carries a worse prognosis in women in part because they suffer from this disease mostly in the 7th decade of life, present more frequently with hemodynamic instability and later from symptom onset, and have fragile, small and tortuous coronary arteries that are more technically demanding in the context of primary percutaneous coronary intervention. Another example is symptomatic aortic stenosis, which carries a better prognosis in women who undergo trans-catheter aortic valve implantation partially due to a better annulus-prosthesis match, which leads to less residual paravalvular regurgitation, better left ventricular function and lower aggregation of comorbidities. Further, in women left ventricular response to aortic stenosis is typified by muscle hypertrophy with a small ventricular cavity. These differences are reflected in the clinical manifestations and their impact on diagnosis, treatment, and choice of tools and devices for use in interventional procedures. By explaining the at times subtle variances in disease and treatment techniques for female and male patients, this book will help practitioners select the most appropriate procedures and materials in a range of settings.
- Contents
- Part I: Coronary Artery Disease -- 1. Women and invasive diagnostic procedures -- 2. Intracoronary imaging and intracoronary functional tests -- 3. Interventional treatment of stable coronary artery disease in women -- 4. Interventional treatment of Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS): non-ST-elevation ACS (NSTE-ACS) -- 5. Interventional treatment of acute coronary syndrome: ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction -- 6. Peri- and Post-procedural Antithrombotic Therapy in Women -- Part II: Structural Heat Disease -- 7. Aortic valve valvuloplasty -- 8. Transcatheter aortic valve implantation -- 9. Mitral valvuloplasty for mitral stenosis -- 10.Treatment of mitral regurgitation -- 11. Surgical and percutaneous treatment of tricuspid valve insufficiency -- 12. Left atrial appendage closure -- 13. Closure of atrial septal defect and patent foramen ovale -- Part III: Arrhythmia and Conduction Disease -- 14. Ablation of atrial fibrillation in women -- 15. Biventricular pacing in women for heart failure -- Part IV: Peripheral Artery Disease -- 16. Thoracic and abdominal aorta percutaneous treatment -- 17. Treatment of peripheral arteriopathy in women -- 18. Gender Differences in Carotid Artery Stenting -- Part V: Complex Clinical Scenarios -- 19. Percutaneous treatment during pregnancy -- 20. Left ventricular assist devices.
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- e-Book
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- Online
Female Sexual Function and Dysfunction
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat41394
Elisabetta Costantini, Donata Villari, Maria Teresa, editors Filocamo.
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This book discusses all aspects of sexuality in women and in particular explores sexual function and dysfunction in a variety of settings, including the different stages of life and a wide range of major diseases and local conditions. The aim is to refocus attention on the needs and sexual realities of women, providing a fresh point of view that will assist gynecologists, sexual medicine physicians, and urologists in delivery of high-quality care and help women themselves to understand and addr…
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- Costantini, Elisabetta
- Villari, Donata
- Filocamo, Maria Teresa
- Responsibility
- Elisabetta Costantini, Donata Villari, Maria Teresa, editors Filocamo
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- 2017
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (viii, 209 pages) : 22 illus., 21 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9783319417165
- 9783319417141 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Sexual Dysfunction, Physiological
- Sexual Dysfunctions, Psychological
- Sexuality - physiology
- Sexual Health
- Women
- Women's Health
- Abstract
- This book discusses all aspects of sexuality in women and in particular explores sexual function and dysfunction in a variety of settings, including the different stages of life and a wide range of major diseases and local conditions. The aim is to refocus attention on the needs and sexual realities of women, providing a fresh point of view that will assist gynecologists, sexual medicine physicians, and urologists in delivery of high-quality care and help women themselves to understand and address sexual problems relating to desire, arousal, orgasm, and sexual pain. Psychological aspects of female sexuality and the impacts of the aging process, pregnancy, and childbirth are carefully examined. Extensive consideration is then given to the effects on sexual function of such conditions as cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, neurological disease, endometriosis, pelvic organ prolapse, urinary incontinence, reproductive disorders, sexual abuse, and drug abuse. Issues of sexual identity and female dysmorphophobias are also considered. The authors are all experts in the field and have a deep understanding of the complexities of female sexuality.
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- Sociocultural considerations -- Anatomical and physiological description of women's sexuality -- Female sexuality: a state of mind -- Evaluation systems of female sexual function -- Women's sexuality across the different stages of reproductive life -- Endometriosis and sexuality -- POP and impact of surgery on female sexual life -- Urinary incontinence and mid-urethral slings: which is the impact on female sexuality? -- Female sexual life during malignancies -- Sexuality in couple with reproductive difficulties -- Sexuality after abuse -- Female sexual dysfunction in alcohol and drug abuse -- Female sexual function during male sexual dysfunction and vice versa -- Female sexuality in chronic pelvic pain -- Female sexual function and neurological disease -- Female genital cosmetic surgery -- Role of physical therapy in the treatment of female dysfunction.
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- e-Book
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- Online
Endocrinology of the Testis and Male Reproduction
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat41522
Manuela Simoni, Ilpo T. Huhtaniemi, editors.
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, c2017.
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This book provides a comprehensive overview of endocrinology of the male reproductive system, explaining how it works and how, sometimes, it fails to work. World-class specialists present state of the art knowledge on all aspects, including anatomy, physiology, molecular biology, genetics, pathophysiology, clinical manifestations of testicular diseases, endocrine aspects of andrological and sexual diseases, and therapy. Extensive consideration is given to sexual development, testicular function…
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- Simoni, Manuela
- Huhtaniemi, Ilpo T.
- Responsibility
- Manuela Simoni, Ilpo T. Huhtaniemi, editors
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2017
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xxii, 1364 pages) : 127 illus., 103 illus. in color
- Series Vol.
- 1
- Series Title
- Springer reference
- Endocrinology
- ISBN
- 9783319444413
- 9783319444406 (print ed.)
- ISSN
- 2510-1927
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Andrology
- Endocrinology
- Male
- Infertility, male
- Reproductive Health
- Reproductive Physiological Phenomena
- Testis - physiology
- Notes
- "eReference"--Publisher.
- Abstract
- This book provides a comprehensive overview of endocrinology of the male reproductive system, explaining how it works and how, sometimes, it fails to work. World-class specialists present state of the art knowledge on all aspects, including anatomy, physiology, molecular biology, genetics, pathophysiology, clinical manifestations of testicular diseases, endocrine aspects of andrological and sexual diseases, and therapy. Extensive consideration is given to sexual development, testicular function, the clinical approach to disorders of male reproduction, male hypogonadism, sexual dysfunction, and male infertility. In addition, sociodemographic, psychological, and ethical aspects of male reproductive disorders are discussed. The book is intended as a major reference for endocrinologists, andrologists, and sexologists, as well as basic and clinical scientists. It is published as part of the SpringerReference program, which delivers access to living editions constantly updated through a dynamic peer-review publishing process.
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- GnRH Action -- Sex Determination -- Testicular Steroidogenesis and Testosterone -- Testis Development and Descent -- Anamnesis and Physical Examination -- The Semen Analysis -- Primary and Secondary Hypogonadism -- Gynecomastia -- Genetics of Male Infertility -- Varicocele -- Assisted Reporduction for Male Infertility -- Male Contraception -- Use, Misuse and Abuse of Androgens -- Ethical Aspects of Male Reproductive Disorders and Their Treatment.
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- e-Book
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- Online
Sex Hormones, Exercise and Women : Scientific and Clinical Aspects
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat41523
Anthony C. Hackney.
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, 2017.
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It is well-established, through extensive peer-reviewed published research, that physical activity and exercise training can impact the reproductive endocrine system of women. This ground-breaking, comprehensive title presents a range of unique insights into the opposite question: how the reproductive endocrine system of women affects their exercise ability. More precisely, the thematic question explored in this work is: if exercise affects reproductive hormones, conversely then could the repro…
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- Hackney, Anthony C
- Responsibility
- Anthony C. Hackney
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- 2017
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xiv, 315 pages) : 26 illus., 5 illus. in color
- ISBN
- 9783319445588
- 9783319445571 (print ed.)
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Exercise - physiology
- Gonadal Steroid Hormones - physiology
- Women
- Abstract
- It is well-established, through extensive peer-reviewed published research, that physical activity and exercise training can impact the reproductive endocrine system of women. This ground-breaking, comprehensive title presents a range of unique insights into the opposite question: how the reproductive endocrine system of women affects their exercise ability. More precisely, the thematic question explored in this work is: if exercise affects reproductive hormones, conversely then could the reproductive hormones have physiological effects unrelated to reproduction that influence the capacity of women to exercise? In exploring this question, the goal is to better understand the unique physiology of women and whether female sex hormones might account for some of the variance in physiological performance between amenorrheic and eumenorrheic women, and within women across the age span as they experience menarche to menopause. Sex Hormones, Exercise and Women: Scientific and Clinical Aspects synthesizes the research by exploring the physiology and psychology behind these occurrences. This novel title will not only be of interest to researchers, exercise scientists, graduate students, and clinicians; it will also serve as a source of valuable information for female athletes and their trainers in the context of preparing for competitions.
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- 1. The Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Ovarian Axis and Oral Contraceptives: Regulation and Function -- 2. Sex Hormones and Their Impact on the Ventilatory Responses to Exercise and the Environment -- 3. Sex Hormones and Substrate Metabolism During Endurance Exercise -- 4. Sex Hormone Effects on the Nervous System and their Impact on Muscle Strength and Motor Performance in Women -- 5. Estrogen and Menopause: Muscle Damage, Repair and Function in Females -- 6. Nutritional Strategies and Sex Hormone Interactions Within Women -- 7. The Effect of Sex Hormones on Ligament Structure, Joint Stability and ACL Injury Risk -- 8. Sex Hormones and Physical Activity in Women: An Evolutionary Framework -- 9. Sex Hormones and Environmental Factors Affecting Exercise -- 10. Exercise, Depression-Anxiety Disorders and Sex Hormones -- 11. Stress Reactivity and Exercise in Women -- 12. Sex Hormones, Cancer & Exercise Training in Women -- 13. The Effects of Acute Exercise on Physiological Sexual Arousal in Women -- 14. Sex Hormones, Menstrual Cycle, and Resistance Exercise -- 15. Effects of Sex Hormones and Exercise on Adipose Tissue -- 16. Exercise in Menopausal Women.
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- e-Book
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- Online
Hormones, Metabolism and the Benefits of Exercise
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat43933
Bruce Spiegelman, editor.
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, c2017.
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The world is faced with an epidemic of metabolic diseases such as obesity and type 2 diabetes. This is due to changes in dietary habits and the decrease in physical activity. Exercise is usually part of the prescription, the first line of defense, to prevent or treat metabolic disorders. However, we are still learning how and why exercise provides metabolic benefits in human health. This open access volume focuses on the cellular and molecular pathways that link exercise, muscle biology, hormon…
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- Spiegelman, Bruce M.
- Other Authors
- Fondation IPSEN pour la recherche thérapeutique
- Responsibility
- Bruce Spiegelman, editor
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- SpringerOpen
- Date of Publication
- c2017
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (x, 102 p.) : ill. (some col.)
- Series Title
- Research and perspectives in endocrine interactions
- ISBN
- 9783319727905
- 9783319727899 (Print ed.)
- 9783319727912 (Print ed.)
- 9783030102685 (Print ed.)
- ISSN
- 1861-2253
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Exercise - physiology
- Hormones - physiology
- Metabolism - physiology
- Specialty
- Biochemistry
- Endocrinology
- Physiology
- Abstract
- The world is faced with an epidemic of metabolic diseases such as obesity and type 2 diabetes. This is due to changes in dietary habits and the decrease in physical activity. Exercise is usually part of the prescription, the first line of defense, to prevent or treat metabolic disorders. However, we are still learning how and why exercise provides metabolic benefits in human health. This open access volume focuses on the cellular and molecular pathways that link exercise, muscle biology, hormones and metabolism. This will include novel “myokines” that might act as new therapeutic agents in the future.
- Contents
- Human brown adipose tissue plasticity: hormonal and environmental manipulation -- The energy sensor AMPK: adaptations to exercise, nutritional and hormonal signals -- Plasma steroids and cardiorespiratory fitness response to regular exercise -- Sending the signal: muscle glycogen availability as a regulator of training adaptation -- Optimized engagement of macrophages and satellite cells in the repair and regeneration of exercised muscle -- Skeletal muscle microRNAs: roles in differentiation, disease and exercise -- Tryptophan-kynurenine metabolites in exercise and mental health -- The role of FNDC5/irisin in the nervous system and as a mediator for beneficial effects of exercise on the brain.
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- Open access
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- e-Book
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- Online
Principles of Endocrinology and Hormone Action
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/provcat44562
edited by Antonino Belfiore, Derek LeRoith.
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, c2017.
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This volume provides comprehensive coverage of the current knowledge of the physiology of the endocrine system and hormone synthesis and release, transport, and action at the molecular and cellular levels. It presents essential as well as in-depth information of value to both medical students and specialists in Endocrinology, Gynecology, Pediatrics, and Internal Medicine. Although it is well established that the endocrine system regulates essential functions involved in growth, reproduction, an…
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- Belfiore, Antonino
- LeRoith, Derek
- Responsibility
- edited by Antonino Belfiore, Derek LeRoith
- Place of Publication
- Cham
- Publisher
- Springer
- Date of Publication
- c2017
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource
- Series Title
- Springer reference
- Endocrinology
- ISBN
- 9783319273181
- ISSN
- 2510-1927
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Endocrine System - physiology
- Hormones - metabolism
- Specialty
- Endocrinology
- Notes
- "Living reference work."
- Abstract
- This volume provides comprehensive coverage of the current knowledge of the physiology of the endocrine system and hormone synthesis and release, transport, and action at the molecular and cellular levels. It presents essential as well as in-depth information of value to both medical students and specialists in Endocrinology, Gynecology, Pediatrics, and Internal Medicine. Although it is well established that the endocrine system regulates essential functions involved in growth, reproduction, and homeostasis, it is increasingly being recognized that this complex regulatory system comprises not only hormones secreted by the classic endocrine glands but also hormones and regulatory factors produced by many organs, and involves extensive crosstalk with the neural and immune system. At the same time, our knowledge of the molecular basis of hormone action has greatly improved. Understanding this complexity of endocrine physiology is crucial to prevent endocrine disorders, to improve the sensitivity of our diagnostic tools, and to provide the rationale for pharmacological, immunological, or genetic interventions. It is such understanding that this book is designed to foster.
- Contents
- Cytokine Receptors -- Endocrine Functions of Bone -- G Protein-Coupled Receptors -- Genetic Disorders of Adrenocortical Function -- Growth Hormones and Aging -- Molecular Mechanisms of Thyroid Hormone Synthesis and Secretion -- Nongenomic Actions of Thyroid Hormones -- Ovarian Physiology -- Steroid Hormone Receptors and Signal Transduction Processes -- Principles of Endocrine Diseases -- Receptor Tyrosine Kinases and the Insulin Signaling System -- Steroid Hormones: Synthesis, Secretion, and Transport -- Synthesis, Secretion and Transport of Peptide Hormones -- Targeting of Steroid Hormone Receptor Function in Breast and Prostate Cancer -- The Adrenal Glands -- The Endocrine Control of Human Pregnancy -- The Endocrine Gut -- The Endocrine Heart -- The Endocrine Pancreas -- The Endocrine Regulation of Blood Pressure -- The Endocrine Regulation of Energy and Body Weight -- The Endocrine System -- The Endocrinology of Puberty -- The Hypothalamus–Pituitary Axis -- The Parathyroids -- The Physiology of the Testis -- The Posterior Pituitary -- The Thyroid -- Thyroid Hormone Nuclear Receptors and Molecular Actions.
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- e-Book
- Location
- Online
