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Female athlete, The

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Frank, Rachel M. (1st ed.) --St. Louis, MO: Elsevier , 2022.
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Frank, Rachel M.
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1st ed.
Place of Publication
St. Louis, MO
Publisher
Elsevier
Date of Publication
2022
ISBN
9780323759854
Subjects (MeSH)
Sports Medicine
Athletic Injuries
Women
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Managing Women’s Hyperandrogenism

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Mariagrazia Stracquadanio. --Cham: Springer , c2020.
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This book is a practical clinical guide to the correct diagnosis and appropriate treatment of hyperandrogenism, an extremely common endocrine disease that can affect women from adolescence to menopause. The volume covers topics ranging from the causes to the treatment, providing an expert point of view on the assessment and the differential diagnosis. Since the hyper-androgenic syndromes are often associated with menstrual disorders, it is a valuable and easy-to-use resource, not only for endoc…
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Stracquadanio, Mariagrazia
Responsibility
Mariagrazia Stracquadanio
Place of Publication
Cham
Publisher
Springer
Date of Publication
c2020
Physical Description
1 online resource (x, 83 p.) : 3 illus. in color
ISBN
9783030292232
9783030292225 (Print ed.)
9783030292249 (Print ed.)
9783030292256 (Print ed.)
Subjects (MeSH)
Hyperandrogenism - diagnosis
Hyperandrogenism - therapy
Women
Specialty
Endocrinology
Gynecology
Abstract
This book is a practical clinical guide to the correct diagnosis and appropriate treatment of hyperandrogenism, an extremely common endocrine disease that can affect women from adolescence to menopause. The volume covers topics ranging from the causes to the treatment, providing an expert point of view on the assessment and the differential diagnosis. Since the hyper-androgenic syndromes are often associated with menstrual disorders, it is a valuable and easy-to-use resource, not only for endocrinologists but for gynecologists as well. Thanks to its clear approach, it is also useful for all specialists who deal with this women’s disease.
Contents
1. Definition and epidemiology -- 2. Causes of hyperandrogenism -- 3. Clinical features and assessment of hyperandrogenism: differential diagnosis for clinical use -- 4. Treatments.
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Sleep Disorders in Women : A Guide to Practical Management

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Hrayr Attarian, Mari Viola-Saltzman, editors. (Third edition) --Cham: Humana Press , c2020.
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This book provides a thorough, multidisciplinary review of the latest research and clinical approaches in the field of sleep disorders. It illustrates the variance of complications, symptoms, and issues sleep disorders cause during different stages of a woman’s life. This updated, comprehensive edition begins with an overview of sleep disorders in women, followed by a section dedicated to examining sleep disorders in women during adolescence. Subsequent chapters then focus on treating pregnant …
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Attarian, Hrayr
Viola-Saltzman, Mari
Responsibility
Hrayr Attarian, Mari Viola-Saltzman, editors
Edition
Third edition
Place of Publication
Cham
Publisher
Humana Press
Date of Publication
c2020
Physical Description
1 online resource (xviii, 388 p.) : 15 illus., 7 illus. in color
Series Title
Current clinical neurology
ISBN
9783030408428
9783030408411 (Print ed.)
9783030408435 (Print ed.)
9783030408442 (Print ed.)
ISSN
1559-0585
Subjects (MeSH)
Sex Factors
Sleep Wake Disorders - physiopathology
Sleep Wake Disorders - therapy
Women
Specialty
Sleep Medicine Specialty
Women's Health
Abstract
This book provides a thorough, multidisciplinary review of the latest research and clinical approaches in the field of sleep disorders. It illustrates the variance of complications, symptoms, and issues sleep disorders cause during different stages of a woman’s life. This updated, comprehensive edition begins with an overview of sleep disorders in women, followed by a section dedicated to examining sleep disorders in women during adolescence. Subsequent chapters then focus on treating pregnant women with sleep disorders, which include conditions such as restless legs syndrome, that arise during the gestational period as well as those like narcolepsy, whose management offers unique challenges during pregnancy and lactation. The book concludes with information on the specific issues caused by sleep disorders faced by women during and after menopause. Sleep Disorders in Women, 3rd Edition serves as an important addition to the literature and is an invaluable resource for neurologists, sleep medicine specialists, OB/GYNs, internal medicine physicians, family practitioners, psychiatrists, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants.
Contents
Part I. Overview -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Epidemiology of Sleep Disorders in Women -- 3. Life Cycle Impact on Sleep in Women -- 4. Normal Reproductive and Endocrine Life Stages: The Impact on Sleep Disorders -- Part II. Sex and Gender Differences in Sleep -- 5. Sex Differences in Sleep -- 6. Sex Differences in Sleep Disorders -- 7. Sleep and Its Disorders Among Sexual and Gender Minority Populations -- Part III. Pediatric and Adolescent Sleep -- 8. Defining, Assessing, and Treating Adolescent Insomnia and Related Sleep Problems Including Circadian Rhythm Disorders -- 9. Pediatric Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Pediatric Hypersomnia -- 10. Gender Differences in Pediatric Parasomnias -- Part IV. Sleep in Adult Women of Childbearing Age -- 11. Insomnia: Evaluation and Therapeutic Modalities -- 12. The Impact of Shift Work and Circadian Dysregulation on Women’s Health -- 13. Polycystic Ovary Syndrome and Obstructive Sleep Apnea -- 14. Women in Childbearing Years: Sleep Disordered Breathing -- 15. Central Hypersomnias in Adult Women of Childbearing Age -- 16. Non-Rapid Eye Movement Parasomnias and Restless Leg Syndrome in Women -- Part V. Sleep during Pregnancy -- 17. Insomnia During Pregnancy -- 18. Sleep Disordered Breathing and Pregnancy -- 19. Management of Hypersomnia in Pregnancy -- 20. Gestational Restless Legs Syndrome -- Part VI. Sleep during Menopause -- 21. Insomnia During Menopause -- 22. Sleep Disordered Breathing in the Peri-menopausal and Menopausal Woman -- 23. Restless Legs Syndrome and Menopause -- 24. REM Sleep Behavior Disorder and Other REM Parasomnias in Women -- 25. Sleep Disorders in Breast Cancer -- Appendix: Screening Tools for OSA in Women for Patients and Primary Care Providers Society of Women’s Health Research.
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Women Rock Science : A Pocket Guide for Success in Clinical Academic Research Careers

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Megan A. Moreno, Rachel Katzenellenbogen. --Cham: Springer , 2019.
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There has never been a better time to for a handbook focused on women in science. In May 2016, the American Association for the Advancement of Science posted an article titled “We need to do more for women in science.” This book describes the importance of carving out spaces for women in science and includes the unique strengths of women scientists as well as challenges they tend to face. Studies of women leadership consistently illustrate that women demonstrate strengths in leadership across c…
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Moreno, Megan A.
Other Authors
Katzenellenbogen, Rachel
Responsibility
Megan A. Moreno, Rachel Katzenellenbogen.
Place of Publication
Cham
Publisher
Springer
Date of Publication
2019
Physical Description
1 online resource (xxv, 179 p.) : 5 illus., 2 illus. in color
ISBN
9783030104986
9783030104979 (Print ed.)
9783030104993 (Print ed.)
Subjects (MeSH)
Career Mobility
Natural Science Disciplines
Social Networking
Women
Specialty
Physicians
Specialization
Abstract
There has never been a better time to for a handbook focused on women in science. In May 2016, the American Association for the Advancement of Science posted an article titled “We need to do more for women in science.” This book describes the importance of carving out spaces for women in science and includes the unique strengths of women scientists as well as challenges they tend to face. Studies of women leadership consistently illustrate that women demonstrate strengths in leadership across communities and have skills in bringing together groups towards a common goal. The role of women in context is an important one in science, but has not been the focus of previous texts about careers in science or medicine. This first of its kind book develops an understanding of research careers occurring within a greater community of colleagues and academicians as well as the fact that women themselves lead within a group, a community, and a context. The book focuses on women who are pursuing research careers in academic medicine with specific emphasis on women in science and research as well as lessons learned from fellow female scientists. It also provides key strategies and skills centered on the social ecological model as well as a sense of community with other women scientists. The book is organized thematically using the social ecological model as a framework in which we all live and complete our work. Women Rock Science is a valuable resource that can be used in a variety of settings. It is beneficial for University classes as well as lab group meetings. It also places an emphasis on community and can be shared with one’s community of mentors, mentees and colleagues.
Contents
The Framework for This Book: The Socioecological Model -- You as a Scientist -- Your Team: Mentors, Staff, Colleagues, and Mentees -- Your Institutional Support/Academic Environment -- Your Scientific Community -- Your Promotion - Expanding Your Team -- Your Institution: Growing Within -- Advancing in the Larger Scope of Your Field and Community -- Your Forever Skills: An Epilogue -- A Few Favorite Resources.
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ACL Injuries in the Female Athlete : Causes, Impacts, and Conditioning Programs

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Frank R. Noyes, Sue Barber-Westin, editors. (Second edition) --Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer , c2018.
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This successful book, now in a revised and updated second edition, reviews all aspects of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries in female athletes, with the focus on complete, noncontact ACL injuries. The opening section discusses anatomy and biomechanics and explains the short- and long-term impacts of complete ACL ruptures, including long-term muscle dysfunction and joint arthritis. Risk factors and possible causes of the higher noncontact ACL injury rates in female athletes compared with…
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Noyes, Frank R.
Barber-Westin, Sue
Responsibility
Frank R. Noyes, Sue Barber-Westin, editors
Edition
Second edition
Place of Publication
Berlin, Heidelberg
Publisher
Springer
Date of Publication
c2018
Physical Description
1 online resource (xix, 666 p.) : 271 illus., 241 illus. in color
ISBN
9783662565582
9783662565575 (print ed.)
9783662565599 (print ed.)
Subjects (MeSH)
Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries
Athletic Injuries
Knee Injuries
Women
Specialty
Orthopedics
Sports Medicine
Abstract
This successful book, now in a revised and updated second edition, reviews all aspects of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries in female athletes, with the focus on complete, noncontact ACL injuries. The opening section discusses anatomy and biomechanics and explains the short- and long-term impacts of complete ACL ruptures, including long-term muscle dysfunction and joint arthritis. Risk factors and possible causes of the higher noncontact ACL injury rates in female athletes compared with male athletes are then discussed in depth. Detailed attention is devoted to neuromuscular training programs and their effectiveness in reducing noncontact ACL injury rates in female athletes, as well as to sports-specific ACL injury prevention and conditioning programs of proven value. Rehabilitation programs after ACL injury and reconstruction that reduce the risk of a future injury are explored, and the concluding section looks at worldwide implementation of neuromuscular ACL injury prevention training and future research directions. The book will be of value to orthopedic surgeons, physical therapists, athletic trainers, sports medicine primary care physicians, and strength and conditioning specialists.
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Part I. The Impact of ACL Injuries: Short- and Long-Term Effects on the Knee Joint -- The Impact of ACL Injuries: Short- and Long-Term Effects on the Knee Joint -- The ACL: Anatomy, Biomechanics, Mechanisms of Injury, and the Gender Disparity -- Consequences of Complete ACL Ruptures -- Muscle Dysfunction after ACL Rupture and Reconstruction: Implications for Successful Recovery -- Risks of Future Joint Arthritis and Reinjury after ACL Reconstruction. Part II. Proposed Risk Factors of Noncontact ACL Injuries -- Role of Shoe-Surface Interaction and Noncontact ACL Injuries -- Gender Differences in Muscular Protection of the Knee -- Neuromuscular Differences Between Men and Women -- Effects of Alterations in Gait Mechanics on the Development of Osteoarthritis in the ACL-Deficient Knee -- Role of the Foot and Ankle in ACL Noncontact Injuries -- Analysis of Muscle Activation Patterns During Running, Cutting, and Jumping -- Role of Core Stability in Preventing Noncontact ACL Injuries -- Role of Hip Strength and Motion in Noncontact ACL Injuries -- Recovery of Hip Muscle Strength after ACL Injury and Reconstruction: Implications for Reducing the Risk of Reinjury -- Gender Differences in Core Strength and Lower Extremity Function During the Single-leg Squat Test -- Gender Effect of Fatigue on Lower Extremity Kinematics and Kinetics During Athletic Tasks -- Tools to Identify Female Athletes at Increased Risk for Noncontact ACL Injury -- Testing for Neuromuscular Problems and Athletic Performance -- Part III. ACL Injury Prevention Programs -- Sportsmetrics ACL Intervention Training Program: Components, Results -- Sports-Specific Programs for Soccer, Basketball, Volleyball, and Tennis -- ACL Injury Prevention in Soccer: The Santa Monica Experience -- ACL Injury Prevention Warm-up Programs -- Effect of Intervention Programs on Reducing the Incidence of ACL Injuries, Improving Neuromuscular Deficiencies, and Enhancing Athletic Performance -- Part IV. Reducing the Risk of Reinjury After ACL Reconstruction -- Rehabilitation After ACL Reconstruction -- Restoration of Proprioception and Neuromuscular Control Following ACL Injury or Surgery -- Role of Isokinetic Testing and Training After ACL Injury and Reconstruction -- Determination of Neuromuscular Function Before Return to Sports After ACL Reconstruction: Can We Reduce the Risk of Reinjury? -- Promotion of ACL Intervention Training -- Implementation Strategies for ACL Injury Prevention Programs -- Current Understandings and Directions for Future Research.
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Percutaneous Treatment of Cardiovascular Diseases in Women

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Patrizia Presbitero, Julinda Mehilli, Anna Sonia Petronio, editors. --Cham: Springer , 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.
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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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Female Sexual Function and Dysfunction

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Elisabetta Costantini, Donata Villari, Maria Teresa, editors Filocamo. --Cham: Springer , 2017.
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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.
Contents
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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Sex Hormones, Exercise and Women : Scientific and Clinical Aspects

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Anthony C. Hackney. --Cham: Springer , 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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Medicines For Women

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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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The Female Electrocardiogram : Special Repolarization Features, Gender Differences, and the Risk of Adverse Cardiac Events

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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
Responsibility
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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Compact clinical guide to women's pain management : an evidence-based approach for nurses

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Yvonne D’Arcy. --New York, NY: Springer Publishing Company , c2014.
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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
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The active female : health issues throughout the lifespan

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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
Subjects (LCSH)
Women - Health and hygiene
Women - Nutrition
Physical fitness for women
Médecine
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.
Contents
[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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Musculoskeletal health in women

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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
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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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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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Contraception for adolescent and young adult women

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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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Management of cardiovascular disease in women

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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
Subjects (LCSH)
Cardiovascular system - Diseases - Treatment
Women - Diseases - Treatment
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.
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Female Alopecia : Guide to Successful Management

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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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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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Nutrition and Diet in Menopause

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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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Developing women leaders : a guide for men and women in organizations

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Valerio, Anna Marie. Wiley , 2010.
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Valerio, Anna Marie
Publisher
Wiley
Date of Publication
2010
Series Title
Talent management essentials
ISBN
9781444315967
Subjects (MeSH)
Leadership
Organizations
Staff Development
Women
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