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The 4th International Symposium on Women's Health and Menopause, organized by the Giovanni Lorenzini Medical Foundation (Milan, Italy and Houston, Texas) focused on the new strategies to improve the quality of life of post-menopausal women. This volume illustrates the findings of this conference and includes information on the age-related degenerative processes occurring after menopause including cardiovascular disease, cancer, fractures and dementia.
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These 44 papers plus two lectures from the May 2001 symposium focus on improving women's quality of life as an increasing number contend with hormone replacement therapy issues and such postmenopause-associated conditions as heart disease, cancer, dementia, incontinence, and osteoporosis. Lobo (obstetrics and gynecology, Columbia U., NY) and his U. of Milan co-editors note that the volume also includes National Institutes of Health- sponsored initiatives that are part of the International Position Paper on Women's Health and Menopause. Dr. Susan Love argues that there are still more questions than answers with regard to HRT. Annotation (c) Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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