Full Description
The Fourth International Congress on the Menopause was held in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, USA in October - November 1984. It was different from the previous meetings held under the auspices of the International Menopause Society in three respects: the duration of the Congress was extended to five days, plenary sessions were held on each day, and the scope of the subject matter was expanded to provide a total or holistic overview of the subject - hence the theme for the Congress 'Climacteric Medicine and Science: A Societal need. ' In recent years there has been an increased interest in the menopause and middle year aging by scientists and clinicians in fields as diverse as anthropology, urodynamics, nutrition and exercise physiology, while 'newer' issues in clinical medicine, such as osteoporosis prevention and management, attracted specialists in nuclear immaging techniques and internal medicine. Over 120 invited speakers plus numerous contributors to the free communication, special lectures and the poster sessions provided a virtual cornucopia of information on the menopause, that has indeed brought a newer perspective to a subject previously the domain of a single specialty, the gynecologist, and dominated by a single therapy, estrogen replacement.
Contents
1 Keynote address: menopause and the developing world.- Section 1: Climacteric medicine and science: a societal need.- 2 Climacteric medicine and science: a societal need.- 3 Medicine and science — the role of the basic scientist.- 4 Nutritional needs of climacteric women.- 5 Exercise and the postmenopausal woman.- 6 Health needs of climacteric women.- 7 Health status and health care utilization by menopausal women.- Section 2: Osteoporosis.- 8 Pathogenesis of postmenopausal osteoporosis.- 9 Etiology of postmenopausal osteoporosis.- 10 Borie mineral assessment: a practical guide for primary care physicians.- 11 Prophylactic treatment for age-related bone loss in women.- Section 3: Climacteric in the cultural context.- 12 The climacteric syndrome: historical perspectives.- 13 The climacteric in different cultural contexts.- 14 Climacteric expressions in a crosscultural study.- 15 Climacteric in a Newfoundland fishing village.- 16 A survey of perimenopausal symptoms in Nigeria.- 17 The cultural climacteric in crosscultural perspective.- Section 4: How do hormones work?.- 18 Presentation of estrogens to target tissues.- 19 Recent progress in the study of the mechanism of action of progesterone.- 20 Ovarian hormone action in the brain: implications for the menopause.- Section 5: Hot flashes.- 21 An animal model for pharmacologic evaluation of the menopausal hot flush.- 22 Vascular responses in menopausal flushers.- 23 Description of the hot flash: sensations, meaning and change in frequency across time.- 24 Therapy for hot flushes.- Workshops.- 1 The breast.- 2 The aging male.- 3 Lifestyles; coping with life events and stress at the climacteric.- 4 Genital tract and other target tissues.- 5 Hormones and metabolism.- 6 Technology and techniques.- 7 Sexuality in theclimacteric.- 8 Nutrition.- 9 Self-help groups at middle age.- 10 Contraception in the premenopause.- 11 Progestins.- 13 Pharmacology of estrogens.- 14 Anthropology.- 15 Joint and musculoskeletal problems.- 16 Psychoneuroendocrinqlogy.- Other scientific contributions.- Special lectures.- Short communications.- Poster session.
