9 February 2006

Helping the management of menopause

The Royal Society of Medicine Press has today published the latest practical guide on how to manage the menopause.

Management of the Menopause provides up-to-date, unbiased and non-promotional information on the menopause.

Edited by Margaret Rees and David Purdie, the guide is aimed at GPs and health professionals dealing with menopausal and postmenopausal women.

“With the lifespan of women continuing to increase, and with many now surviving well into their 10th decade, the menopause can now be considered to be a mid-life event,”

write the editors.

“Thus the problems of post-productive health are becoming key issues for health professionals.”

This fourth edition has been significantly revised and updated from the third, which was published in 2003.

Most importantly, the evidence base, where available, is presented in the book.

Managing the Menopause is divided into four Sections: the menopause and postmenopausal health; assessment and investigations; management strategies; and women with special needs (such as those with a premature menopause).

The guide also includes information on oestrogen and non-oestrogen based therapies, discusses the benefits and drawbacks of HRT and examines alternative and complementary therapies in managing menopause.

Written by experts in the field, Managing the Menopause aims to increase the quality and comfort of care provided by health practitioners treating menopausal women.

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Management of the Menopause: the handbook [4th edition] is published by the Royal Society of Medicine Press on behalf of the British Menopause Society.

Review copies are available on request.