Climacteric medicine: cornerstone for midlife health and wellness.
Midlife care should consider the whole woman, with preventive attention to osteoporosis and cardiovascular disease. A new delivery system, using a skin patch, is available for replacement or additive hormonal therapy. Useful hormonal therapy may include both estrogen and progesterone.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002979:Climacteric / Q000502:physiology; D004967:Estrogens / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008593:Menopause / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000517:prevention & control; D010100:Oxygen / Q000502:physiology; D010809:Physical Fitness; D012119:Respiration; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy
D004967:Estrogens; D010100:Oxygen