Author: P. A. van Keep

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 In …

During the last decade it has become evident that the brain is an important target for hormones. Although it has been discovered only recently that the brain contains numerous peptide hormones, the r …

Undoubtedly, the medical aspects of mammary carcinoma-its cause, early detection and treatment-have received considerable attention. Rightly so. The disease is widespread and may be regarded as one o …

Despite a plethora of theories, premenstrual syndrome (PMS) has remained an enigma. There has persisted in the literature a constant conflict as to the existence of the syndrome, a question as to whe …

This book contains a consensus on menopause research, a consensus reached during the First International Congress on the Menopause in June, 1976. The Congress brought together about 165 people, most …

Three International Congresses on the Menopause have been held during the last five years, evidence of the explosive increase in the scient- ific study of this subject. The first, held in La Grande M …

The decision taken during the First International Congress on the Menopause in June 1976 to repeat the exercise 2 years later turned out to be a good one. In the last few years much work has been don …