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TRACK 1
MENOPAUSE: PATHOPHYSIOLOGY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY
1. MENOPAUSE: IMPACT OF CULTURE AND ETHNICITY
KoEn Huang (Taiwan) A multinational survey on sexual
dysfunction of postmenopausal women in Asia
Yu Qi (RC) The characteristics of menopausal transition
in Chinese women
Oscar Shimange(ZA) Menopause: the African perspective
Duru Shah (IND) Metabolic disorders during menopause:
does Indian ethnicity matter?
2. HOT FLUSHES, MORE THAN SYMPTOMS?
Robert Freedman (USA) What are hot flushes?
Pauline Maki (USA) The connection between hot flushes
and memory dysfunction in midlife women
Amos Pines (IL) Hot flushes as a marker for increased
CAD risk
Marco Gambacciani (I) Climacteric symptoms as markers
of cardiovascular disease risk
3. FUNCTIONAL AND DYSFUNCTIONAL ENDOMETRIAL BLEEDING: ROLE OF VASCULAR DYSFUNCTION
David F. Archer (USA) Endometrial bleeding: the role of vascular dysfunction
Steven Goldstein (USA) Imaging of the endometrium in postmenopausal bleeding
Jaime Prat (E) Endometrial assessment histology and the pathologist’s interpretation
Carmine Nappi (I) The treatments: a matter of possibilities, a matter of choices
4. BONE, JOINTS AND OSTEOPOROSIS
Camil Castelo Branco (E) Role of FSH in the pathogenesis
of osteoporosis
Mark Brincat (M) Changes in intervertebral discs with
menopause end effects of HRT
Paulina Villaseca (RCH) Secondary osteoporosis, how to
suspect it, when to refer to a specialist in osteoporosis
5. CURRENT ISSUES IN OSTEOPOROSIS
Tobie de Villiers (ZA) Treatment options in fracture protection: the old and the new
Peyman Hadji (D) Assessment of bone strength: present and future options
Claus Christiansen (DK) The role of markers of bone turnover in clinical practice
Socrates Papapoulos (NL) Poor compliance to therapy: the Achilles heel of osteoporosis treatment