Search for dissertations about: "postmenopausal hormone therapy"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 52 swedish dissertations containing the words postmenopausal hormone therapy.

  2. 16. Resistance Training and Physical Activity in Postmenopausal Women : Effects on Vasomotor Symptoms, Quality of Life and Microcirculation

    Author : Emilia Berin; Anna-Clara Spetz Holm; Mats Hammar; Lotta Lindh-Åstrand; Torbjörn Bäckström; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES;

    Abstract : Background  Menopause is a physiological event, but is associated with bothersome symptoms as well as physical changes that affect women’s health. About 75 % of women experience vasomotor symptoms (hot flushes and night sweats) related to menopause that often reduce quality of life. READ MORE

  4. 17. Sex steroid hormone receptors : inner ear and hearing

    Author : Rusana Simonoska; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : It is well known that hearing loss is more profound in elderly males than females, regardless of noise exposure. Also, an age-related hearing decline starts much earlier in males, already after the age of 30, while in women, the decline does not start until the age of 50. READ MORE

  5. 18. Essays on economic evaluation in health care : evaluation of hormone replacement therapy and uncertainty in economic evaluations

    Author : Niklas Zethraeus; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : This thesis contains six papers closely related to current research topics in the field of economic evaluation in health care. The thesis discusses methodological features of cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA) and cost-benefit analysis (CBA). It further relates to issues of modelling and how to account for uncertainty in economic evaluations. READ MORE

  6. 19. Effects of testosterone treatment on metabolism and endometrium in postmenopausal women

    Author : Hong Zang; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Testosterone; insulin sensitivity; body composition; lipids; lipolysis; endometrial proliferation; sex hormone recep tors; menopause.;

    Abstract : There is an increasing interest in androgen treatment of postmenopausal women. Testosterone administered to surgically or naturally postmenopausal women improves sexual function, wellbeing and quality of life. Androgens have also an additional positive effect on bone mineral density as compared to estrogen alone and may be protective in the breast. READ MORE

  7. 20. Effects of oestrogen on haemodynamic and vascular reactivity - A study in animal models and humans

    Author : Lisa Brandin; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : adrenergic reactivity; endothelium; haemodynamic; hypertension; oestrogen; postmenopausal women; resistance arteries; spontaneously hypertensive rats; stress;

    Abstract : Effects of Oestrogen on Haemodynamic and Vascular Reactivity A study in animal models and humans Lisa Brandin Institute of Medicine, Department of Emergency and Cardiovascular Medicine, Sahlgrenska University Hospital/Östra, Sahlgrenska Academy, Göteborg University, Göteborg, Sweden ABSTRACT Previous studies have shown that oestrogen, the female sex hormone, plays a protective role in the cardiovascular system. However the site of action remains incompletely understood. READ MORE