Chapter 1 FAQ: Definitions of Menopause and Biological Actions of Sex Steroids

Chapter 3 Medical Association Guidelines, Post-2002/Women’s Health Initiative Findings

Chapter 4 Perimenopausal Symptoms: Hot Flushes and Night Sweats; Sleep Disturbances; Urogenital Discomfort; Sexual Libido Issues; Mood and Cognitive Changes

Chapter 5 FAQ: Bioidentical Hormones: Compounded and Non-compounded

Chapter 6 Transdermal Estrogen as Preferred Prescription for Perimenopausal Symptom Relief, and the Role of Progesterone

Chapter 7 The Significance of Hormone Routes of Administration

Chapter 8 Hormone Therapy: Individualizing Treatment Based Upon Perimenopausal Symptoms

Chapter 9 FAQ: HT Prescription

Chapter 10 Hormone Therapy: Monitoring Effects and Side Effects

Chapter 11 FAQ: Evaluation of Abnormal Menstrual Bleeding

Chapter 12 FAQ: Ending HT

Chapter 13 FAQ: HT and Other Conditions: Uterine Fibroids, Autoimmune disease, Hypothyroidism, and History of Breast Cancer

Chapter 14 History of HT Use: Controversies and Confusions

Chapter 15 The 2002 Women’s Health Initiative Study (WHI): What Did It Prove or Disprove? Future Directions