Handbook of Clinical Gender Medicine

Description

A new vision to understanding medicine

Gender medicine is an important new field in health and disease. It is derived from top-quality research and encompasses the biological and social determinants that underlie the susceptibility to disease and its consequences. In the future, consideration of the role of gender will undoubtedly become an integral feature of all research and clinical care.

Defining the role of gender in medicine requires a broad perspective on biology and diverse skills in biomedical and social sciences. When these scientific disciplines come together, a revolution in medical care is in the making. Covering twelve different areas of medicine, the practical and useful Handbook of Clinical Gender Medicine provides up-to-date information on the role of gender in the clinical presentation, diagnosis, and management of a wide range of common diseases.

The contributing authors of this handbook are all experts who, in well-referenced chapters, cogently and concisely explain how incorporation of gender issues into research can affect the medical understanding and treatment of heart disease, osteoporosis, arthritis, pain, violence, and malaria among other conditions. This intriguing and unique medical textbook provides readers with a valuable new perspective to understand biology and incorporate gender issues into the different branches of medicine.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Pages

Title Page / Table of Contents / Foreword / Preface

Introduction

• Gender Matters
  Wainer, J. ; Wainer, Z. ;
• Biological Sex and the Genome: What Makes Us Ourselves?
  Legato, M.J.

Social and Biological Determinants in Health and Disease
Section Editors: DeCola, P.R. (New York, N.Y.); Schober, J.M. (Erie, Pa.)

• Gender Effects on Health and Healthcare
  DeCola, P.R.
• A Global War against Baby Girls: Sex-Selective Abortion Becomes a Worldwide Practice
  Eberstadt, N.N.
• Fetal Programming
  Glezerman, M.
• Ambiguous Genitalia
  Mouriquand, P.D.E. ; Schober, J.M.

Central Nervous System and Clinical Applications
Section Editor: Pfaff, D.W. (New York, N.Y.)

• Chronic Stress and Allostatic Load
  Juster, R.-P. ; Lupien, S.J.
• Autism
  Knickmeyer, R. ; Baron-Cohen, S.
• Depression
  Rubinow, D.R. ; Craft, C.D.
• Violence: Adaptive Regulated Aggression Contrasted with Violence Against Women
  Kreinin, T. ; Esteva, C.G.M. ; Pfaff, D.W. ; Lusweti, S. ; Shauri, H.S.

Neurology
Section Editor: Olsson, T. (Stockholm)

• Parkinson’s Disease
  af Edholm, K. ; Svenningsson, P.
• Stroke
  von Euler, M.
• Multiple Sclerosis
  Olsson, T.
• Epilepsy
  Tomson, T. ; Sveinsson, O.
• Migraine and Other Headaches
  Waldenlind, E.

Pain
Section Editor: Murphy, A.Z. (Atlanta, Ga.)

• Fibromyalgia
  Kosek, E.
• Temporomandibular Joint Disorders
  Lim, P.F. ; Maixner, W. ; Khan, A.A.
• Irritable Bowel Syndrome
  Kilpatrick, L.A. ; Tillisch, K.
• Pain and Analgesia
  Loyd, D.R. ; Murphy, A.Z.

Circulation
Section Editor: Schenck-Gustafsson, K. (Stockholm)

• Coronary Heart Disease
  Schenck-Gustafsson, K.
• Coronary Heart Disease and Female Sex Hormones
  Schenck-Gustafsson, K.
• Heart Failure
  Kühn Madsen, B.
• Arrhythmias
  Insulander, P. ; Vallin, H.

Cancer
Section Editor: Gustafsson, J.-Å. (Houston, Tex./Stockholm)

• Cancer
  Ernberg, I.
• Three Nuclear Receptors Involved in Gender-Related Proliferative Diseases (ER-β LXR-α, and LXR-β)
  Warner, M. ; Gustafsson, J.-Å.

Metabolic Disease
Section Editor: Werner, S. (Stockholm)

• Type 1 Diabetes
  Ma, R.C.W. ; Chan, J.C.N.
• Type 2 Diabetes
  Chamnan, P. ; Ma, R.C.W. ; Chan, J.C.N.
• Obesity
  Rössner, S.M. ; Rössner, S.
• Pituitary and Thyroid Diseases
  Werner, S.
• Diseases of Calcium Metabolism and Bone Metabolic Disorders
  Thorén, M.
• Adrenal Disorders, Female Androgen Deficiency, Hirsutism, and Endocrine Hypertension
  Thorén, M.
• Transsexualism
  Dhejne, C. ; Arver, S.

Autoimmune, Inflammatory, and Musculoskeletal Disease
Section Editor: Pisetsky, D.S. (Durham, N.C.)

• Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
  Shiraishi, M. ; Clowse, M.
• Rheumatoid Arthritis
  Lesuis, N. ; van Vollenhoven, R.F.
• Osteoarthritis
  Sowers, M. ; Karvonen-Gutierrez, C.A.
• Spondyloarthritis
  Eder, L. ; Gladman, D.D.
• Gout
  Hershfield, M.S.

Infectious Diseases
Section Editor: Britton, S. (Stockholm)

• HIV Infection
  Tozzi, V.
• Malaria
  Färnert, A. ; Kulane, A.
• Measles Infection
  Aaby, P.
• Tuberculosis
  Ekéus Thorson, A.

Urology, Sexual Dysfunction, and Nephrology
Section Editor: Arver, S. (Stockholm)

• Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms, Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia, and Overactive Bladder
  Peeker, R.
• Sexual Dysfunction in Women
  Öberg, K.
• Sexual Dysfunction in Men
  Buvat, J.
• Chronic Kidney Disease
  Carrero, J.-J.

Pharmaceutical Drugs
Section Editor: Parekh, A. (Silver Spring, Md.)

• Women in Clinical Drug Trials: United States Food and Drug Administration Update on Policies and Practices
  Parekh, A.
• Drug Disposition and Effect
  Mattison Faye, A.C.M. ; Mattison, D.R.

Geriatrics
Section Editor: Herlitz, A. (Stockholm)

• Aging in a Gendered Society: Social and Biological Determinants of Health in the Elderly Population
  Parker, M.G.
• Multimorbidity
  Mangialasche, F. ; Marengoni, A. ; Kivipelto, M.
• Dementia
  Wang, H.-X. ; Kivipelto, M.
• Cognition
  Herlitz, A. ; Lovén, J.

Further Section

• Author Index
• Subject Index