[Contraception in Women at Risk].

Contraception in Women at Risk Healthy non-obese non-smokers without personal contraindications may use all hormonal and non-hormonal contraceptive methods up to the normal menopausal age. However, underlying diseases or an unfavourable lifestyle may change this liberty of choice. Vascular risks are potentiated by age, obesity, smoking, arterial hypertension, and diabetes.

[Climacteric depression and anxiety].

Climacteric depression and anxiety Women of all ages have a higher incidence of depression than men. The lifetime prevalence of depressive disorders in women is twice the prevalence in males and amounts to 18 - 21 %. The menopausal transition is a "window of increased vulnerability" and might trigger a depressive disorder.

[Menopausal Hormone Therapy in women with other underlying diseases: how to proceed?].

Menopausal Hormone Therapy in women with other underlying diseases: how to proceed? Postmenopausal women frequently suffer, in addition to classical climacteric symptoms, from other diseases. Therefore, it is important to know when, in which form, and with which dosage menopausal hormone therapy (MHT) may be prescribed with regard to the underlying chronic disease. All women's health specialists have to know when MHT is contraindicated.