Teaching activity

• Obstetrics course (Licenciatura de Medicina): Old program
  
• Ginecology course (Licenciatura de Medicina): Old program
  
• Cours of Obstetrics and Ginecology (Licenciatura de Medicina): New program
  
• (Cours 2006-07): Gender, reproduction and ageing
  
• (Cours 2007-08): Internet and evidence based E-learning
  
• 4ª Meeting on Women's health, Zaragoza 21 and 22 November 2007.
  

Editor activities

• Adolescent Health, Medicine and Therapeutics
  
• Case Reports in Medicine
  
• Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology
  
• International Journal of Endocrinology
  
• International Journal of Women's Health
  
• Obstetrics and Ginecology International
  
• Open Access Journal of Contraception
  
• Open Access Surgery
  
• Patient Intelligence
  
• Patient Preference and Adherence
  
• The Open Psychiatry Journal
  
• The Open Women's Health Journal
  
• Therapeutics and Clinical Risk Management
  

Recent papers

• Gender differences in cardiovascular disease: Hormonal and biochemical influences. Reproductive Science 2010;in press.

• Assessment of self-esteem in mid-aged women. Maturitas 2010;65:in press.

• Perceived control over menopausal hot flushes in mid-aged women. Gynecological Endocrinology, 2010; in press.

• Assessing fatal cardiovascular disease risk with the SCORE scale in postmenopausal women 10 years after different hormone treatment regimens. Gynecological Endocrinology 2010;26:in press.

• Severe menopausal symptoms in middle-aged women are associated to female and male factors. Arch Gynecol Obstet, in press.

• Vitamin D and adolescent health. Adolescent Health, Medicine and Therapeutics 2010; 1: 1-8.

• Bone mass gain during puberty and adolescence: Deconstructing gender characteristics. Current Medicinal Chemistry 2010;17: in press.

• Calcium and vitamin D supplements. Jano 2010; in press.

• Hyperglycemia in postmenopausal women screened for the metabolic syndrome is associated to increased sexual complaints Gynecological Endocrinology 2010;26:86-92.

• Factors related to increased daytime sleepiness during the menopausal transition as evaluated by the Epworth Sleepiness Scale. Maturitas 2010;65:75-80.

• Effects of the Mediterranean diet on longevity and age-related morbid conditions. Maturitas 2009;64:67-79.

• Cardiovascular risk in menopausal women and prevalent related co-morbid conditions: Facing the post-WHI era. Fertility and Sterility 2009;92:1171-86.

• Vaccinium macrocarpon; an interesting option for women with recurrent urinary tract infections and other health benefits. Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology Research 2009;35:630-639.

• Depressive symptoms in climacteric women related to menopausal symptom intensity and partner factors. Climacteric 2009;12:395-403.

• Premenstrual syndrome and premenstrual dysphoric disorder: Symptoms and cluster influences. The Open Psychiatry Journal 2009;3:47-57.

• Assessment of sexuality among middle aged women using the Female Sexual Function Index. Climacteric 2009;12:213-21.

• Vitamin D metabolism and cardiovascular risk factors in postmenopausal women. Maturitas 2009;62:248-262.

• Optimal management of osteoporotic women in the gynecological consultation. Progresos en Obstetricia y Ginecología 2009;52:227-237.

• Quality of life changes after Cimicifuga racemosa treatment in Spanish postmenopausal women. Gynecological Endocrinology 2009;25:21-26.

• Vitamin D Acquisition and Breast Cancer Risk. Reproductive Sciences 2009;16:7-19.

• Regulatory factors involved in bone turnover: Estrogens and vitamin D. Progresos en Obstetricia y Ginecología 2009;52:99-108.

• Clinical experiences with drospirenone: From reproductive to postmenopausal years. Maturitas 2008;60:78-91.
  

• Sunlight, the vitamin D endocrine system, and their relationships with gynaecologic cancer. Maturitas 2008;59:101-113.
  

• Iodine and thyroid hormones during pregnancy and postpartum. Gynecological Endocrinology 2007;23:414-28.
  

• Vitamin D and its implications for musculoskeletal health in women: An update. Maturitas 2007;58:117-37.
  

• Declaración española sobre la Vitamina D en el manejo de la osteoporosis. Endocrinología 2007;54:402.
  

• Vitamin D: The secosteroid hormone and reproduction. Gynecological Endocrinology 2007; 23: 13-24.
  

Papers included in PubMed Medline

Books

• La Menopausia. Como vivirla y superarla sin miedo. 250 páginas. Ediciones Temas de Hoy, Madrid, 1992.

• Hormonas y Antihormonas en Ginecología. 420 páginas. Prensas Universitarias de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, 1998.

• Climaterio y Envejecimiento. Medicina basada en la evidencia. 598 páginas. SEISGE, Zaragoza, 1999.

• Cáncer de mama. Biologia, diagnóstico y tratamiento. 496 páginas. SEISGE, Zaragoza, 2000.

• La salud de la mujer climatérica: Ginecología basada en la evidencia. 452 páginas. IGZ, Zaragoza, 2003.

• Embarazo y parto. 154 páginas. Arguval, Málaga, 2004.

• La menopausia. Claves para vivirla en plena forma. 153 páginas. Arguval, Málaga, 2005.