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Menopause For Dummies, UK Edition
Sarah Brewer (Author), Marcia L. Jones (Author), Theresa Eichenwald (Author)
9780470061008, Wiley
Paperback / softback, published 29 June 2007
368 pages
23.5 x 18.9 x 2.1 cm, 0.68 kg
Every woman experiences the menopause in different ways, so you need to know what to expect in order to help yourself. This book explains the various stages of the menopause, including the perimenopause, and helps you understand how it can affect your body and your emotions. It evaluates all the options available—including HRT and explains what treatment and lifestyle changes will help you stay healthy and happy. With in-depth coverage of HRT, covering new developments and weighing up the risks and benefits, advice on adopting an holistic approach to managing the symptoms and side effects including conventional medicine, and alternatives, diet and lifestyle changes, Menopause For Dummies will help you make the right decisions and stay in control.
Introduction 1 Part I: The Main Facts about Menopause 7 Chapter 1: Reversing Puberty 9 Chapter 2: Talking Biology and Psychology: Your Mind and Body During Menopause 19 Chapter 3: Getting in Sync with the Symptoms 31 Part II: The Effects of Menopause on Your Body and Mind 43 Chapter 4: Boning Up on Your Bones 45 Chapter 5: Taking Heart 69 Chapter 6: Making Sense of Vaginal and Urinary Changes 85 Chapter 7: Surveying Surfaces and Sinuses: Your Skin, Hair, and Nasal Cavities 97 Chapter 8: Spicing Up Your Sex Life 103 Chapter 9: Thinking through Mental and Emotional Issues 117 Part III: Treating the Effects 127 Chapter 10: Homing in on Hormone Replacement Therapy 129 Chapter 11: Focusing on HRT and Your Heart 149 Chapter 12: Balancing HRT and Breast Cancer 161 Chapter 13: Talking About HRT and Other Cancer Risks 175 Chapter 14: Revealing the Links between HRT and Other Health Conditions 187 Chapter 15: Making the Decision about HRT 199 Chapter 16: Taking an Alternative Route: Non-Hormone Therapies 221 Chapter 17: Treating Common Menopause-Related Conditions without Hormone Therapy 233 Part IV: Lifestyle Issues for Menopause and Beyond 241 Chapter 18: Eating for The Change 243 Chapter 19: Focusing on Fitness 261 Part V: The Part of Tens 287 Chapter 20: Exposing (More than) Ten Menopausal Myths 289 Chapter 21: Meeting More Than Ten Medical Tests for Menopausal Women 297 Chapter 22: Running Through Ten Terrific Fitness Programmes for Menopausal Women 303 Part VI: Appendixes 309 Appendix A: Glossary 311 Appendix B: Resources 319 Index 325
Subject Areas: Medicine: general issues [MB]
