This is the definitive source book on a broad range of topics to do with breast health. Though author Susan Love's primary concern is providing essential information about preventing, fighting, and living with breast cancer, the book covers many other topics related to breast health. In-depth sections on cancer treatments (including types of ...
Dr. Love helps menopausal readers sort through their choices and tells them how to cope with symptoms, addressing concerns such as osteoporosis, heart disease, and breast cancer. She discusses options for the short and long term: diet, alternative treatments, and all the pros and cons of hormonal therapy.
More than one million Americans each year are diagnosed with cancer. This guide, prepared by the largest cancer program in America devoted exclusively to providing psychological and social support, presents a unique source of information, guidance, inspiration, and hope for any patient who wants to take an active role in fighting cancer.
Rose Reisman returns with her fifth cookbook, a fund-raising project for Y-ME, a national organization for breast cancer information and support. Featuring 240 delicious, low-fat recipes that take just 30 minutes, this very special cookbook also includes an introduction by Dr. Susan Love, author of Dr. Susan Love's Breast Book.
A guide to help readers sort through the contradictory scientific evidence and conflicting medical reports regarding hormone therapy. Includes discussions on what is known and not known about it as well as alternative treatments.
In this collection of articles, a senior research scientist and a sociologist team up to examine the sociology of breast cancer, arguing that women with this deadly condition have yet to receive optimal health services. Their argument is supported with the research of 11 health authorities who feel that doctors perpetuate the popularity of ...
Hollis Sigler, a leading feminist artist, was diagnosed in 1985 as having breast cancer. After it recurred she began a pictorial journal, now encompassing more than 100 works, which combines personal experience with family history, medical statistics and the raising of political awareness. This volume brings together 60 of her paintings, with ...
This new edition collects and brings together in one place what has been learned from professional developers efforts across the country in order to make the framework, principles, and strategies of the first edition come to life. This edition deepens our understanding of professional development through further research and new resources. The ...
From a smart, forty-something New York writer and breast cancer survivor, a triumphant story for every woman concerned about her health. Here is Joyce Wadler's story, told with unflinching honesty, page-turning suspense and irreverent wit--and filled with invaluable information.
This authoritatively written atlas provides detailed coverage of surgical techniques for breast surgery. Topics covered include anatomy, biopsy techniques, lumpectomy, modified and radical mastectomy, placement and removal of implants, and reconstructive procedures. This comprehensive, highly visual text also provides information on preoperative ...
Presenting the images and stories of women whose lives have been transformed after breast cancer, this volume offers a testament to the resilience of the human spirit. These survivors are examples of inner and outer beauty, triumphing in the face of adversity.
The author espouses the belief that healthy breasts depend on diet. She recommends three culinary traditions--soy foods from Japan, flax seed from northern Europe, and extra-virgin olive oil from the Mediterranean--and prescribes a lifestyle change for achieving better health.
Experts in different medical fields--including emergency medicine, depression, heart disease, epidemiology, and breast cancer--translate medicine into understandable and usable terms for listeners.
Four reluctant city-bred English cousins spend the Easter holidays with their famous and energetic aunt at her country house in Cornwall where they are inspired into exploration and discovery of their own.
More and more HRT prescriptions are given to women entering perimenopause (the symptoms that precede the menopause) as well as menopause itself. This guide helps readers evaluate the seriousness of their case, look at alternative approaches and make decisions for themselves.
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