One out of six couples today is believed to be infertile. Many spend thousands of dollars on invasive and often ineffective procedures in an effort to conceive. Weschler, a natural family planning adviser, details the Fertility Awareness Method (FAM), by which women can calculate their level of fertility through measurements of waking temperature, ...
This is the book that can show us how to turn back our biological clocks - how to put off 70 per cent of the normal problems of aging (weakness, sore joints, bad balance) and eliminate 50 per cent of serious illness and injury. The key to the program is found in Harry's Rules: exercise six days a week; don't eat crap; and, connect and commit to ...
Now in its Sixth Edition, this foremost leadership and management text incorporates application with theory and emphasizes critical thinking, problem solving, and decision making. More than 225 case studies and learning exercises promote critical thinking and interactive discussion. Case studies cover a variety of settings, including acute care, ...
Somers, the bestselling author of "The Sexy Years," introduces an inspiring, medically validated approach to reversing the aging process and maintaining a healthy, vibrant, sexually active life while building the bodys natural defenses against age-related diseases.
Drawing from cutting-edge research in gender-based medicine, women's health expert and best-selling author Dr. Pamela Peeke tailors the original Body-for-Life program to the unique obstacles women face. With stunning before- and-after photos and testimonials providing motivation and inspiration, "Body-for-Life for Women" features a 12-week Mind ...
This 900-page classic in women's health, revolutionary in 1994, was wholly revised in 1998. In a supportive and informative manner, and using a holistic medical approach, Christiane Northrup encourages readers to tune in to their own intuition and to become their own authorities in regard to health issues. She encourages readers to create a ...
The best-selling author of Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom offers an unconventional, updated mind-body approach to women's health after menopause that discusses the impact of hormonal changes, the myths and realities of menopause, and ways to prevent long-term health problems, including heart disease, memory loss, and cancer.
An explanation of the benefits of natural progesterone, a hormone that reduces or eliminates menopausal symptoms safely without the harmful side effects of the synthetic progestin commonly used in HRT. Lists the foods, supplements, and herbs that can balance a woman's hormones.
The authors of "Sink Reflections" and the "Saving Dinner" series are back and ready to use their successful, proven techniques to show women how they can fight and expunge the mental clutter that holds them back.
Finally, a weight-training book that doesn't treat women like weaklings. This book is for the woman who's ready to throw down the Barbie weights and start a strength and conditioning program that will give her the body she wants. Illustrated.
With more than four million copies sold, "Our Bodies, Ourselves" is the classic resource that women of all ages turn to for information about every aspect of their well-being. Completely revised for the first time in a decade, this edition provides all the information women need to make key decisions about their health.
As the Fashion Director at "Elle" magazine, Nina has learned an indispensable fact - women love lists. They love making them, reading about them, following them, crossing each item off, etc. "The One Hundred" will be a thoroughly researched take on these attainable items, featuring Ruben Toledo's stand-out, signature illustrations. She will ...
In this guide to triumphing over menopause, an obstetrician and gynecologist who went through menopause herself offers an optimistic perspective, showing how this stage of a woman's life offers opportunities for emotional, sexual, and creative development. This book also encourages all pre-menopausal women to start healthy exercise and eating ...
A Fashion Director at "Elle" magazine, Nina Garcia knows trends and that balancing the classics with the trends is what style is all about. "The Little Black Book of Style" provides the essential rules for fashion that every woman should know. From definite fashion faux-pas to pointers on how to create your own sense of style, to uncovering what ...
Now, a women's edition. A New York Times bestseller with 115,000 copies in print in hardcover, Younger Next Year is the breakthrough program for men to turn back their biological clocks and live healthier, more active lives into their 80s and beyond. Experts believed, the press raved: " An extraordinary book. It is easy to read and the science ...
A pioneering gynecologist and antiaging specialist with a successful Beverly Hills practice, Dr Uzzi Reiss show the way for women who want to turn back the effects of time through natural hormone therapy, but who wonder: is is safe? Does it work? Is hormone therapy right for me? Regardless of your age, the depletion of female hormones is sometimes ...
For nearly a decade, millions of women have turned to Dr. John Lee's classic bestsellers for groundbreaking advice on treating hormone imbalances from PMS to the Menopause and beyond. Now this concise, comprehensive guide answers the questions posed by thousands of letters written to Dr. Lee by women asking for specific, simple advice on what ...
One in ten women of childbearing age is affected by Polcystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) to some degree, and many suffer from serious symptoms, such as infertility, early miscarriage, chronic pelvic pain, weight gain, high blood pressure, and migraines. PCOS is by far the most common hormone imbalance in women of this age group, yet few women ...
In the struggle for women's equality, there is one subject still shrouded in silence - women's compulsive pursuit of beauty. The myth of female beauty challenges every woman, every day of her life. The author exposes the tyranny of the beauty myth through the ages and its oppressive function today, in the home and at work, in literature and the ...
WOMAN is a tour-de-force of anatomy, evolution, and several other sciences, as well as psychology, that pays close attention to women's bodies in an instructive and entertaining manner. Angier has been a Pulitzer Prize-winning science writer for the New York Times.
Bailey's helpful book can help any woman determine her own best fitness and fat control program. As always with Bailey's books, the science is up-to-the-minute, and the specific applications have been validated repeatedly with his audiences and workshop participants.
'I've always been a girls' girl. And I know from experience that making the very best of yourself is something any woman can do. I was never the six-foot-tall pin-up. I've always been the girl-next-door who got lucky. I've come a long way in the last ten years, but this book isn't my attempt to tell you what or what not to do. It's just to share ...
No matter what your figure problem--and the authors (whose BBC show is a major hit) detail them with brutal candor--you can disguise it with the clever tricks provided in this book. The authors make suggestions for what to wear not only to hide figure flaws but to express one's true personality.
Osteoporosis is a bone disease characterized by the progressive loss of bone density, which, if left untreated, can cause debilitating fractures that typically occur in the hip, spine, and wrist. According to researchers, 28 million Americans are at risk, 80 percent of whom are women. In this program, Miriam Nelson of Prevention magazine informs ...
Once upon a time, herbal remedies for feminine health issues were passed down through generations of women, but such things are now largely discredited by a medical community that prefers to prescribe everything from anti-depressants to estrogen for ailments that might be cured by improved diet and exercise. Such is the case with premenopause, a ...
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