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.
In this comprehensive guide (which is aimed at young women who have a predisposition to osteoporosis and elderly people in various stages of the crippling disease), an osteoporosis expert offers a drug-free prevention and treatment plan that focuses on nutrition and includes bone-building and balance-improving exercises.
This second installment from the online group dedicated to supporting each other in the fight against MS includes encouragement, understanding, and useful information for MS sufferers and their families.
Move over botox and fad diets - Natural Beauty is here to stay! We all want to look our best, feel attractive, and be healthy. Energy and appearance are important at any age. And now achieving these results is possible - and without unsafe quick-fix diets, risky surgical procedures, or other invasive measures. Whether you want to increase your ...
"In an increasingly Balkanized medical community, fractured by all manner of alternative therapies, Null, a PhD in human nutrition and public-health science, is leading one of the biggest breakaway republics of all."-Jeffrey Kluger, "TIME" Strong. Smart. Fit. Brave. Healthy. If any of these words fit you or the woman you want to be, join best ...
In this guide, a leading expert provides information on medicals therapies that may prevent or treat osteoporosis. Information on Fosamax and other biphosphonates is included.
You're already an expert on your thyroid symptoms. Why not become an expert on solutions? Although your doctor is an invaluable resource, taking charge of your health care is the best way to discover treatments that work, make the most of your medical appointments, and restore your thyroid balance. Because hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism, and ...
A prominent physician and researcher presents dramatic new findings on how women and men are different in virtually every system of the body. A vital resource for all women who want to better understand their health and communicate more effectively with their doctors.
Drawing on the experiences of 20 female sufferers, a professor of nursing sheds light on fibromyalgia, the invisible, chronic pain syndrome that targets women.
Women who thought they were long past the age of acne are astonished to find their faces breaking out like teenagers. Preston shares the wisdom of dozens of doctors and scientists who have devoted their careers to studying and treating acne.
The Nurses' Health Study has been surveying the health habits of women for twenty-five years. In this authoritative resource and reference book, the study shows simple and effective ways that women can alter their habits to improve their health, stop smoking, lose weight, and prevent disease.
A guide for women in their forties and fifties offers insight into the biological processes of aging, outlining a program of healthy diet, exercise, and vitamins that can help address the effects of hormonal changes.
A guide for women in their forties and fifties offers insight into the biological processes of aging, outlining a program of healthy diet, exercise, and vitamins that can help address the effects of hormonal changes.
A thoroughly intelligent look at how women can understand and take control of their physical and psychological well-being, this book covers the story on women's health issues--from childbearing to menopause--offers thousands of important tips from health experts, includes real stories from real women on how they overcame health problems, and more. ...
This authoritative, comprehensive, and compassionate look at an important issue in women's health--incontinence--provides information on a full-range of treatments, from simple exercises and medication to surgery. 32 line drawings.
With an approach that is both compassionate and authoritative, Dr. Roberts provides the facts women need to make the best decisions about their cardiovascular health.
A ground-breaking book that shatters the destructive myth that women are less susceptible to heart disease than men. It is a fact that heart disease strikes ten times more women annually than breast cancer, and women are more likely than men to die of their first heart attack. This important book tells women how to prevent or recover from heart ...
Breast cancer. We think of it as a disease for women over 40. We don't associate breast cancer with the young woman just graduating college. The woman starting her first job. The woman about to get married. The woman celebrating her first pregnancy. Yet breast cancer is the leading cause of death in U.S. women between the ages of 25 to 30. Every ...
Many health problems are unique to, more common in, or more severe in women than men. This book examines the underpinnings of these gender differences. Sections deal with biological (hormonal, anatomic, immunologic, and pregnancy-related), social, behavioural/psychological, and lifestyle influences. Chapters are heavily referenced, packed full ...
The first book to provide simple, natural solutions for dealing with women's health concerns including more than 200 conditions, symptoms and likely causes.
This fully illustrated, comprehensive 12-book series provides detailed information on each of the 12 natural cures presented. Sections in each book, such as Conditions and Doses, Re-Thinking Medication, Treatment Know-How, Science Talk, and Grow-It-Yourself, offer a complete introduction to the values, practices and benefits of alternative ...
Uterine fibroids are the commonest benign tumors of the uterus and pelvis, and are the single most common cause of surgery in women apart from childbirth. As such, this pioneering new book, which compares and contrasts conventional surgical treatments with the rapid emergence of uterine artery embolization as an alternative and less invasive ...
Researched and written by the respected Society for Women's Health Research and based on its almost 15 years as a research advocacy organization, this comprehensive guide provides real answers to vital questions that affect a woman's health from young adulthood to menopause and beyond.
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