The Power of Perimenopause: A Woman's Guide to Physical and Emotional Health During the Transitional Decade
Bender (PMS: Women Tell Women How To Control Premenstrual Syndrome, New Harbinger, 1996), the founder of Full Circle Women's Health in Boulder, CO, contends that most women have no role models for adapting to perimenopause, the time leading up to menopause. Here, she attempts to fill in the information gap. Using case histories of her patients to illustrate common perimenopausal complaints such as hot flashes, mood swings, and decreased libido, she describes various treatment alternatives. In its discussion of hormone replacement therapy (HRT), complementary therapy, osteoporosis, breast cancer and heart disease, and general self-care, her book recalls such recent works as Marcus Laux's Natural Woman, Natural Menopause (LJ 5/1/97) and Dr. Susan Love's Hormone Book (LJ 3/1/97). While it is informative and easy to read, it is not that different from the others. An index, complete references, and a more substantial resources section would have been helpful as well. Recommended for larger women's health collections.?Kate Kelly, Massachusetts General Hosp. Lib., BostonCopyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.