The estrogen errors
Subtitle: why progesterone is better for women's health
By: Susan Baxter and Jerilynn Prior.
Contributors: Prior, Jerilynn C., 1943-
Publisher: Praeger Publishers
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Westport, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 255
ISBN-13: 9780313353987
Subjects: Menopause -- Hormone therapy -- United States; Progesterone -- Therapeutic use -- United States; Perimenopause -- Hormone therapy -- United States
Description: The Women's Health Initiative study in the 1990s upended the conventional wisdom concerning hormone replacement therapy for menopausal women. Medical writer Baxter (Simon Fraser U.) and Prior (medicine, U. of British Columbia) trace the history of the estrogen-deficiency disease paradigm of menopause. Instead of the myth that estrogen is a female hormone that needs replenishing, these self-identified feminists advocate consideration of the complexities of what is 'normal' and the use of progesterone among options to ease menopausal symptoms. Appendices include further information about perimenopause, "the forgotten transition," and menopause management. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. Women and hormones; title: Introduction & overview; title: Circadian rhytyms, menstrual cycles and culture; title: Perimenopause: the forgotten transition; title: pt. 2. Hormones and health; title: The medicalization of menopause; title: Hearts and minds; title: The basics of bone; title: Breasts, breast cancer, and overcoming our fears.