A barefoot doctor's guide for women
Subtitle: tales about well-being
By: by Georgette Maria Delvaux.
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Berkeley, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 113
ISBN-13: 9781556436659
Subjects: Women -- Health and hygiene -- Popular works; Women -- Diseases -- Alternative treatment -- Popular works; Endocrine gynecology -- Popular works; Hormones -- Popular works
Genres: Popular works.
Description: "Providing an integrated, commonsense approach to women's hormonal health, this book brings together materials from diverse sources--alternative and conventional medical journals, acupuncture, homeopathy, naturopathy, and the personal experience of the author and her patients--into a single resource"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 99-102) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Premenstrual syndrome; title: Pain during the menstrual cycle; title: Proprioception is the sixth sense; title: Menopause; title: Fibrocystic breasts and the danger of breast cancer; title: The imaging of breast tissue; title: Fibroid tumors of the uterus and their consequences; title: The trouble with the "flatlanders"; title: Osteoporosis; title: The dreaded hip fracture; title: Let's bring nutrition to the foreground; title: Dehydration and fluid retention; title: A common intestinal malfunction; title: Hot flashes; title: Insomnia; title: Anxiety; title: The pesky "Why" question.