A woman's guide to menopause & perimenopause
By: Mary Jane Minkin, Carol V. Wright.
Contributors: Wright, Carol V.
Series: Yale University Press health & wellness
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New Haven
Language: eng
Number of pages: 413
Subjects: Menopause -- Popular works.; Perimenopause -- Popular works.; Middle-aged women -- Health and hygiene.
Genres: Popular works.
Other titles: Woman's guide to menopause and perimenopause; Menopause & perimenopause
Description: "Recent groundbreaking research has provided abundant new information on menopause and how women should approach it. This up-to-date and scientifically accurate book carefully considers all these findings, explains in detail what we now know about menopause and its treatment, and offers sound guidance for women dealing with the physical and emotional health issues surrounding menopause." "From the latest information on hormone replacement therapy to the relation between menopause and depression to recommendations about vitamins, diet, and lifestyle, this book is the essential guide to menopause that every woman needs."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The women's health initiative and what it means to you; title: The physiology of menopause: how it happens; title: Signs and symptoms; title: Perimenopause or PMS?; title: Menopause and your body; title: Menopause and your mind; title: Coping with the symptoms; title: The risks and benefits of hormone therapy; title: A practical guide to hormone therapy; title: Osteoporosis and heart health: two long-term issues; title: Menopause and sexuality; title: Fibroids, incontinence, itching, and other midlife annoyances; title: Cancer of the reproductive organs; title: Major and minor surgical procedures; title: You and your doctor; title: Lifestyle.