Menopause Matters : Your Guide to a Long and Healthy Life (A Johns Hopkins Press Health Book)

Edelman, Julia Schlam

Johns Hopkins University Press（2010/02発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 408 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780801893834
• DDC分類 618.175

Full Description

Menopause Matters is a complete guide for improving a woman's physical and mental health from age 35 and on. Gynecologist and menopause specialist Dr. Julia Schlam Edelman has helped thousands of women feel better and enjoy healthier lives. Scientifically sound and clinically tested, Dr. Edelman's advice is a welcome alternative to the often misleading, conflicting, and confusing sound bites in media reports on women's health issues. Menopause Matters covers the full spectrum of topics of vital interest to perimenopausal and postmenopausal women: hot flashes, vaginal dryness, memory loss, mood changes, depression, hormone replacement therapy, sleep, diet, exercise, healthy sex, and contraception. In a class by itself when it comes to menopause books, Menopause Matters: * promotes informed collaboration between women and their doctors,* advises women to improve their health based on findings in respected research studies,* provides clear explanations of physiology and anatomy, and* relates stories from real women who have experienced all stages of menopause. Dr. Edelman includes prevention strategies for lowering the risks of heart disease, osteoporosis, and cancer.
And her practical hints about how to take supplements and medication for maximum benefit are invaluable. Menopause Matters empowers women to be active partners with their physicians during midlife and beyond. No woman will read the book without experiencing at least one big wake-up call about how to live a happier, healthier life.

Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. You and Your Doctor: The Health Alliance
2. Handling Hot Flashes without Hormones
3. Taking Hormones in Menopause
4. Heart Disease: The Risk of Doing Nothing
5. Understanding Unexpected Bleeding
6. Common Concerns
7. Smoother Sex
8. Compatible Contraception
9. Moods, Memory, and Mental Health
10. Successful Sleep
11. Better Bones
12. Lifestyle Choices for Living Longer
13. Curbing Your Risk of Cancer
14. Your Doctor Visit
References
Index