Menopause/Midlife

Natural Menopause Handbook centers on the belief that menopause is a natural process not requiring medication. Thanks to the growing availability of natural and holistic therapy alternatives, more perimenopausal women are alleviating symptoms of menopause with ingredients found in nature. This updated edition offers an extensive list of herbal remedies that address hot flashes and night sweats, depression, fibroids, osteoporosis, sexuality changes, HRT, and more.

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In her newest book, Mary Shomon takes readers on a quest to understand the profound influence the thyroid has on a woman's hormonal health in the perimenopause and menopause years, and discusses how undiagnosed thyroid problems may be the real culprit behind what many assume are peri/menopausal symptoms. Many women assume they're suffering from perimenopause or menopause and embark on a wild goose chase of hormone replacement, go soy crazy, start smearing themselves with yam and progesterone creams, or end up taking all sorts of he... read more

It's no stretch to say that the information about hormone health, menopause and hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is considerable, confusing and often scary. But the consequences of ignoring hormone health are pretty scary too. With so many choices and so much riding on them, what's a woman to do? The authors of this book have spent many years researching age-related health problems, especially the effects of hormones on health. In this workbook, they put all of the most up-to-date, scientific knowledge about hormone research in on... read more

Designed to help women who fear the menopause or who are suffering from menopausal troubles, this text tackles the science of menopause and scrutinizes the practices commonly associated with. Leslie Kenton questions the benefits of HRT, and examines the powers of natural progesterone.

Most women between the ages of 30 and 50 have some form of premenopause syndrome. This nonprescription hormone balance programme provides an effective and healthful alternative to potentially dangerous conventional treatment options, such as synthetic hormones. This book shows how to use natural progesterone to alleviate premenopausal symptoms, from fibroids to breast cysts to loss of libido to weight gain and fatigue - without synthetic hormones with their attendant side-effects and risks.

Menopause is an unparalleled opportunity to turn your life around and create a firm foundation for the most fulfilling, healthy, joy-filled years of your life. "The Wisdom of Menopause Journal"--a companion to Dr. Christiane Northrup's newly revised and best-selling book" The Wisdom of Menopause"--helps you focus on the "me" in menopause. Designed to help you both navigate and document this important transitional time, the journal is packed with action-oriented, practical advice for your mind and body--from recommended supplements ... read more

Recent groundbreaking research has provided abundant new information on menopause and how women should approach it. This 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. Menopause specialist Dr. Mary Jane Minkin, nationally known not only for her expertise but also for her approachability, answers all the questions about menopause that women want and ... read more

The essential, comprehensive, up to the minute, deeply optimistic resource for the millions of women in their 40's to 60's. The menopause transition - so often mysterious - varies greatly from woman to woman. Finally, here is the one book that makes the full scope of it accessible and understood.

With poignant humour and a bold attitude reminiscent of the "Bitch" book series, "Not Guilty By Reason Of Menopause" discusses the lighter (and hopefully cooler) side of menopause. Laugh-out-loud sayings accompany retro photographs in this lightweight gift book, which also doubles as a fan. When women of a certain age know the calcium content of a pitcher full of Pina Coladas and can pick out their colon in a line-up, they deserve to have what this book delivers: a little black dress made of terry cloth, antiperspirant in six packs... read more

For nearly as long as women have been around, they have been going through menopause. It is a bodily process as old as human birth, death, and of course, menstruation. Like many normal biological events, menopause was gradually medicalized, and with the rise of pharmaceutical medicine, women and their doctors were convinced that it was an "estrogen deficiency disease" that could be treated by supplementing the body's declining estrogen levels with hormones. By 2002 hormone treatment had been on the market for more than fifty years ... read more

Delivers the message that can help perimenopausal and menopausal women over the world understand that at menopause, life has just begun.

Today, millions of women in their twenties and thirties, many of whom are just beginning to plan a family, are receiving the shocking news that their reproductive years are already over. They are in premature menopause -- menopause years before its time. Whether due to an autoimmune disorder, surgery, chemotherapy, radiation, or the often undiagnosed condition known as Premature Ovarian Failure (POF), premature menopause is common, increasing -- and almost always traumatic. If you are one of the women experiencing early menopaus... read more

Explodes the myth that estrogen should be routinely prescribed for everything from the treatment of hot flashes to the prevention of various forms of cancer. Debunks the muth that estrogen is crucial to menopausal woman in preventing many conditions.

A holistic guide to managing menopause draws on the latest research to provide a customizable plan of nutrition, exercise, and relaxation response techniques that can reduce such symptoms as hot flashes, night sweats, mood swings, and insomnia.

In 2002 a major study into Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) was suddenly halted when it appeared that study participants who were taking HRT had a far higher rate of heart attack and breast cancer than those not taking hormones. In the months that followed many women around the world stopped taking HRT out of fear for their health, despite the fact that it can actually offer many health benefits it can help combat hot flushes, protect bones from thinning, and is believed by some doctors to offer protection from breast and gynaecol... read more

For over two thousand years, attitudes to the menopause have created dread, shame and confusion. This meticulously researched and always entertaining book traces the history of 'the change of life' from its appearance in classical texts, to the medical literature of the 18th century, to up-to-the-minute contemporary clinical approaches. Its progression from natural phenomenon to full-blown pathological condition from the 1700s led to bizarre treatments and often dangerous surgery, and formalized a misogyny which lingers in the trea... read more

This study traces women's midlife course, drawing on detailed interviews with women in their 40s and 50s. It finds that women experience a new sense of themselves, and see the second half of life as an opportunity for psychological growth and fulfilment instead of a time of despair over lost youth and beauty. The author divides them into four distinct categories: traditional, innovative, expansive and protesting. She shows the causes for the midlife crisis and the paths towards resolution for each type.

Speaking for her generation of women, Dr. Susan Love says, "Now we're approaching menopause and we want to decide for ourselves how we'll experience this process. . . . We're faced with all kinds of options, and with them all kinds of questions."In Dr. Susan Love's Menopause Book, Dr. Love helps readers sort through their choices and tells them how to cope with symptoms, addressing concerns such as osteoporosis, heart disease, and breast cancer. She discusses options for the short and long term: diet, alternative treatments, and al... read more

This complete guide to menopause offers effective advice on diet, exercise and lifestyle to keep you in optimum health before, during and after this change in your life. With entirely natural solutions, free from the side effects that are common to hormone replacement drug therapies, this sensitive and informative guide includes: a 12-Step Hormone Balancing Diet; relief from symptoms such as hot flushes, night sweats and weight gain; the truth about HRT, to help you make an informed decision if you consider it; how to prevent healt... read more