What You Must Know About Women's Hormones

Author: Pamela Wartian Smith
Publisher: Square One Publishers, Inc.
ISBN: 0757053076
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 261

Book Description
Hormonal imbalances can occur at any age—before, during, or after menopause—and for a variety of reasons. While most hormone-related problems are associated with menopause, fluctuating hormonal levels can also cause a variety of other conditions, and for some women, the effects can be truly debilitating. What You Must Know About Women’s Hormones is a clear guide to the treatment of hormonal irregularities without the health risks associated with standard hormone replacement therapy. This book is divided into three parts. Part I describes the body’s own hormones, looking at their functions and the problems that can occur if these hormones are not at optimal levels. Part II focuses on the most common problems that arise from hormonal imbalances, such as PMS, hot flashes, and endometriosis. Lastly, Part III details hormone replacement therapy, focusing on the difference between natural and synthetic hormone treatments. Whether you are looking for help with menopausal symptoms or you simply want to enjoy vibrant health, What You Must Know About Women’s Hormones can make a profound difference in your life.

Women's Moods

Author: Deborah Sichel
Publisher: William Morrow
ISBN: 9780688148980
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 368

Book Description
Depression and anxiety are rampant in America. Twice as many women as men are afflicted. They suffer in silence, are misdiagnosed, or aren't even aware of their risk. Here is a bold new explanation for why women's unique brain chemistry makes them vulnerable to mood problems.and what they can do about it. Only this book details all the risk factors, including the brain's sensitivity to female hormones, life stresses, reproductive events, and a woman's genetic history. Combining more than forty years of clinical work with their own personal experiences, the authors share a self-care program that helps the brain self-stabilize to alleviate and prevent problems. They also advocate early, customized use of medication before problems become entrenched. This powerful, proven approach is a call to awareness for women who have been trying to "be strong" for too long. Both authors are sought-after speakers, known for their sensitive, no-nonsense presentations, guaranteed to fill the auditorium. They continue their work with women through the Hestia Institute, a collaborative practice they co-founded in Wellesley, Massachusetts.Depression and anxiety are rampant in America. Twice as many women as men are afflicted. They suffer in silence, are misdiagnosed, or aren't even aware of their risk. Here is a bold new explanation for why women's unique brain chemistry makes them vulnerable to mood problems.and what they can do about it. Only this book details all the risk factors, including the brain's sensitivity to female hormones, life stresses, reproductive events, and a woman's genetic history.

What You Must Know About Bioidentical Hormone Replacement Therapy

Author: Amy Lee Hawkins
Publisher: Square One Publishers, Inc.
ISBN: 0757053807
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 216

Book Description
Many women are confused about the treatments available for menopause. While they may be experiencing severe symptoms, the news about Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) use is not encouraging. HRT may increase the risk of heart attack, stroke, breast cancer, and blood clots in the lungs and legs. On the other hand, there is lesser known treatment-Bioidentical Hormone Replacement Therapy (BHRT)-that can help effectively diminish menopausal symptoms without the dangers of synthetic drugs. In her new book, Dr. Amy Lee Hawkins provides women with a complete guide to understanding and using BHRT to diminish or eliminate the symptoms of menopause. What You Must Know About Bioidentical Hormone Replacement Therapy is written in easy-to-understand language. It covers the basics of hormones, discusses the controversy surrounding hormone replacement, details hormone treatment principles, and provides a guide to maintaining a healthy weight and metabolism. Each discussion is supported by up-to-date scientific articles published in respected research journals and medical texts. In addition, the book's appendix includes numerous questionnaires that can help you understand your personal situation. If you are struggling with the symptoms of menopause, you want to choose the safest and most effective route to feeling better. What You Must Know About Bioidentical Hormone Replacement Therapy provides the information you need to make the best possible decisions about your health.

The Good News About Women's Hormones

Author: Geoffrey Redmond
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
ISBN: 9780446394543
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 528

Book Description
Millions of women experience "female" problems such as irregular menstrual cycles, hot flashes, oily skin, heavy monthly bleeding, and the grow of facial hair or loss of scalp hair. Most go through life suffering in silence unable to find satisfying explanations about what is wrong. But these common and potentially serious problems have a hormonal cause and can be successfully treated. This breakthrough guide by Dr. Geoffrey Redmond, a leading specialist in female hormonal disorders, brings women important, up-to-date information about their bodies - some of it available to the public for the first time. Using the latest research and the real-life experiences of women treated at his clinic, Dr. Redmond explains in plain English what you need to know about: New tests that take the guesswork out of diagnosing your hormonal imbalance; a crucial link between hormone disorders and obesity - and which diet really works; safe hormone replacement therapies without upsetting side effects; hormonal treatments that can decrease excessive facial hair or correct thinning scalp hair; and ways to counteract the metabolic changes that make heart disease the #1 killer of women.

Dr. Susan Love's Menopause and Hormone Book

Author: Susan M. Love, MD
Publisher: Harmony
ISBN: 0609809962
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 434

Book Description
In the first edition of this important bestselling book, praised by Newsday as “the bible for a whole generation of menopausal women,” renowned physician and pioneering women’s health advocate Dr. Susan Love warned about the potential dangers of the long-term prescription of hormone replacement therapy. Her insightful words of caution have been backed up by the stunning results of the recent studies on hormone replacement. In this revised edition, Dr. Love offers a remarkably clear set of guidelines as to what the studies have shown about the risks regarding heart disease, breast cancer, stroke, and other conditions, and what effect hormone therapy has on osteoporosis. She offers definitive expert advice about whether or not to go on hormone replacement therapy and, if so, for how long, as well as how to taper off hormones; and she introduces the alternative methods for treating the symptoms of menopause. Dr. Love stresses that menopause is not a disease that needs to be cured—it is a natural life stage, and every woman ought to choose her own mix of options for coping with symptoms. A questionnaire about your own health history and life preferences helps you develop a program that will best fit your unique needs. With clarity and compassion, she walks you through every option for both the short and the long term, including: • lifestyle changes (diet, exercise, and stress management) • alternative therapies (including herbs and homeopathic remedies) • available medications other than hormones

Hormone Heresy

Author: Sherrill Sellman
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780987078506
Category : Hormones
Languages : en
Pages : 348

Book Description
This in-depth, comprehensive book is a must read for women of all ages! Hormone Heresy challenges the very foundational beliefs that have shaped women's understanding and perception of their bodies and hormonal cycles. It's an outstanding guide to enlighten all women with truthful information, practical knowledge and lifestyle solutions for hormonal challenges that women encounter through their life's journey. Dr. Sellman provides solutions for the fertility years, the perimenopausal and menopausal years, through to the post-menopausal years. There is leading-edge information about PMS, infertility problems, depression, anxiety, insomnia, low libido, fatigue, pain and inflammation, etc. Dr. Sellman also guides women to truly become younger and healthier as they get older and outlines the causes and possible solutions to the obesity epidemic in the world today.

What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About(TM): Menopause

Author: John R. Lee
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
ISBN: 0759522227
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 259

Book Description
Arguing that giving estrogen replacement therapy to women after menopause is medically the wrong thing to do, Lee suggests that natural progesterone can prevent most of the unpleasant side effects of menopause, including osteoporosis and weight gain.

Hormonal

Author: Martie Haselton
Publisher: Little, Brown Spark
ISBN: 0316369195
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 234

Book Description
The hidden intelligence of hormones and their role in empowering women to succeed sexually, reproductively, and socially. Did you know women walk more, eat less, socialize more, meet more men, dance more, and flirt more when they're ovulating? Or that PMS may have evolved to get rid of boyfriends with unfit sperm? Behind the "fickle" differences in what women find sexy about men, or what they like to wear, there's a hidden adaptive intelligence that has been shaped over eons. In this provocative and paradigm-shattering book, Martie Haselton, the world's leading researcher on sexuality and the ovulation cycle, takes a deep, revealing look at the biological processes that so profoundly influence our behavior and sets forth a radical new understanding of women's bodies, minds, and sexual relationships, one that embraces hormonal cycles as adaptive solutions to genuine biological challenges. At the core of Hasleton's new Darwinian feminism is her remarkable discovery that humans, like our animal cousins, possess a special phase of sexuality, called estrus, which comes with a host of physiological and behavioral changes. Rigorously researched, entertaining, and empowering, Hormonal offers women deep new insights into their bodies, brains, relationships, and affairs, allowing them to make better-informed choices about sex, marriage, friendship, contraception, and more. Above all, Hormonal is a clarion call to appreciate and embrace the genius of female biology.

The Hormone Secret

Author: Tami Meraglia
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1476766509
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 288

Book Description
"Tami offers [a] ... thirty-day plan to restore healthy levels of testosterone and balance the relative levels of other hormones, based on lifestyle modifications such as supplements and nutritional adjustments. She also offers her Mediterranean Diet-based meal plan and low-impact exercise ideas that [may help] boost your energy"--Amazon.com.

Dr. Susan Love's Hormone Book

Author: Susan M. Love
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
ISBN:
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 404

Book Description
With clarity and compassion, Dr. Love helps the 40 million women entering menopause sort through all the choices they face. She explains how to cope with short-term symptoms (hot flashes, night sweats, mood swings, etc.) and addresses such long-term concerns as osteoporosis, heart disease, breast cancer, and endometrial cancer. Dr. Love also discusses: lifestyle changes (diet, exercise, stress management), alternatives (including herbs and homeopathic remedies), other medications, and the pros and cons of hormone therapy. A new Introduction discusses the controversies raised by the hardcover publication.