Marc Jaffe takes a humorous look at the relationship between women and their doctors by looking at the life of one OB/GYN who happens to be his wife, and the stories of dozens of others.
In this new, updated version of the groundbreaking book, gynecologist and leading women's health expert Dr. Lauren Streicher--who in a direct, clear, and often humorous way--reveals the following: What your doctor isn't telling you; robotic hysterectomy and why it is becoming so popular; new nonsurgical ways to control heavy bleeding; the latest on hormone therapy, including bioidentical hormones; how to decrease your risk of uterine or ovarian cancer without removing your uterus or ovaries; new methods for treating fibroids; and a comprehensive guide to websites and resources.
In A Barefoot Doctor’s Guide for Women, Georgette Delvaux, DC, focuses on hormonal health explaining in a conversational tone how issues related to menstruation, pre-menopause, and menopause can begin as mere annoyances and gradually develop into major problems that affect both body and mind. She describes the harmful late effects of treating hormonal imbalances with artificial hormones—a popular practice—and introduces Thermography, the exciting but still little-known method of detecting dangerous changes in breast tissue. With spirit and intelligence, Dr. Delvaux takes on these and other often-taboo topics, encourages women to trust subtle changes in their own sensations, and helps them understand both alternative and conventional medicine.
Restore and maintain gynecological health, sex drive, and energy with this safe, effective hormone balance program for anyone experiencing premenopause syndrome. I’m too young for menopause. So why do I feel like this? Even if you’re a decade or more away from menopause, your hormones may already be out of balance, usually caused by an excess of estrogen and a deficiency of progesterone. More than 50 million women experience premenopause symptoms, including: Unexplained, sudden weight gain Severe PMS, fatigue, irritability, and mood swings Loss of libido Tender or lumpy breasts Fibroids and endometriosis Cold hands and feet Very heavy or light periods Other symptoms like infertility, memory loss, and migraines. Now Dr. John Lee—author of the groundbreaking What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Menopause—teams up with women’s health expert Jesse Hanley, M.D., to bring you a revolutionary nonprescription “Balance Program” with simple, safe, and natural solutions for premenopause. Learn how natural progesterone and changes to your diet and environment can balance your hormones, eliminate premenopausal symptoms, and make you feel better—all without surgery, antidepressants, or prescription hormones.
This wickedly funny compendium of today's top humorists combines just the right mix of brevity and levity. Includes anecdotes, rants, lists, and rulings on various pet peeves and annoyances by Henry Alford, Andy Borowitz, Merrill Markoe, Bob Smith, and others.
Ask Your Gynecologist was written for all of the women who cannot find the information they need to answer their questions about their bodies. Drs. Thornton and Schramm examine the most commonly asked questions and give valuable insight and advice about everything related to gynecology, including pap smears, the menstrual cycle, family planning, infections and disorders, pregnancy, and surgery. Each chapter is divided into questions so readers can look up specific issues quickly. Examples inspired by real women’s situations are also included so readers can see that all of their questions are valid and worth asking. Advice on how to choose a gynecologist, when to make an appointment, and how to ensure that daughters visit a doctor is also included, as well as a full glossary and index.
In the US edition of this international bestseller, Adam Kay channels Henry Marsh and David Sedaris to tell us the "darkly funny" (The New Yorker) -- and sometimes horrifying -- truth about life and work in a hospital. Welcome to 97-hour weeks. Welcome to life and death decisions. Welcome to a constant tsunami of bodily fluids. Welcome to earning less than the hospital parking meter. Wave goodbye to your friends and relationships. Welcome to the life of a first-year doctor. Scribbled in secret after endless days, sleepless nights and missed weekends, comedian and former medical resident Adam Kay's This Is Going to Hurt provides a no-holds-barred account of his time on the front lines of medicine. Hilarious, horrifying and heartbreaking by turns, this is everything you wanted to know -- and more than a few things you didn't -- about life on and off the hospital ward. And yes, it may leave a scar.
The authors of the successful "What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Fibromyalgia" present a revolutionary new guide to help sufferers relieve their chronic fatigue.