The menopause book The complete guide : hormones, hot flashes, health, moods, sleep, sex
Book - 2017
"The Menopause Book" incorporates the most cutting-edge research on hormones and hormone therapy; hot flashes; heart disease and stroke; breast cancer in older women; and, the subtle symptoms of ovarian cancer. It also discusses new findings on why it's hard for menopausal women to lose weight; osteoporosis and oestrogen; the interplay between migraines and hormones; panic attacks; and, more.
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New York :
Workman Publishing
[2017]
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- English
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- Edition
- Second edition
- Item Description
- "Originally published as Is it hot in here? or is it me?, now revised and updated"--Title page verso.
Subtitle from cover. - Physical Description
- x, 532 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN
- 9781523504282
- Foreword
- Why We Wrote This Book
- Why We Revised This Book
- Part I. The Basics
- Chapter 1. What's Happening?
- Mirror images: the beginning and end of menstruation
- When does the menopause transition begin?
- The stages of menopause
- The different kinds of menopause (natural, induced, early)
- Menopause in the animal world
- How long does it take? Can it be temporary?
- Hormones and your reproductive life
- Are you out of eggs?
- What's normal and what's not
- Do menopause tests work?
- Can menopause be reversed?
- The pill and perimenopause
- Late pregnancies
- Estrogen in your body after menopause
- An ending and a beginning
- Chapter 2. The Hormone Question
- All about estrogen
- A primer: pills, creams, patches, shots, bioidenticals
- A history of hormone therapy and how it came to be part of every doctor's arsenal
- The importance of the Women's Health Initiative
- The dilemma of contradicting studies
- How to understand news about medical research
- Why you might still want to try hormones and what you need to know to make your decision
- When is the best time to start hormones?
- Hormone therapy and cancer: What are the risks?
- Does estrogen cause weight gain or make you look younger?
- The truth about bioidenticals
- Alternative treatments that might help and some that don't
- Plus: Case studies of five women who made the decision
- Part II. What You're Feeling Now
- Chapter 3. Hot Flashes
- How and why you get them
- Anatomy of a flash
- Why some women are frequent flashers and others never break a sweat
- How to feel better with and without drugs
- Hot flash fashions
- Do fat women flash more than skinny ones?
- What is it's not menopause?
- How long will a hot flash last?
- How hot is a hot flash?
- Why do you shiver aftyerwards?
- Te "emergency" kit every working menopausal woman should keep in her desk drawer
- Tracking triggers
- Does exercise help or hurt?
- Can antidepressants work?
- Relief without an Rx
- Chapter 4. Sleep
- Why insomnia often strikes now
- The role of estrogen
- Snoring: a sign of trouble?
- Common sleep disorders
- How to finally get the rest you need
- Setting the mood for sleep
- Why a glass of wine before bed won't do the trick
- Foods that can keep you up and ones that make you sleepy
- Is it depression?
- Sex before bed (or not)
- Why you're beating a path to the bathroom
- Keeping a sleep diary
- Physical problems that rob you of sleep
- Hot and cold couples
- The role of exercise
- Sleeping pills and natural remedies
- Chapter 51. Sex
- The rise and fall of libido
- How to improve your sex life
- Body changes that can make sex more painful
- Getting expert help
- Sex toys and where to buy them
- Hormone therapy and libido
- Why orgasm can be elusive
- New thinking on women and sexual dysfunction
- What you need to know about testosterone
- Could Viagra be the answer?
- Better-than-ever orgasms
- The thrill is gone, and that's fine with me
- How to fix lubrication problems
- The connection between allergies and vaginal dryness
- Vaginal estrogen cream and your partner
- Alternative treatments
- Yeast infections and how to fight them
- Starting to date again
- Why contraception and safe sex still matter
- The right way to Kegel
- Bleeding during sex
- The depression-sex connection
- Hysterectomy and sex drive
- Chemo and libido
- Sex after radiation
- What's in the medicine chest?
- What if it's his problem, not yours?
- What you need to know about sexually transmitted diseases
- Chapter 6. Bleeding
- Irregular bleeding and how you know when you need to go to the doctor
- What does heavy bleeding really mean?
- Causes of irregular bleeding
- Could it be cancer?
- Fibroids and how to treat them
- What you can expect at the doctor's office
- How to talk to your doctor about bleeding problems
- What you should know about the newest procedures and medications
- Shoudl you worry about anemia?
- Is the pill the answer?
- Nonhormonal treatments that may work
- Sex and bleeding
- The pros and cons of hysterectomies
- Should you try and keep your ovaries?
- Why your uterus may be falling and what to do about it
- Postmenopausal bleeding: a primer
- Chapter 7. Aches and Pains
- A top-to-bottom compendium
- Menstrual migraines and morning headaches: What they mean and new treatments for both
- Burning mouth syndrome
- What your gums reveal bout your hormone levels
- Thyroid problems: too much and too little
- Can low thyroid make you fat?
- To treat or not to treat: the debate over thyroid therapy
- Torn rotator cuff
- Frozen shoulder
- Breast tenderness
- Morning stiffness
- Joints 101
- Beating arthritis
- Talking to your doctor about incontinence
- Foot problems and buying shoes that fit
- Chapter 8. Moods and Emotions
- Singing the menopause blues?
- The hormone/mood connection
- The depression spectrum
- Lowering your risk for mood disorders
- PMS, perimenopause, and depression: Are they linked?
- Hot flashes, sleep, and mood
- The role of stress and how to manage it
- Toxic marriages
- Cultural influences on mood at menopause
- Thyroid disease and depression
- The science of happiness
- Evaluating different treatments
- Can you Botox your troubles away?
- Rix: a new job?
- Help! Antidepressants are killing my libido
- Can hormone therapy help?
- Could progesterone be the problem?
- Bipolar disorder and hormone therapy
- Anxiety disorders at midlife
- Why you may be more vulnerable to panic attacks
- Counld it be more than depression?
- Late-onset schizophrenia
- Will schizophrenia worsen?
- Chapter 9. Thinking a Memory
- The anatomy of your brain at midlife
- Types of memory problems
- Feeling out-to-lunch during the menopause transition
- What is Alzheimer's?
- Depression and memory
- Common causes of memory loss
- Hot flashes and concentration
- ADD in adults
- Chemo brain
- Losing you car keys: a sign of Alzheimer's?
- The role of stress
- Hormones and dementia: what we've learned from the Women's Health Initiative
- Reading problems
- Surgical menopause and memory
- Maintain your brain
- Strategies for improving memory
- How exercise helps your body and your mind
- What's diet got to do with it?
- The importance of being social
- Mind games
- Part III. Staying Healthy Forever
- Chapter 10. Bones
- Estrogen loss and weal bones
- Getting your daughter to build bone mass now
- Getting tested
- Who's at greatest risk for osteoporosis?
- Calcium: from food or supplements?
- Why vitamin D matters
- You can be too thin
- The role of race and ethnicity
- Teeth and bones
- Inside your medicine chest: medications for bone health
- Do statins and cancer drugs protect bones?
- Concern about radiation
- Alternative treatments
- Is heredity destiny?
- Exercises to strengthen your bones and improve flexibility and balance
- Chapter 11. Eyes and Ears
- When did the menu print get so small, and why is everybody mumbling?
- Dry eyes
- Estrogen, testosterone, and your eyes
- Buying reading glasses that don't look frumpy: a guide
- Behind your specs: makeup tips
- Do you need bifocals?
- Why nighttime driving has gotten harder
- Sun exposure and eye health
- Preserving your vision as you get older
- Hormone therapy and heating loss
- How loud is too loud?
- Alternative to visible hearing aids
- Turn down your iPod!
- Chapter 12. Heart
- The #1 killer of women
- Why your symptoms may be different from his
- Cholesterol 101
- Risk factors for hear disease
- Estimating your risk and how to lower it
- The controversial role of hormone therapy
- Using the new food labels
- Antioxidants and free radicals
- Exercise, exercise, exercise
- How heart disease affects you whole body
- Chapter 13. Cancer
- What you need to know about breast, ovarian, endomentrial, cervical, lung, colorectal, bladdr, vulvar, vaginal cancer
- Keeping an eye out for symptoms
- Hormones and caner: where they meet
- Cancer detectives: maximizing the benefits of mammograms, Pap tests, colonoscopies
- The effect of menopause and age on your risk profile
- Why pregnancy and breast feeding protect against breast cancer
- Does the pill make a difference?
- Is hormone therapy an option after cancer?
- Hormone therapy and cancer: a mixed bag
- What you should know about breast self-examinations
- When is it a tumor and when is it just a cyst?
- Why you can do to improve your odds
- Lowering your risk by losing weight
- The pros and cons of progesterone
- The search for an effective ovarian cancer screen
- The cervical cancer vaccine and what it means for you
- Dealing with menopause and cancer at the same time
- Chapter 14. Diet and Exercise
- Does BMI matter?
- Good fats and bad fats
- Can supplements keep you healthy?
- Why your belly is suddenly bigger
- Battling bloated portions
- Dairy and dieting
- Vegetarians and menopause
- The myths and realities: from blueberries to chocolate
- How to lose weight at midlife
- Exercises and recipes to keep you fit and strong into your 80s and beyond
- Chapter 15. Looking Good
- Aging skin
- Looking younger longer
- Assessing sun damage
- Smoking and premature aging
- Are high-priced skin creams worth the extra money?
- Adult acne
- Hormone therapy and wrinkles
- Makeup tips
- Nail health
- Fixing varicose veins
- Bust boosters
- Buying a bra that really fits
- Less hair on you head, more on your chin: what to do
- Endnote
- Appendix I.
- Appendix II.
- Acknowledgments
- Index