The menopause book /
Pat Wingert and Barbara Kantrowitz ; foreword by Bernadine Healy.
- 2nd ed.
- New York, NY : Workman Pub., c2009.
- x, 532 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm.
"Originally published as Is it hot in here? or is it me?, now revised and updated"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
What's happening? -- The hormone question -- Hot flashes -- Sleep -- Sex -- Bleeding -- Aches and pains -- Moods and emotions -- Thinking and memory -- Bones -- Eyes and ears -- Heart -- Cancer -- Diet and exercise -- Looking good.
"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.