Alan R. Gaby, MD, Preventing and Reversing Osteoporosis: Every Woman's Essential Guide, Rocklin, CA: Prima Publishing, 1994 --- A recognized authority in holistic or "natural medicine," the author offers approaches to create healthy bones through nutrition, as well as to give potential help to those who already have osteoporosis. Ann Louise Gittleman, MS, CNS, Super Nutrition for Menopause, New York, NY: Pocket Books, 1993 --- Formerly Nutrition Director at California's Pritikin Longevity Center, the author presents advice distilled from her background in both traditional and alternative practices. Carol Landau, PhD, Michele G. Cyr, MD, and Anne W. Moulton, MD, The Complete Book of Menopause: Every Woman's Guide to Good Health, New York, NY: Putnam, 1994 --- A complete, comprehensive treatment of menopause as a normal stage of life. Dena Taylor and Amber Coverdale Sumrall (eds.), Women of the 14th Moon: Writings on Menopause, Capitola, CA: The Crossing Press, 1991 --- A collection of articles and poetry, both fiction and nonfiction, by women expressing their personal experiences of menopause. Elizabeth Lee Vliet, MD, Screaming To Be Heard: Hormonal Connections Women Suspect... and Doctors Ignore, New York, NY: M. Evans and Company, 1995 --- Written by a physician who branched out from internal medicine and psychiatry to hormonal aspects of women's health, this easy-to-read and sometimes emotional book provides many practical facts as well as the author's clinical experience. Fay Kitchner Cone,Making Sense of Menopause: Over 150 Women and Experts Share Their Wisdom, Experience, and Commonsense Advice, New York, NY: Fireside Books, 1993 --- A comprehensive book with a calm, reassuring tone. Frederic J. Pashkow, MD, and Charlotte Libov, The Woman's Heart Book: The Complete Guide to Keeping Your Heart Healthy and What to Do If Things Go Wrong, New York, NY: Plume, 1994 --- The title says it all. Gayle Sand, Is It Hot in Here or Is It Me? A Personal Look at the Facts, New York, NY: Harper-Collins Publishers, 1993 --- An entertaining, extremely funny story of one woman's transition through menopause. Janine O'Leary Cobb, Understanding Menopause, Toronto: Key Porter, 1993 (Canada ed.; rev.) New York, NY: Plume, 1993 (U.S. ed.) --- A bestseller in Canada since 1988, this book has been revised and updated for American readers. The author has spent almost a decade gathering information about menopause from books, from the medical literature, and from the thousands of women who subscribe to her newsletter, A Friend Indeed. Judith Sachs, What You Can Do About Osteoporosis, New York, NY: Dell Medical Library, 1993 --- Brief and clear, this little pocketbook describes the process of bone loss, the risk factors, the available treatments, plus valuable information for the woman already diagnosed with this bone-thinning disease. Judith Sachs, What Women Should Know About Menopause, New York, NY: Dell Publishing, 1991 --- This "quick read" provides a brief overview of key issues to help women maintain a happy, fulfilled life in their middle years and beyond. Judith Sachs, The Healing Power of Sex, Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1994 --- Encouraging readers to open up to their full sexual potential, the author provides revealing quizzes and case histories of people who became healthier and more expressive through improved sexual communication. Judy E. Marshall, MBA, RD, and Linda Konner, Trouble-Free Menopause: Every Woman's Guide to Living a Fit and Healthy Life, New York, NY: Avon Books, 1995 --- This book presents an exercise and eating plan that enables women going through menopause to shed extra pounds and feel better every step of the way. Readers will gain a greater understanding of what to eat to relieve symptoms which are menopause-related, age-related, or the result of previous eating and lifestyle choices. Kathryn L. Burgio, PhD, K. Lynette Pearce, RN, CRNP, and Angelo J. Lucco, MD, Staying Dry: A Practical Guide to Bladder Control, Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1989 --- Highly acclaimed, this little book offers help to the millions of adults who suffer from urinary incontinence --the involuntary passing of urine. Lila E. Nachtigall, MD, Robert D. Nachtigall, MD, and Joan Rattner Heilman, What Every Woman Should Know: Staying Healthy After 40, New York, NY: Warner Books, 1995 --- This is an up-to-date "must-read" presentation, emphasizing how to preserve wellness through premenopause and beyond. Linda Ojeda, PhD, Menopause Without Medicine, Alamdea, CA: Hunter House, 1995 (rev. ed.) --- Written by a consultant on nutrition and fitness --one of the pioneers of the nutritional approach to PMS and other menstrual disorders --this book explores how simple changes in diet and lifestyle can work wonders for women and their changing bodies. Lonnie Barbach, PhD, The Pause: Positive Approaches to Menopause, New York, NY: Dutton Books, 1993 --- Great first book from a sexologist who offers a life-and sanity-saving guide for making the "third third" of life the most productive and fulfilling. Plus, there's a chapter for men to help them cope and understand. Lynn Payer, How to Avoid Hysterectomy, New York, NY: Pantheon Books, 1987 --- A short, well-written guide to exploring all options before consenting to a hysterectomy. Winnifred B. Cutler, PhD, Hysterectomy: Before & After, New York, NY: Harper & Row, 1988 --- Based on her review of over 3500 studies and her own research, the author explains every aspect of hysterectomy in clear, understandable language. Maria Harris, Dance of the Spirit: The Seven Steps of Women's Spirituality, New York, NY: Bantam Books, 1991 --- It has been said that the author's seven steps help women "rediscover a power they never lost --and discover their spiritual destiny." Marian Van Eyk McCain, Transformation through Menopause, New York, NY: Bergin & Garvey, 1991 --- This book does not deal with the physical changes but rather works through the changes in terms of self-image, a sense of self-worth, and the larger picture of menopause. Considered by some to be mandatory reading. Mary Lou Ballweg, The Endometriosis Sourcebook, Chicago, IL: Contemporary Books, 1995 --- Written by the founder of the Endometriosis Association, this book is an excellent resource about this disease --which may be worsened by postmenopausal estrogen therapy. Mona Shangold, MD, and Gabe Mirkin, MD, The Complete Sports Medicine Book for Women, New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 1985 --- Written to inform women about how exercise affects their bodies and how to prevent problems that may arise in an exercise program, this easy-to-understand book contains a particularly helpful section for women as they reach menopause and beyond --a time when exercise is especially important. Morris Notelovitz, MD, PhD, and Diana Tonnessen, Menopause and Midlife Health, New York, NY: St. Martins Press, 1993 --- This large volume and its spinoff Estrogen: Yes or No? are characterized by the broadminded approach of this gynecologist. Morris Notelovitz, MD, PhD, and Diana Tonnessen, Estrogen: Yes or No?, New York, NY: St. Martin's Press, 1993 -- This paperback is a condensation of their larger work, Menopause and Midlife Health, providing help in answering the question of whether or not to start postmenopausal estrogen therapy. Nancy Lee Teaff, MD, and Kim Wright Wiley, Perimenopause --Preparing for the Change: A Guide to the Early Stages of Menopause and Beyond, Rocklin, CA: Prima Publishing, 1995 --- Positioned as "reassuring advice for every woman over 35," this reader-friendly book offers practical advice for women to "take charge of the change," and the symptoms that can begin 15 years prior to menopause. Peter Hauri, PhD, and Shirley Linde, PhD, No More Sleepless Nights, New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, 1991 --- A clear and well-organized picture of sleeplessness and its causes --from the director of the Mayo Clinic Research Treatment Program. Ruth S. Jacobowitz, 150 Most-Asked Questions About Osteoporosis: What Women Really Want to Know, New York, NY: Hearst Books, 1993 --- This book provides a wealth of information about osteoporosis that is reliable and authoritative, yet easy to understand. Ruth S. Jacobowitz, 150 Most-Asked Questions About Menopause: What Women Really Want to Know, New York, NY: Hearst Books, 1993 --- A medical writer and lecturer offers this woman-to-woman guide, answering 150 questions about menopause. Sadja Greenwood, MD, Menopause, Naturally: Preparing for the Second Half of Life, Volcano, CA; Volcano Press, 1994 (rev.ed.) --- Often cited as the first book written by a physician to treat menopause as a natural event, this book suggests medical intervention only when the woman herself decides that it is needed. Sandra Coney, The Menopause Industry: How the Medical Establishment Exploits Women, Alameda, CA: Hunter House, 1994 (rev. ed.) --- This is an Australian author who promotes the view of how she would dismantle the myth of menopause as disease. Sandra Cabot, Smart Medicine for Menopause: Hormone Replacement Therapy and Its Natural Alternatives, Garden City Park, NY: Avery Publishing, 1995 --- An Australian physician demonstrates her impressive grasp of the many therapies to relieve menopausal complaints. Stanley West, MD, with Paula Dranov, The Hysterectomy Hoax, New York, NY: Doubleday, 1994 --- A reproductive endocrinologist reviews the reasons why a hysterectomy may be indicated and provides alternatives for 90% of cases. Special attention is paid to myomectomy, a surgical procedure which can remove fibroid tumors (the leading rationale for hysterectomy), that allows a woman to keep her uterus. Susan Perry and Katherine A. O'Hanlan, MD, Natural Menopause, New York, NY: Addison-Wesley, 1993 --- A very readable book chock full of definitions, statistics, and discussions of all aspects of menopause. Susan M. Lark, MD, The Estrogen Decision: A Self-Help Program, Los Altos, CA: National Nursing Review, 1994 --- Another look at a major decision facing women at midlife. Susan M. Lark, MD, The Menopause Self-Help Book, Berkeley, CA: Celestial Arts, 1992 --- Highly readable, this popular physician/author provides ways to cope with the changes accompanying menopause, including forms of treatment other than prescription hormones. Susan Rako, MD, The Hormone of Desire: The Truth About Sexuality, Menopause and Testosterone, New York, NY: Harmony Books, 1996 --- In this controversial book, the author draws on her 25 years as a psychiatrist, her research, and her personal experience with testosterone therapy to suggest the prudent use of this hormone for certain women who need its effects on energy and sexuality. Susan M. Love, MD, Dr. Susan Love's Breast Book, Reading, MA: Addison Wesley, 1995 (rev.ed.) -- This readable book is considered by many to be the most comprehensive consumer book about breast health. Lila E. Nachtigall, MD, and Joan Rattner Heilman, Estrogen: The Facts Can Change Your Life, New York, NY: Harper-Collins Publishers, 1991 -- An authoritative guide that not only explains menopause and its many effects on the body, but also offers an objective, detailed overview of hormone replacement therapy by a prominent menopause physician. Susun S. Weed, Menopause Years: The Wise Woman Way, Woodstock, NY: Ash Tree Publishers, 1992 --- A holistic perspective on the metamorphic process of menopause reflected in three stages of initiation: isolation (premenopause), death (menopause), and rebirth (postmenopause). The Crone archetype is threaded poetically throughout, with a suggested ritual to mark the passage. Winnifred B. Cutler, PhD, and Celso-Ramon Garcia, MD, Menopause: A Guide for Women and the Men Who Love Them, New York, NY: W.W. Norton & Company, 1992 --- A guide to the changes --in lifestyle as well as in body --that menopause brings. The book also assists the men in the lives of women going through this transition. Wulf H. Utian, MD, PhD, and Ruth S. Jacobowitz, Managing Your Menopause, New York, NY: Prentice Hall, 1990 (1991 paperback) --- Extremely useful information