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 | 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.
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 | 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.
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 | 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.
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 | 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.
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 | 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.
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 | 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.
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 | 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.
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 | 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.
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 | 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.
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 | 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.
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 | 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.
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 | 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.
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 | 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.
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 | 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.
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 | 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.
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 | 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.
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 | Wulf H. Utian, MD, PhD, and Ruth S. Jacobowitz, Managing
Your Menopause, New York, NY: Prentice Hall, 1990 (1991 paperback) --- Extremely
useful information |
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