The Unofficial Guide to Coping With Menopause

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Pub. Date: 1999-06-01
Publisher(s): John Wiley & Sons Inc
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Summary

Sooner or later, every woman goes through menopause--but until now, few women have wanted to talk about it. In recent years, however, doctors have developed many new techniques and therapies that improve women's health through the monopause years--and beyond. If you're experiencing menopause, you want to find the best way to face this time of your life without stress, strain, or mega-medical bills. You want the inside scoop. The Unofficial Guide to Coping with Menopause gives you a fool-proof appraisal of which treatments work and which don't--with unbiased recommendations that are not influenced by any company, product, or organization. This book, like every Unofficial Guide, is intensively inspected by the Unofficial Panel of Experts, a team of highly respected medical professionals. They ensure that you are armed with the most up-to-date insider information on menopause and are told exactly what the Official establishment doesn't want you to know. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

The Unofficial Guide Reader's Bill of Rightsp. xiii
The Unofficial Guide Panel of Expertsp. xvii
Introductionp. xix
What Menopause Isp. 1
What Is Menopause, and How Do I Know I've Got It?p. 3
You May Be Menopausal Ifp. 5
Menopause and Perimenopause Definedp. 5
Age Rangesp. 6
Common Indicationsp. 7
When and How Menopause Occursp. 12
Your Reproductive Life Cycle from Puberty Through Menopausep. 12
What's Happening to Me?p. 14
Menopause and Your Healthp. 16
Osteoporosisp. 18
Heart Diseasep. 18
Colo-rectal Cancerp. 19
Alzheimer's Diseasep. 19
Preventing and Treating Problemsp. 19
Why Menopause Happensp. 20
Just the Factsp. 21
Evolving Evep. 23
Biological Reasons for Menopausep. 24
Theoretical Explanations for Menopausep. 26
Blessings or Cursesp. 29
Myth, Religion, Superstitionp. 29
Old Wives and Early Doctorsp. 31
Old Wives' Tales and Treatmentsp. 31
Women's Issues and Early Medicinep. 33
Women's Medicine in the Early 20th Centuryp. 35
Menopause and the American Womanp. 37
"Changelings" in Other Culturesp. 38
Healthy Emotions, Healthy Bodyp. 40
Thinking About Your Futurep. 40
Just the Factsp. 42
Here and Nowp. 43
It Depends on Your Symptomsp. 44
Defining Normal Menopausep. 45
Health and Fitnessp. 45
Defining Problem Menopausep. 48
Taking Chargep. 49
Remedy Researchp. 50
Finding a Great Doctorp. 54
Avoiding Problems, Postmenopausep. 60
Treatment Trendsp. 62
Just the Factsp. 64
How Your Hormones Workp. 65
Menstruation and Youp. 67
A Day in the Life of Your Cyclep. 67
There Are Cycles and Then There Are Cyclesp. 68
Eggs, Ovaries, and Ovulationp. 69
Roles of Estrogen and Progesteronep. 71
Stimulating the Cycle: FSH and LHp. 74
Other Hormonesp. 77
Are They Just Sex Hormones?p. 78
Fertility and Pregnancyp. 79
Your Cycle During Pregnancy or on the Pillp. 80
Your Cycle Leading Up to and During Menopausep. 81
A Month in the Life of Your Menstrual Cyclep. 83
Just the Factsp. 88
What Can Go Wrongp. 89
Decline and Fall of the Hormone Empirep. 89
What Happens When Hormone Levels Change?p. 90
Perimenopause and Menopause--Just What Is Happening to Me?p. 92
Changes During Early Perimenopausep. 93
Changes During Late Perimenopausep. 95
Changes During Menopausep. 97
The Body's Quest for Balancep. 99
Early Warning: Perimenopausep. 100
From Contraception to Perimenopause?p. 101
Infertility and Perimenopausep. 103
PMS and Perimenopausep. 105
From Frustration to Flushingp. 107
What Affects Perimenopause and Menopause?p. 109
Your Background and Perimenopausep. 110
You Are What You Eatp. 111
Stress: Real Effects in Your Bodyp. 112
Your Symptoms Depend on Youp. 115
Just the Factsp. 118
Major Menopause-Linked Health Worriesp. 119
Osteoporosisp. 120
How Does Osteoporosis Happen?p. 121
Boning Up on Bonep. 122
Who's at Risk of Developing Osteoporosis?p. 124
Can I Tell Whether I Have Osteoporosis?p. 125
How Do I Prevent Osteoporosis?p. 130
Heart Diseasep. 131
Cancerp. 137
Breast Cancerp. 137
Uterine Cancerp. 140
Colo-rectal Cancerp. 141
Screening for Cancerp. 142
Alzheimer's Diseasep. 143
Just the Factsp. 147
Hormone Treatmentsp. 149
Hormone-Replacement Therapy (HRT)p. 151
A Little Hormone Historyp. 152
HRT Todayp. 154
Variations: Just Estrogen, or Progesterone Too?p. 157
Estrogen-Only Therapyp. 158
Combined Estrogen and Progesterone Replacementp. 161
Estrogen, Progestin, and Other Replacement Therapiesp. 163
Risk or Benefit?p. 165
Early Estrogen Alarmp. 166
Hormones and Cancerp. 167
Breast Cancerp. 169
Endometrial Cancerp. 170
Estrogen Against Osteoporosis?p. 171
Hormones and Heart Diseasep. 173
Estrogen and Alzheimer's Diseasep. 174
Much to Learn About HRTp. 174
Just the Factsp. 175
Traditional or Natural: What Flavor of HRT?p. 177
Where Do They Get Hormones From?p. 178
Cooking Up a Batch of Hormonesp. 179
Pills, Patches, Creams, and Choicesp. 180
How Do You Take Your Estrogen?p. 180
Providing Progesterone and Progestinsp. 191
Combinationsp. 194
Which Estrogen? Which Progestin?p. 194
Estrogensp. 195
Progestinsp. 197
Androgensp. 200
Natural Hormone Replacementp. 201
The Hullabaloo over Natural Progesteronep. 201
Natural Hormones by Prescription or Over-the-Counterp. 205
Choices in HRT: Putting It All Togetherp. 207
HRT, Medications, and Existing Ailmentsp. 212
Estrogen andp. 213
Progestins and Progesteronep. 215
Just the Factsp. 217
New Drugs and Designer Hormonesp. 219
Designer Estrogens to Prevent Osteoporosisp. 220
Raloxifene and How It Worksp. 221
The Drawbacksp. 224
A Boon for Breast Cancer Preventionp. 227
Taking Tamaxifenp. 228
Tough Trade-Offsp. 230
Summing up SERMsp. 232
Antiprogestins and Postmenopausal Healthp. 235
Beyond Designer Sex Hormonesp. 236
Bone Benefitsp. 236
Gone Fishing?p. 238
In the Pipelinep. 238
Just the Factsp. 240
Treating Menopausal Problems: Beyond Hormonesp. 241
Nutrition Newsp. 243
Nutrition Basicsp. 245
RDAs and RDIsp. 245
Vital Vitaminsp. 253
Meaningful Mineralsp. 257
Treat Yourselfp. 258
Heads, Hearts, and Hot Flashesp. 259
The Value of Vitamin Ap. 262
The Beneficial Bsp. 263
Skeletal Supportp. 263
Iron Womanp. 266
Amino Acids: Mood Foods and Morep. 267
EFAs: Fats You Have to Havep. 269
Considering Cravingsp. 271
Chocoholics, Unite!p. 272
Protein Preferencesp. 274
The Vegetarian Viewp. 275
Ensuring Adequate Nutritionp. 275
The Daily Dilemmap. 276
Are We Getting Enough?p. 276
Just the Factsp. 277
Treating Menopause with Lifestylep. 279
The Active, Low-Stress Lifestylep. 280
Stress and Premature Menopausep. 281
The Restorative Powers of Stress Reductionp. 282
De-Stressing Your Lifep. 284
Eliminate the Negativep. 285
To Sleep, Perchance to Dreamp. 287
Take Care of Yourselfp. 289
Exercise and Meditationp. 290
Effects on Your Hormonesp. 292
The Benefits of Exercisep. 293
The Importance of Weight-Bearing Exercisep. 294
Antistress Offerings from the Eastp. 296
Yoga for Menopausep. 296
Tai Chi: Slow Moves for Great Benefitsp. 298
Qi Gongp. 298
Breath Workp. 300
The Mind-Body Connectionp. 301
Spiritually Speakingp. 302
Charting the Mind-Body Responsep. 303
Just the Factsp. 304
Nonhormone Treatment from Conventional Medicinep. 305
Hot Flashes and Headachesp. 306
Blood-Pressure Medicationsp. 308
Other Hot-Flash Treatmentsp. 308
Over-the-Counter Optionsp. 309
Musings on Migrainesp. 310
Medicinally Induced Hot Flashesp. 311
Vaginal Drynessp. 312
Irregular Bleeding and Related Problemsp. 315
Cancer as a Cause of Abnormal Bleedingp. 317
Diagnosis of Structural Abnormalitiesp. 318
Treatment of Abnormal Bleeding with Medicationsp. 321
Treatment of Abnormal Bleeding with Surgeryp. 323
Surgical Interventions for Hormone Problemsp. 329
Decisions, Decisions: Handling Menopause Your Wayp. 330
Just the Factsp. 331
Alternatives and Environmental Issuesp. 333
Herbs and Alternative Treatmentsp. 335
Effective Herbalism?p. 336
How Herbs Help Menopausep. 338
A Short History of Herbsp. 340
Hormonal Effects from Herbsp. 341
Traditional Chinese Medicine and Menopausep. 344
TCM Herbal Gynecologyp. 346
Avoiding Unwanted Effectsp. 349
Ginsengsp. 350
Ayurveda's Indian Prescriptionp. 353
Vatap. 353
Pittap. 354
Kaphap. 354
Ayurvedic Balancingp. 355
Other Herbal Traditionsp. 357
Beyond the Herbal Horizonsp. 359
Homeopathy for Menopausep. 359
Acupuncture, Massage, and Energy Workp. 362
Just the Factsp. 364
Estrogens from Everywherep. 365
Phytohormones: You Are What You Eatp. 366
A Phytoestrogen Primerp. 368
How Phytoestrogens Workp. 369
Soy for Your Hormonesp. 369
Beyond Soy: Other Phytoestrogen Foodsp. 372
Hormones in the Meat You Eatp. 373
Unwanted Estrogen in the Environmentp. 375
Pollutants and Pesticidesp. 376
Environmentally Available Estrogensp. 378
The Great Unknownp. 379
Keeping Healthyp. 380
Just the Factsp. 383
Glossaryp. 385
Resource Directoryp. 395
Recommended Reading Listp. 403
Indexp. 407
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