Cochran, Jo Whitehorse
Sally Rockwell
Paavo Airola
Legato, Marianne J.
From Kirkus Reviews Everywoman's guide to her heart, crafted by a cardiologist (Legato) and a medical writer (Colman: Love and Money, 1982), whose combined expertise and skills have produced a highly informative and thoroughly readable owner's manual. Long more the concern of romantic poets than of medical researchers, the female heart is here taken very seriously indeed. Although coronary artery disease is the number-one killer of women in the country, relatively little research into it has focused on, or even included, female subjects. As patients, the authors reveal, women presenting symptoms of heart disease are taken less seriously than men--and when women undergo cardiac surgery, they are less likely than men to survive. In the face of this, Legato and Colman take a practical approach, giving women the information they need to understand not just the heart, healthy and otherwise, but circumstances unique to the female--the role of hormones in cardiac disease, the special problems of pregnancy and menopause, etc. Their discussion of risk factors is similarly aimed specifically at women, addressing such issues as the neglected care-giver and the overloaded working woman. The authors include a wealth of practical advice about self-care and prevention, understanding medical tests, recognizing the symptoms of heart disease and especially those of a heart attack, and recovering from a heart attack. Stories about Legato's patients serve as object lessons and are generally reassuring. Of special interest is a chapter on what a woman should realistically expect from her physician and what tests should be performed at what ages. Finally, an epilogue calls for both additional funding for heart-disease research and for increased responsibility by women for their own health. A welcome and very timely counterpart to the extensive literature available on heart disease in men. (Illustrations.) -- Copyright ©1991, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.
Witkin-Lanoil, Georgia
Betty Friedan
Lark, Susan M.
Lark, Susan M.
Ehrenreich, Barbara
Amazon.com This dense, well-argued classic underscores the need to take expert advice with a shaker of salt. Barbara Ehrenreich and Deirdre English ably show that many experts gleefully hammer recalcitrant souls into a shape acceptable to society, rather than encouraging people to find their own way. The book plunges into 150 years of misbegotten advice to women and questionable insights into feminine nature that have many modern parallels. In the service of better living through science, women have undergone deprivational rest cures that most war rules would disallow, submitted to surgical bludgeoning of ovaries and uterus to quell a list of unladylike behaviors, and humbly followed childcare advice that amounted to abuse. Though slanted by its bent toward worst cases and offenses against only one sex, it offers much to mull over for hopeful seekers of mix-and-bake directions for a better life. From the Publisher A provocative new perspective on female history, the history of American medicine and psychology, and the history of child-rearing unlike any other.
Editors of Good Housekeeping
From Booklist The focus of this guide is health maintenance; the book can also be utilized as a concise encyclopedia of common illnesses, from AIDS to yeast infections. With the focus on care and prevention, there is information on the aging process, including common physical and psychological changes, fitness, nutrition, breast exams, and conquering fatigue. Other significant issues covered include workplace hazards and how to react to and recover from violent attacks. Insurance and physician selection are discussed, and a most encouraging sign related to the latter interest is the number of women specialists on the medical advisory board for this publication. A glossary and the addresses of health and helpful organizations are appended. Denise Perry Donavin Ingram A comprehensive guide, complemented by illustrations, charts, and graphs, to women's health and health issues covers women's physiology, aging, stress, domestic violence, heart disease, hormone therapy, infertility, occupational hazards, and other topics. 75,000 first printing.
Carlson, Karen J.
Amazon.com Arranged alphabetically like an encyclopedia of health, it starts with Abdominal Pain and Abortion and works its way through Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Heartburn, and Safe Sex to Vulvitis and Zinc. While it zeroes in on health issues more generic health books often leave out, it's clearly more comprehensive than that. It's a guide family and friends, regardless of gender, will turn to for comprehensive, clear explanations in a field where too little said can be as harmful as misinformation. For women especially, for whom certain topics often get short shrift from squeamish publications, this guide's a godsend of information. From Booklist Designed to help women become better informed about their own health concerns, this work presents a vast amount of clearly stated, solid information in more than 300 alphabetically arranged entries. Excellent, easily reproducible drawings clarify conditions (mitral valve prolapse, scoliosis) and procedures (knee replacement, bone marrow transplantation). Entries begin with an explanation of the topic, then discuss who is likely to develop the condition, its symptoms, evaluation, treatment, and... read more --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Marian Sandmaier
Payer, Lynn
Todd, Alexandra Dundas
From Book News, Inc. Todd (sociology, Suffolk U.) draws on observations, made over a two- year period, of communications between gynecologists and patients in a private practitioner's office and in a community clinic. She presents her insights regarding science, modern medicine, and women's health. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
Nissim, Rina
Book Description Natural Healing in Gynaecology is an essential reference book which gives women the power of choice in their own healing. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. From the Publisher A complete guide to alternative treatments for gynecological disorders. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Healy, Bernadine
From Booklist During many decades of distinguished cardiological practice, Healy discovered and has demonstrated the second-class health status of American women. Here she identifies and examines the major health issues for women from adolescence to old age: nutrition, reproductive health, sexually transmitted diseases, menopause, cancer, cardiovascular disease, depression and anxiety, osteoporosis, and the Alzheimer's characteristics peculiar to female patients. These vital issues are presented as part of a call for empowerment: "A woman's sense of herself, her degree of personal power, her ability to use her talents in society are all tightly linked to her overall health and well-being. When women demand equal care, we declare our equal capacity to contribute fully to society." Boxed sidebars throughout contain information on what research is still needed as well as on what is in progress. A good addition to both health and women's studies collections. Whitney Scott Ingram Revealing the second-class health status of women as seen by the medical profession, the first female director of the National Institutes of Health separates reality from hype and science from myth and discusses ten lifelong health issues for women. 60,000 first printing. $50,000 ad/promo. Tour.
Gaby, Alan
Review You Can Fight?and Even Reverse?Bone Loss From the Trade Paperback edition. Ingram An expert on osteoporosis, which is at epidemic levels among American women, offers a treatment program based on nutrition and exercise in easy-to-read chapters that explain how to increase bone mass without drugs. Book Description You Can Fight-and Even Reverse-Bone Loss How strong are your bones? At 35, a woman's battle against bone loss begins. And, it intensifies with menopause and beyond. Conventional medicine has offered such controversial therapies as estrogen replacement, a treatment that is potentially dangerous and only partially effective. Now, Dr. Gaby, one of the foremost authorities on nutritional and natural medicine, offers practical advice on osteoporosis that substantially increases a woman's chances for maintainting and even regaining normal bone mass. Inside you'll learn: ·How diet can help or hurt your bones ·How food allergies contribute to osteoporosis ·Which types of exercise are beneficial ·Why vitamin K is as important for bones as calcium ·And much more! "A breakthrough approach to the successful treatment and/or prevention of osteoporosis." --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
Beauvoir, Simone de
Amazon.com In The Second Sex, Simone de Beauvoir posed questions many men, and women, had yet to ponder when the book was released in 1953. "One wonders if women still exist, if they will always exist, whether or not it is desirable that they should ...," she says in this comprehensive treatise on women. She weaves together history, philosophy, economics, biology, and a host of other disciplines to show women's place in the world and to postulate on the power of sexuality. This is a powerful piece of writing in a time before "feminism" was even a phrase, much less a movement. The New York Times Book Review, Clyde Kluckhohn It is a truly magnificent book, even if sometimes irritating to a mere male. Book Description Introduction by Margaret Crosland; Translation by H. M. Parshley --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Maleskey, Gale
From The WomanSource Catalog & Review: Tools for Connecting the Community for Women; review by FGP If even after reading How To Stay Out of the Gynecologist's Office, you still need or want to go, then you should go as an informed consumer, and this book is a good place to start. The authors list questions you should ask before choosing your doctor or consenting to any treatments or procedures; they also give descriptions of and points to consider for everything from routine exams to hysterectomies. Remember, information is power, and the more you know about your options, the more control you will have over your heathcare. Ingram The authors of Take This Book to the Hospital with You offer this step-by-step guide to everything from pap smears to getting a second opinion on a hysterectomy. With 57% of all women relying on their gynecologists to provide all their medical care, this book is required reading for good health.
Miller, Jean Baker
Book Description In the twenty years since its publication, this book has become famous for its groundbreaking demonstration of how sexual stereotypes restrict men's and women's psychological development. Toward a New Psychology of Women revolutionized concepts of strength and weakness, dependency and autonomy, emotion, success, and power. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
Hutton, Deborah
Ingram A complete guide to fitness and health for women over thirty discusses the latest advances in medical research into the aging process and offers tips on make-up, exercises, developing good health habits, nutrition, and fashion. 15,000 first printing. Customer Reviews
Sherrer, Yvonne R.
Smith, John M.
From Kirkus Reviews Why men have no business being gynecologists--or so the author says--and what women can do to get proper health care. Smith, himself a gynecologist, draws on his own experiences in asserting that men are too often sexist and bring to the doctor-patient relationship their prejudices against women and their need to dominate. Smith finds, in fact, that ``insensitivity, greed, and the arrogance of power'' are commonplace among physicians in general. In his attempt to call attention to the situation and to empower women to deal with it, Smith offers some memorable one-liners: ``If you send a sexist to medical school, you can only wind up with a sexist doctor''; ``The more times a woman consults a gynecologist, the more likely she is to experience abuse.'' He describes the major problems created by such gender bias and relates stories of individual patients who have come to harm at the hands of gynecologists-- some well intentioned, others simply incompetent. Moving on, Smith reveals how physicians are trained, licensed, and given hospital privileges, and offers advice on how to select the right health-care provider (not necessarily an M.D.) and how to develop a good relationship with that person. He also includes a valuable handbook on common gynecological problems, aimed at helping women understand afflictions, and ask the important questions--i.e., to participate intelligently in decision-making about their own medical treatment. Finally, Smith, who sees the attitudes and behaviors of physicians as central to the problems of our health- care system, offers his own ideas about restructuring health care in the US. A provocative and forceful call for change, certain to enrage male gynecologists while empowering their patients. -- Copyright ©1992, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved. From Book News, Inc. Dr. Smith offers informed and reasonably spelled out opinions and illustrative anecdotes and case histories. Shame on the publisher for failing to provide an index and for saddling the book with a grandiose subtitle: A Physician's Explosive Account of Women's Medical Treatment, and Mistreatment, in America Today and What You Can Do About It. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
Northrup, Christiane
Amazon.com Quite possibly every female over the age of 12 will find this huge book enlightening, pain saving, and perhaps even lifesaving. Think of it as a much more empowering and holistic Our Bodies, Ourselves. Northrup is a gynecologist who acknowledges the power of natural therapies and herbs, but also maintains that allopathic treatments, including surgery, are sometimes best. In Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom, she covers the treatment of many physical concerns--among them PMS, menstrual cramps, breast cancer, fibroids, endometriosis, infertility, depression, childbirth, abortion, cystitis, and menopause--explaining how many of these physical problems have roots in emotional upsets. For example, a woman who is unhappy with her marriage may be infertile because deep down, she knows that her husband is not the right man to have children with; a teenager who has cramps may be having problems accepting society's expectations of her as a woman. Some readers may be put off at first by Northrup's obviously unconventional ways of thinking. Her medical approach is decidedly feminist, blaming our "addictive" and patriarchal society for many of the health problems plaguing women. She clearly illustrates her ideas, however, by drawing upon two decades of experience from her medical practice and citing dozens of her patients' remarkable personal stories. Northrup also delineates the best way to go about tuning in to one's body and mind in order to start the healing process, a self-induced therapy of sorts. She also includes in the book a copy of the eye-opening health inventory she gives her clients. It includes unusual questions such as "Are you bored with your life?" and "Do you have enough friends or neighbors?" This book will be of special benefit to women who are pregnant or entering menopause. Northrup is an unequivocal believer in natural births and her dialogue on the birthing process will remove the fears of even the most petrified mother-to-be. She criticizes episiotomies (she should know; she's given birth without one) and supports midwifery. She also warns against the harmfulness of cesarean births and includes illustrations of acupressure points that help turn around a breech baby. For women in perimenopause or menopause, Northrup will help turn this life phase into one of peace and personal growth instead of one of suffering. She was one of the first doctors to use natural progesterone to treat menopausal symptoms, and this revised edition includes a clear primer on the latest in hormone replacement therapy and how to determine if it's right for you. Northrup also expounds upon the benefits of acupuncture and herbalism--as well as emotional self-analysis--for alleviating hot flashes and mood swings. --Erica Jorgensen --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. From Library Journal While this book offers a great deal of sound and sympathetic advice about healthy living for women, it is accompanied by an excess of feminist rhetoric and New Age mumbo jumbo. (Do fibroids really "result when we are flowing life energy into dead ends, such as jobs or relationships we have outgrown"?) The reader might feel more comfortable skipping those parts of this otherwise excellent work. Northrup, the founder of a women's health clinic in Maine, takes up women's standard health problems... read more --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Northrup, Christiane, Md.
Amazon.com Quite possibly every female over the age of 12 will find this huge book enlightening, pain saving, and perhaps even lifesaving. Think of it as a much more empowering and holistic Our Bodies, Ourselves. Northrup is a gynecologist who acknowledges the power of natural therapies and herbs, but also maintains that allopathic treatments, including surgery, are sometimes best. In Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom, she covers the treatment of many physical concerns--among them PMS, menstrual cramps, breast cancer, fibroids, endometriosis, infertility, depression, childbirth, abortion, cystitis, and menopause--explaining how many of these physical problems have roots in emotional upsets. For example, a woman who is unhappy with her marriage may be infertile because deep down, she knows that her husband is not the right man to have children with; a teenager who has cramps may be having problems accepting society's expectations of her as a woman. Some readers may be put off at first by Northrup's obviously unconventional ways of thinking. Her medical approach is decidedly feminist, blaming our "addictive" and patriarchal society for many of the health problems plaguing women. She clearly illustrates her ideas, however, by drawing upon two decades of experience from her medical practice and citing dozens of her patients' remarkable personal stories. Northrup also delineates the best way to go about tuning in to one's body and mind in order to start the healing process, a self-induced therapy of sorts. She also includes in the book a copy of the eye-opening health inventory she gives her clients. It includes unusual questions such as "Are you bored with your life?" and "Do you have enough friends or neighbors?" This book will be of special benefit to women who are pregnant or entering menopause. Northrup is an unequivocal believer in natural births and her dialogue on the birthing process will remove the fears of even the most petrified mother-to-be. She criticizes episiotomies (she should know; she's given birth without one) and supports midwifery. She also warns against the harmfulness of cesarean births and includes illustrations of acupressure points that help turn around a breech baby. For women in perimenopause or menopause, Northrup will help turn this life phase into one of peace and personal growth instead of one of suffering. She was one of the first doctors to use natural progesterone to treat menopausal symptoms, and this revised edition includes a clear primer on the latest in hormone replacement therapy and how to determine if it's right for you. Northrup also expounds upon the benefits of acupuncture and herbalism--as well as emotional self-analysis--for alleviating hot flashes and mood swings. --Erica Jorgensen --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. From Publishers Weekly This guide goes far beyond standard self-help books, assessing women's health within the context of their work, families and society. The author, a holistic physician specializing in obstetrics and gynecology, seeks to illuminate the basic conditions of women's lives that lead to their health problems. A founder of Women to Women, a clinic that practices within the context of conventional medicine, Northrup, in 17 years of caring for women, was led to take a holistic view of women's health. She... read more Book Description Learn which thoughts and emotions promote health, why a woman's own intuitive understanding of her body is as important as her doctor's assessment, and why prescribing medicine or recommending surgery for a health problem is only one of many possible options. --This text refers to the Audio Cassette edition.
Loecher, Barbara
Originally published: New choices in natural healing for women. Emmaus, Pa. : Rodale Press, c1997. Includes index.
Stewart, Susan C. (Editor)
Midwest Book Review Enjoy a women's resource book written entirely by female physicians and health care professions and including over seven hundred pages of references to health maintenance and disease prevention. This packs in facts on everything from being a savvy consumer to understanding diagnosis and treatment options. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. Ingram Written and developed under the leadership of thousands of female physicians, a comprehensive medical reference book covers every aspect of women's health, from puberty through post-menopause, from common colds to serious illnesses. Reprint.
Wolfe, Sidney M.
From Book News, Inc. A compact reference by the director of a patient advocacy group founded by Ralph Nader. The subtitle is What most doctors won't tell you about birth control, c-sections, weight control products, hormone replacement therapy, osteoporosis, breast implants, tranquilizers, hysterectomies and other medications, procedures, and conditions that could endanger your life. Includes c-section rates at 2,453 US hospitals. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or. From The WomanSource Catalog & Review: Tools for Connecting the Community for Women; review by FGP Women make up the largest group of healthcare consumers in this country. Unfortunately, not only are we seduced by advertisements claiming that breast implants will make us happier, pills will make us freer and diets will make us sexier, but also confronted medical professionals who are unwilling or unable to give us accurate information about the risks that accompany these drugs and procedures. The authors investigate 12 of the most common pills, procedures and products aimed at women and... read more
Fogel, Catherine Ingram
Includes bibliographical references and index.