Kategoria BISAC: Health & Fitness >> Women's Health - General

Many of us experience signs and symptoms of hormonal imbalance every day. Do you have trouble dragging yourself out of bed in the morning? Ever have an uncontrollable sugar craving at 3 p.m.? Chronic headaches? Lack of energy? Do you get stressed just sitting in your office? Our bodies are wired to send us signals when something isn't right, but often we're too busy to hear them. Compounding the problem is a lack of understanding about the consequences if these symptoms are left unaddressed. Without hormonal balances, we are more likely to succumb to many diseases and...

"I love being naked. I do everything in the nude even gardening " (Eva Mendes)

Call it a modern day Joy of Sex meets Fit for Life, "Nude: Unveiling Your Inner Beauty and Sensuality" features tips and techniques embraceable by a married mom of three or a single parent who's dating. In a warm and friendly voice, close friends Jackson and Roemer understand the challenges faced by contemporary women and are, themselves, wives and mothers (AND grandmothers), who share tips and lend advice for women on enhancing their marriages, improving their partnerships and perking up their dating...

"I love being naked. I do everything in the nude even gardening " (Eva Mendes)

Call it a modern day Joy of Sex meets Fit for Life, "Nude: Unveiling Your Inner Beauty and Sensuality" features tips and techniques embraceable by a married mom of three or a single parent who's dating. In a warm and friendly voice, close friends Jackson and Roemer understand the challenges faced by contemporary women and are, themselves, wives and mothers (AND grandmothers), who share tips and lend advice for women on enhancing their marriages, improving their partnerships and perking up their dating...

Sex is talked about more openly today than ever before, but if you still struggle with sexual myths, self-doubt, and "embarrassing" questions, you're in good company. Now in a fully updated second edition, this trusted guide has already helped many thousands of women understand how their bodies work and take charge of their sexuality. The authors are experienced therapists who interweave candid reflections from diverse women with current, science-based information, exercises, and advice. You'll find answers to everything from how to have more satisfying sex to questions about body image,...

"Reproductive justice" is a relatively new term that underscores the fact that the existence of reproductive rights does not mean that women are able to exercise those rights. For women unable to exercise their rights for any number of reasons--a lack of available services where they live, lack of money or health insurance to pay for services, being forbidden by family members to seek services--the reality is they have no choices to make and possess little if any control over their own bodies, regardless of what the government states their "rights" are.

"Reproductive Justice: A Global...

In this down-to-earth guide, celebrated sex expert and bestselling author Dr. Ruth Westheimer teams up with prominent gynecologist at Cornell and New York Presbyterian Medical Centers, Dr. Amos Grunebaum, to address the most pressing health issues women face today. Written in Dr. Ruth's refreshingly candid and lively style, it gives you everything you need to take charge of your health--from finding a gynecologist to having a happy sex life to planning or avoiding a pregnancy. With practical advice and information for...

Barbara Delinsky's 1998 bestseller, COAST ROAD, featured a heroine who was a breast cancer survivor. To this day, it is the book that generates more mail than any of her others. That fact, combined with Barbara's ongoing commitment to breast cancer research, led her to her first book of nonfiction. Not a medical book -- there is no discussion of the pros and cons of a...

Author Andrea Farkas Patenaude, a clinical psychologist at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, has spent much time talking with women who decided to have risk-reducing or prophylactic mastectomy rather than undergo a lifetime of repeated screenings--a strategy that can help to detect cancers early, but cannot prevent breast cancer. In "Prophylactic Mastectomy: Insights from Women Who Chose to Reduce Their Risk," Patenaude shares many candid stories from these women and documents the risks and benefits of this decision.

The potential emotional trauma and lifelong effects on self-concept,...

Since ancient times, physicians have believed that women are especially vulnerable to certain mental illnesses. Contemporary research confirms that women are indeed more susceptible than men to anxiety, depression, multiple personality, and eating disorders, and several forms of what used to be called hysteria.

Why are these disorders more prevalent in women? Brant Wenegrat convincingly asserts that women's excess risk stems from a lack of social power. He reviews women's social power from an evolutionary and cross-cultural perspective and places mental disorders in the context of...

Reproductive Rights and the State: Getting the Birth Control, RU-486, and Morning-After Pills and the Gardasil Vaccine to the U.S. Market tackles a subject that remains controversial more than 60 years after "the pill" was approved for use in the United States. The first book to examine the politicization of the FDA approval process for reproductive drugs, this study maps the hard-fought battles over the four major drugs currently on the U.S. market.

To make her case, Melissa Haussman scrutinizes the history of the FDA and the statutes that have governed it, as well as...