Hormone Replacement Therapy Books

Menopause and Estrogen: Natural Alternatives to Hormone Replacement Therapy, 2nd Edition One of the most hard-hitting menopause books in its critique of the way the medical establishment views and treats menopause, its purpose is two-fold. Firstly, to tell the "real story" about hormone replacement therapy, its dangers, and why doctors are pushing it; and secondly to offer alternative treatments based on looking at the body and aging from the point of view of health, not pathology. This is an incredibly important book for transforming the myths of aging and bringing women's healing back into the hands of women.

Hormone Replacement Therapy (Contemporary Endocrinology) A. Wayne Meikle and a distinguished panel of expert clinicians bring to bear their extensive knowledge and experience in managing adults and children undergoing hormone replacement therapy for the pituitary, parathyroid, thyroid, pancreas, adrenal glands, and gonads. Emphasizing proper patient management, the book provides to specialists and general practitioners alike time-tested, cutting-edge guidelines on the use, monitoring, and dosage of hormone therapeutics in the treatment of disorders of endocrine function, while giving an exhaustive analysis of each therapy. Comprehensive and eminently practical, Hormone Replacement Therapy captures the most recent advances in hormone replacement therapeutics and is certain to serve endocrinologists, gynecologists, pediatricians, urologists, internists, and family practitioners as today's standard reference for managing and monitoring their patients.

The choice is yours...

If you're looking for an alternative to Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT)-the traditional, but potentially dangerous treatment for menopausal symptoms-one of today's leading nutritional therapists, Dr. Marilyn Glenville, describes a multitude of options for treating most of the common ailments associated with menopause. With natural therapies, including herbal supplements, and changes in diet and exercise programs, today you have more choices than ever in alleviating your symptoms-without the use of HRT.

For instance, did you know:

-Hot flashes can be treated by eating soy foods such as soy milk, tofu, and miso?
-Avoidance of caffeine, alcohol, sugar, and refined foods can keep menopausal mood swings at bay?
-Brisk walking and yoga will go a long way toward preventing osteoporosis?
-The herb Black Cohosh will help you regain hormonal balance?

Easy-to-follow charts and tables help outline treatment plans for your symptoms; clear, concise language helps you understand what your body is going through, and what will temper it; and authoritative, up-to-the-minute information helps you make your own choices and take an active role in your treatment.

Hormone Replacement Therapy for Menopausal Women: A Clinical Appraisal Increase in life expectancy and awareness of the benefits of hormone therapy have increased the demand for hormone replacement therapy, yet the number of women in the UK receiving treatment are low in comparison with those in the USA and other European countries. Many doctors may be reluctant to prescribe hormone therapy as they do not appreciate that the benefits of treatment outweigh the possible risks.
Hormone Replacement Therapy for Menopausal Women explores various aspects of hormone therapy. The relevant physiology is outlined and the major issues in HRT, such as cardiovascular disease, cancer, and osteoporosis, are also addressed. Easily readable and with a well-balanced view, this book will be helpful to junior doctors, general practitioners, and specialists alike.

Endocrine Replacement Therapy in Clinical Practice (Contemporary Endocrinology) (Contemporary Endocrinology) Updating and expanding his well-praised Hormone Replacement Therapy (Humana Press, 1999), A. Wayne Meikle, MD, brings together in Endocrine Replacement Therapy in Clinical Practice the extensive knowledge of leading clinicians in managing children and adults in need of hormonal replacement therapy. These world-class experts offer comprehensive guidelines for the diagnosis and cutting-edge treatment of disorders of the pituitary, parathyroid, thyroid, pancreas, adrenal glands, and gonads. Among the special topics covered are approaches to both male and female contraception, the enhancement of fertility in both men and women, the management of diseases affecting the parathyroid and vitamin D and calcium metabolism, updated guidelines on the use of growth hormone secretagogues in children and adults, and androgen therapy in aging and muscle wasting.

The Practical Encyclopedia of Sex and Health (From Aphrodisiacs and Hormones to Potency, Stress, Vasectomy and Yeast Infection - Over 120 Fact-Filled Entries) Sexual health is something of an enigma for many of us. It is taken for granted when we have it and sorely missed when we don't. Furthermore, sexual health is assumed by so many of us to be automatic that we pay little attention to how it can be maintained. Here, more than in most other areas of health, people are often unaware of fundamental preventive measures they can follow to ensure healthy sexual functioning. This book specifically and skillfully fills this void. This is a well-designed, well-research volume that avoids technical jargon in favor of clear, accessible, easy-to-grasp information. Whether you read it cover to cover or simply put it on the bookshelf for use as a reference, you will find that this is indeed a user friendly book as well as a book that is loaded with immensely practical advice.

What Does Your Doctor Look Like Naked?: Your Guide to Optimal Health What Does Your Doctor Look Like Naked? Your Guide To Optimal Health delves into the complete concept of obtaining and then maintaining optimal health and your ideal body. It, unlike other books out there, describes not only what to do but more importantly the HOW TO and WHY the program works. With this understanding, optimal health, weight loss, and the body you desire are only a few steps away.

Hormone Heresy : What Women Must Know About Their Hormones A comprehensively researched book that explains how the use of conventional hormone replacement therapies have put women at great risk and shows the suffering they have endured. It provides women of all ages the vital information necessary for making informed choices; such as the scientific research that shows that synthetic hormones used in HRT and The Pill contribute to breast, ovarian and uterine cancers and further, how longer term use contributes to CFS, liver disease, impaired thyroid function and reduced or complete deletion of a woman's sex drive.

Beginning with an explanation of how the medicalization of women's reproductive cycles has brought about the enslavement of modern woman into a cycle of chemical entrapment and it concludes with practical and natural alternatives to safely and effectively handle peri-menopausal and menopausal symptoms. Women from around the world have commented on its easy readability, it's sensible approach to the changing times that each woman will experience during her lifetime.

This invaluable volume contains the most optimal, safe and effective solutions to hormonal imbalance at whatever age it occurs. With the knowledge and understanding held within this book women are inspired to create a "hormonal balancing" program for their long term health.

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