Recommended Books on Hormone Replacement Therapy
Menopause Myths & Facts : What Every Woman Should Know about Hormone Replacement Therapy This books discloses the information that drug companies and doctors don't want women to know. In an easy-to-read format, women can find the facts about menopause and Hormone Replacement Therapy, and learn how to analyze research articles and media presentations.
Restoring Balance: An Individualized Approach to Hormone Replacement Therapy Millions of women today are facing mid-life with the same questions: Should I use hormone replacement therapy to decrease my risk of heart disease, osteoporosis and Alzheimer's disease? And, if I do, how do I know what to take or how much is right for me? Fortunately, now there is an answer.
In Restoring Balance: An Individualized Approach to Hormone Replacement Therapy, authors Marla Ahlgrimm, R.Ph., and John Kells provide women with an exciting new solution. They have combined their scientific experience in the medical and pharmaceutical fields with their understanding of the unique hormonal needs of women who are concerned with PMS, perimenopause and menopause. They have developed a revolutionary new program of hormone level testing, natural bio-identical hormone replacement, individualized hormone doses and regular followups. Ahlgrimm and Kells recognize the importance of hormone replacement, but they are also keenly aware of the drawbacks of conventional treatments. Every woman is an individual, and her hormonal landscape is as unique to her as her fingerprints. A woman no longer has to accept the kind of "one-size-fits-all" prescription that is associated with disturbing side effects. She can choose an individualized hormone replacement program that is designed especially for her, that will minimize her hormonal discomforts and safeguard her long-term health. Restoring Balance gives women the information they need to make important decisions about hormone replacement. Mid-life doesn't have to be a time of uncomfortable symptoms and dead-ends. Instead, it can be an exciting time of transformation and opportunity. Restoring Balance tells women how to make that possible.
Natural Alternatives to HRT (Hormone Replacement Therapy) Cookbook : Understanding Estrogen and Food that Benefits Your Health Joint pains, mood swings, weight gain, and hot flashes-all familiar symptoms to every woman experiencing menopause. As unavoidable as menopause is, Marilyn Glenville demonstrates that its symptoms can be avoided, or at least alleviated. How? Thankfully, the solution is not the controversial and risky hormone replacement therapy, but a safe and natural alternative-your diet. Certain foods have been scientifically proven to benefit your health, particularly during menopause. In the Natural Alternatives to HRT Cookbook, Glenville outlines the beneficial effects of a variety of foods and provides savory and sweet recipes that will help you remain healthy and vigorous during menopause. Lavishly illustrated with beautiful photography, each delicious recipe has been specifically designed to combat the symptoms of menopause. Enjoy mouth-watering and healthy foods such as wild mushroom risotto, grilled seafood salad, and a fruit tart. By simply knowing how to eat naturally, you will eliminate menopausal discomfort, avoid osteoporosis, and prevent other illnesses.
Venous Thrombosis in Women: Pregnancy, the Contraceptive Pill and Hormone Replacement Therapy The impact of hormones on deep venous thrombosis is one of the most charged and debated subjects in contraceptive medicine. Female hormonal balance is primarily affected by the use of either oral contraceptives or HRT. For a long time it has been recognized that oral contraceptives can raise the incidence of DVT; however, there has been an enormous controversy as to whether all progestins do this equally or whether some have a greater impact than others where oral contraception is concerned. Written by a world leader on the subject, this book offers the latest clinical information about the effects of pregnancy, the contraceptive pill, and hormone replacement therapy on thrombotic problems in women.
Hormone Replacement Therapies The medical profession has known of hormone therapy for 40 years, but, except for estrogen therapy, it's still gone unused. Why? The reasons most of the hormones discussed in this monograph don't get to you for the improvement of your health and increased longevity are politics and money, with a little doctor ignorance thrown in. This monograph is about these endocrine glands and how they quietly regulate your life and your health. It is accurate to say that when the endocrine glands start to fail, you start to die. What most doctors don't realize is that we are facing a sea change in longevity and health in the elderly. Now, with the proper supplemental hormones, we can slow the aging process and, in many cases, reverse some of the signs and symptoms of aging.
Hormone Replacement Therapy and the Menopause King's College Hospital, London, UK. Pocket handbook presents a review of the role of hormone replacement therapy in this patient population. Assesses the risks and benefits and aids the physician in helping patients make an informed decision regarding treatment and prevention. Softcover.
The Estrogen Elixir: A History of Hormone Replacement Therapy in America
In the first complete history of hormone replacement therapy (HRT), Elizabeth Siegel Watkins illuminates the complex and changing relationship between the medical treatment of menopause and cultural conceptions of aging. Describing the development, spread, and shifting role of HRT in America from the early twentieth century to the present, Watkins explores how the interplay between science and society shaped the dissemination and reception of HRT and how the medicalization -- and subsequent efforts toward the demedicalization -- of menopause and aging affected the role of estrogen as a medical therapy. Telling the story from multiple perspectives -- physicians, pharmaceutical manufacturers, government regulators, feminist health activists, and the media, as well as women as patients and consumers -- she reveals the striking parallels between estrogen's history as a medical therapy and broad shifts in the role of medicine in an aging society. Today, information about HRT is almost always accompanied by a laundry list of health risks. While physicians and pharmaceutical companies have striven to develop the safest possible treatment for the symptoms of menopause and aging, many specialists question whether HRT should be prescribed at all. Drawing from a wide range of scholarly research, archival records, and interviews, The Estrogen Elixir provides valuable historical context for one of the most pressing debates in contemporary medicine. Praise for Watkins' On the Pill: "An exemplary study of how the nation which first had access to oral contraceptives first came to terms with their advantages, and their drawbacks." -- Times Literary Supplement "Intelligent and well-structured... An admirable exercise in social history." -- Nature "A particularly fascinating issue, trim and focused, sophisticated and helpful, fresh and very interesting." -- American Historical Review "In every carefully organized, lucidly written chapter Watkins provides surprising corrections to conventional thinking about the new birth control method." -- Journal of American History "Anyone concerned with the debate over scientific advance and medical authority will find this a highly stimulating study." -- Journal of American Studies
Sex Hormone Replacement Therapy Sex Hormone Replacement Therapy addresses important issues in contemporary endocrinology. Its major emphasis is on the consequences of the menopause and on androgen deficiency in the absence of overt disease of the hypothalamus and/or pituitary in men. The use of hormone therapy for the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease in post-menopausal women has become an area of major debate, and the pros and cons are examined in detail. Secondary prevention also remains controversial and is addressed in this volume.
An issue of particular concern is the treatment of estrogen deficiency symptoms in women with the diagnosis of breast cancer. Whether older men with some androgen deficiency symptoms and equivocally low plasma testosterone concentrations should be treated with androgens is also a matter of great debate, as is the efficacy and safety of plant estrogens in the treatment of menopause-related complaints. Sex Hormone Replacement Therapy will be of interest to students and non-specialists, as well as a wide range of medical practitioners including endocrinologists, gynecologists, rheumatologists and cardiologists.
The Hormone Decision : 7 Questions To Ask Yourself and Your Doctor About Hormone Replacement Therapy and Other Options Seven Important Questions to Ask Yourself & Your Doctor When Reconsidering Hormone Replacement Therapy:
- What's really happening to my body during menopause?
- What can I do to combat my menopausal symptoms?
- Can HRT benefit me?
- Is HRT too risky to consider?
- If I start on HRT, do I have to keep taking it after menopause?
- If I'm on HRT, should I stop immediately in light of the new findings? And what is the best way to stop?
- What else can I do to enhance my overall health, with or without HRT?
To date, nearly 6 million women use some form of Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) to combat menopausal symptoms and retain overall good health. However on July 9, 2002 the National Institute of Health (NIH) announced it would be halting its study of HRT due to an increased risk of cancer in study participants. Understandably, this news left women, currently taking hormone replacement and those considering it--panicked, confused, and full of questions. Now, helping women resolve these fears is Linda Laucella's new book, The Hormone Decision. A respected health writer and researcher, the author offers an authoritative guide to navigating the maze of information on hormone replacement therapy. With the Hormone Decision, women will be able to: - Figure out the questions to ask and how to make the best choices for their individual needs
- Weigh the benefits and risks for overall health both during and after menopause
- Assess their lifestyle choices optimize overall health with or without HRT
Hormone Replacement Therapy: How to Balance Your Hormones Naturally Bestselling author Dr Sandra Cabot takes away the fear and confusion about hormone replacement in this easy-to-follow, fresh and lively book. Based on the most recent research into hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and its natural alternatives, this accessible and comprehensive guide to menopause is a must-read for all women. In Hormone Replacement Therapy, Dr Sandra Cabot gives women all the information they need to make informed choices about hormone replacement and give them a happy, healthy menopause. With an in-depth discussion of all the issues surrounding the menopause as well as practical ways to deal with symptoms and illnesses naturally, all written in Dr Cabot's trademark up-beat style, this book dispels the fear and confusion around HRT. She explains what the menopause is and how to deal with symptoms such as hot flushes, insomnia, depression, fibromyalgia, weight gain and poor libido. Dr Cabot provides a history of HRT, changing attitudes towards it, the pros and cons of natural and synthetic hormones and practical advice on balancing your hormones naturally. She also provides information on reducing the risk of osteoporosis, breast cancer and degenerative diseases, as well as how to have a fantastic sex life at any age.
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