Menopause For Dummies

Dr Sarah Brewer is a GP, health writer, and a former Health Journalist of the Year. Marcia L. Jones, PhD, was a professor and freelance writer.Dr Theresa Eichenwald is a physician with experience in caring for menopausal women.

• Introduction 1Part I: The Main Facts about Menopause 7Chapter 1: Reversing Puberty 9Chapter 2: Talking Biology and Psychology: Your Mind and Body During Menopause 19Chapter 3: Getting in Sync with the Symptoms 31Part II: The Effects of Menopause on Your Body and Mind 43Chapter 4: Boning Up on Your Bones 45Chapter 5: Taking Heart 69Chapter 6: Making Sense of Vaginal and Urinary Changes 85Chapter 7: Surveying Surfaces and Sinuses: Your Skin, Hair, and Nasal Cavities 97Chapter 8: Spicing Up Your Sex Life 103Chapter 9: Thinking through Mental and Emotional Issues 117Part III: Treating the Effects 127Chapter 10: Homing in on Hormone Replacement Therapy 129Chapter 11: Focusing on HRT and Your Heart 149Chapter 12: Balancing HRT and Breast Cancer 161Chapter 13: Talking About HRT and Other Cancer Risks 175Chapter 14: Revealing the Links between HRT and Other Health Conditions 187Chapter 15: Making the Decision about HRT 199Chapter 16: Taking an Alternative Route: Non-Hormone Therapies 221Chapter 17: Treating Common Menopause-Related Conditions without Hormone Therapy 233Part IV: Lifestyle Issues for Menopause and Beyond 241Chapter 18: Eating for The Change 243Chapter 19: Focusing on Fitness 261Part V: The Part of Tens 287Chapter 20: Exposing (More than) Ten Menopausal Myths 289Chapter 21: Meeting More Than Ten Medical Tests for Menopausal Women 297Chapter 22: Running Through Ten Terrific Fitness Programmes for Menopausal Women 303Part VI: Appendixes 309Appendix A: Glossary 311Appendix B: Resources 319Index 325