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Depression: What Every Woman Should Know
by National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Life is full of emotional ups and downs. But when the 'down' times are long lasting or interfere with your ability to function, you may be suffering from a common, serious illness - depression. Clinical depression affects mood, mind, body, and behavior.

Women in Second Adulthood
Inventing the Rest of Our Lives: Women in Second Adulthood
by Suzanne Levine
My first step into Second Adulthood was backward off a ninety-foot cliff. On impulse, I had signed up for an Outward Bound program and found myself poised in full rappelling gear - harness, helmet, and guide rope - to walk down the face of what could just

Introduction
Blessed Health
by Melody T. McCloud, M.D., Angela Ebron
Are you one of the millions of sisters out there who never has time for herself? If it's not the kids, it's your man. If it's not your man, it's the job. If it's not the job, it's your relatives. The list could go on and on.

Your Annual Pap Smear and Pelvic Exam
The Doctor's Complete College Girls' Health Guide
by Jennifer Wider, M.D.
Most people think that a girl enters womanhood when she gets her period. But that was true way back when marriages were arranged, girls were having babies at thirteen, and the average life expectancy was forty.

Taking Care of You
The Doctor's Complete College Girls' Health Guide
by Jennifer Wider, M.D.
Did you ever play that game: What three items would you take if you were stranded on a desert island? Or what would you need if you got stuck in a cave or buried in an avalanche?

Spring
An Arrow Through the Heart
by Deborah Daw Heffernan
There is a weight on my chest. Right between my breasts, pressing on my breastbone — as though the atmosphere ripped open a shaft from the heavens to me and the sky poured down onto this one spot. Observant, detached, slowing down, breathing careful

This Is Your Brain
The New Feminine Brain: How Women Can Develop Their Inner Strengths, Genius, and Intuition
by Mona Lisa Schulz, M.D., Ph.D.
Women have a unique feminine brain. It is different from a man's brain. And it has its own styles of thought. Yet for the last fifty years women have had to fit their brains into a 'male' world.

Women's Hearts Are Different
The Women's Healthy Heart Program : Lifesaving Strategies for Preventing and Healing Heart Disease
by Nieca Goldberg, M.D.
One out of every two women will die of heart disease. It is the single greatest health risk for women today-more than stroke and all cancers combined. Women experience heart disease in a fundamentally different way than men do.

Fibroids
What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Fibroids: New Techniques and Therapies-Including Breakthrough Alternatives to Hysterectomy
by Scott C. Goodwin, M.D., Michael S. Broder, M.D., M.S.H.S., David Drum
Fibroid tumors are the leading reason why more than 500,000 American women have hysterectomies each year. Fibroids are benign tumors that arise from the smooth muscle layer of the uterus. As They grow larger, they can put pressure on neighboring organs

Your Beauty-Wellness Test

Are You Primarily Yin, Yang, or Yin/Yang? Now that I've provided you with a wealth of new information about health and beauty in the Chinese tradition, it's time to discover how to put these principles to use.

The Mind

With The V Book, women will learn everything they need to know about the basics of vulvovaginal-or 'V'-health, an essential yet often overlooked area of women's health. Dr. Elizabeth G. Stewart, the nation's foremost expert in vulvovaginal care and sexual

The Body and Soul Reunion
Consciously Female: How to Listen to Your Body and Your Soul for a Lifetime of Healthier Living
by Tracey W. Gaudet, M.D., Paula Spencer
Tracey W. Gaudet, M.D., is director of the Duke Center for Integrative Medicine at Duke University Medical School and a practicing, board-certified Ob-Gyn. She was the founding executive director of Dr. Andrew Weil's Program in Integrative Medicine

Eating Well and Loving It
Strong Women Eat Well
by Miriam E. Nelson, Ph.D.
Dr. Miriam Nelson clears away the misconceptions and myths-often fueled by the proponents of diets that focus on weight loss-and explains how to make the right food decisions. She offers sound, scientifically based advice, and shows women how to finally

The Smart Way to Get Fit Fast
Lean, Long & Strong: The 6-Week Strength-Training, Fat-Burning Program for Women
by Wini Linguvic
Work Out Smarter, Not Harder. In case you are wondering, I'm here to give you some answers: Yes, you can be strong and be graceful. Yes, you can get fit and still have time for the rest of your life. Yes, you can enjoy a workout that makes you feel

The Breakthrough for Women
Body for Life for Women: A Woman's Plan for Physical and Mental Transformation
by Pamela Peeke, M.D., M.P.H
We met on a fine autumn day in 2001. Then 48, Margaret, a talented editor who sat anxiously in my waiting room, was in full-throttle perimenopause. I led her to my office, offered her a seat in the Victorian armchair across from my desk, and asked why she

Chapter One
The Good Body
by Eve Ensler
When I was a little girl people used to ask me, What do you want to be when you grow up? Good, I would say. I want to be good. Becoming good was harder than becoming a doctor or an astronaut or a lifeguard. There are tests to pass to become those things

Unasked Questions
Just Like a Woman: How Gender Science Is Redefining What Makes Us Female
by Dianne Hales
A lack of actual proof for their premises has never gotten in the way of medical experts' assumption that they just know the way women are. Aristotle just knew that women nursed their babies with blanched menstrual blood stored in their breasts.

Speaking Our Truth
Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom: Creating Physical and Emotional Health and Healing
by Christiane Northrup, M.D.
During the month after this book was initially published, I had a series of nightmares that someone was in my bedroom about to kill me. For five consecutive nights I woke up screaming in terror, scaring my children as well as myself.

My Story
Time Off for Good Behavior: How Hardworking Women Can Take a Break and Change Their Lives
by Mary Lou Quinlan
Sister, Sister, call on me! I can still hear my high-pitched first grade voice, shouting those first Type A good girl words to Sister Thomas Anice. It was the fall of 1959 in St. Helena's School in Philadelphia and I was already in a hurry to succeed.

Cancer
The Sexy Years: Discover the Hormone Connection: The Secret to Fabulous Sex, Great Health, and Vitality, for Women and Men
by Suzanne Somers
The last words I ever thought I'd hear about myself were 'You have breast cancer.' It was as though someone had dropped a load of lead on my head. I felt stunned. This is something that happens to other people, I thought. Not me.

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Advice & Discussions
Healthy skin tips anyone?
I saw a pic of me only 8 months ago, and my skin looked much better than now. Any tips on how to help make my skin look better? i exfoliate once a week, and use loreal moisturizer. I used to use dermalogica but, its expensive and couldnt afford it.
Question about the Pill
For the past two months I took a break from the Pill, and my period came as per normal straight away, nothing to worry about. I went back on it last week, I took 6 active tablets and then I missed it altogether for 2 days (forgot to take it) and today I have my period again?
Bipolar Disorder.....
Hello, My family has been going through a difficult time adjusting to the fact that my brother has bipolar disorder. He has spent countless days in the hospital and in shelters. He has nothing and is seemingly content with his existence yet we feel remorse and a desire to help him.
Anyone had Invisalign?
I'm about ready to make an appointment with an orthodontist to get Invisalign. I was wanting to ask those of you who have had it a few questions. 1. Do you get all of the plastic retainers at once? Or do they get sent to you every 2 weeks? 2. How often did you have to go back to the orthodontist during treatment? 3.

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