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Dr. Susan Love's Menopause and Hormone Book
Making Informed Choices
by Susan M. Love, Karen Lindsey
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Paperback: 432 pages
Publisher: Three Rivers Press; Revised (January 21 2003)
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Chapter 1: What Is Menopause?
Before we can discuss how to deal with menopause, we need to have a clear understanding of what it is. If menopause means 'the time after your periods stop,' why are you having hot flashes while you still have periods?

Chapter 1: Biology of Perimenopause
Yet often the symptoms of perimenopause (breast tenderness, headaches, increased vaginal lubrication) are symptoms not of low estrogen but rather of high estrogen. Some recent studies have looked more deeply into what may explain this phenomenon.



Book Description

In the first edition of this important bestselling book, praised by Newsday as "the bible for a whole generation of menopausal women," renowned physician and pioneering women's health advocate Dr. Susan Love warned about the potential dangers of the long-term prescription of hormone replacement therapy. Her insightful words of caution have been backed up by the stunning results of the recent studies on hormone replacement.

In this revised edition, Dr. Love offers a remarkably clear set of guidelines as to what the studies have shown about the risks regarding heart disease, breast cancer, stroke, and other conditions, and what effect hormone therapy has on osteoporosis. She offers definitive expert advice about whether or not to go on hormone replacement therapy and, if so, for how long, as well as how to taper off hormones; and she introduces the alternative methods for treating the symptoms of menopause.

Dr. Love stresses that menopause is not a disease that needs to be cured - it is a natural life stage, and every woman ought to choose her own mix of options for coping with symptoms. A questionnaire about your own health history and life preferences helps you develop a program that will best fit your unique needs. With clarity and compassion, she walks you through every option for both the short and the long term, including:

  • lifestyle changes (diet, exercise, and stress management)
  • alternative therapies (including herbs and homeopathic remedies)
  • available medications other than hormones

About the Author

Susan M. Love, M.D.

Susan Love, M.D., is an adjunct professor of surgery at UCLA and the president of the Susan Love, M.D., Breast Cancer Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the eradication of breast cancer. She is the author, with Karen Lindsey, of the renowned Dr. Susan Love's Breast Book. She lives in Los Angeles..

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Karen Lindsey

Karen Lindsey is the author of Divorced, Beheaded, Survived: A Feminist Interpretation of the Wives of Henry VIII..

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