The New Truth about Menopause: Straight Talk about Treatments and Choices from Two Leading Women Doctors

By Carol Landau, Michèle Cyr, Michele G. Cyr

Nearly every month brings alarming new headlines about menopause and hormone therapy, leaving millions of women who were taking those hormones or planning to take them unsure of what to do next. Even their doctors don't always know: After all, for years the medical establishment had been saying that hormones protected women against heart attacks and Alzheimer's disease. Now two distinguished leaders in the field have stepped forward to help women make sense of the latest findings. Drs. Landau and Cyr offer frank, expert advice for women who: *don't know whether to stop-or start--hormone therapy *are at risk for heart disease, osteoporosis, or breast cancer *suffer from disabling hot flashes or mood swings *want the facts on safe, effective alternatives to hormone treatment From evaluating new research to assessing their risk factors and goals, this book helps women go beyond the headlines to take charge of their own well-being.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312317980
• ISBN13: 9780312317980
• Release Date: November 2003
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.7"

Customer Reviews

Stellar work from subject Experts!

As a novice on the subject of menopause, I found this book to be extremely easy to read and understand. Its "straight talk" is not only clear, concise and informative, but in a narrative that allows every reader to fully comprehend their options. Hats off to the authors for delivering much needed information at such an ideal time and for doing so in a way that is non-intimidating, allowing the reader to feel empowered.

Great new book on menopause

This book is really funny and easy to read. My doctor recommended it and she was right. It has everything I wanted to know about menopause. Plus a hilarious chapter that is a history of estrogen and also teaches a way to understand scientific articles. Short, too. I loved it.