Menopause : The Complete Guide to Maintaining Health and Well-Being and Managing Your Life - Softcover

Stoppard, Miriam

Softcover

ISBN 10: 075133426X ISBN 13: 9780751334265

Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Publishers Ltd, 2001

Synopsis

Written by best-selling women's health expert Dr. Miriam Stoppard, this fully updated guide to the menopause should help every woman to be at her best throughout this crucial time and in the years beyond. "Why do I feel so anxious?", "Should I have trouble remembering things?" "Is it normal to wake up drenched in sweat?" Each woman's experience of the menopause is different, so "Menopause" looks at all the common symptoms - from tiredness to tearfulness, hot flushes to loss of libido - and the ways to alleviate them. Dr. Stoppard details the advantages and disadvantages of the full range of hormone replacement therapies (HRT) as well as beneficial complementary treatments. With her unique blend of empathy and candour, Dr. Stoppard gives essential advice on nutrition, exercise, maintaining an active sex life, controlling emotions and many more day-to-day concerns. Containing expert guidance, up-to-date medical information and self-help tips, "Menopause" should help every woman to manager her menopause in the best possible way.

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

The complete practical guide to managing your life and maintaining physical and emotional well-being. A comprehensive, illustrated guide to menopause from a leading expert on women's health.

Every woman experiences menopause. The changes in mental, physical and emotional states can be immense and affect every aspect of life. Dr. Miriam Stoppard, acclaimed authority on women's health explains these changes and offers advice to make this passage as smooth as possible.

While all women go through menopause, not all experience it in the same way. In Menopause Dr. Stoppard  will help you develop an individualized program to manage the experience.Features include: ¸  Preparing for the menopause.

¸  Watching out for symptoms.

¸  Common medical complaints.

¸  How to maintain sexuality.

¸  What to expect beyond the menopause.

About the Author:

Dr Miriam Stoppard is Britain's bestselling pregnancy and childcare author with UK sales of over 2.2 million copies alone. She appears regularly in the media and has published more than fifty books on childcare & development and women's health, including the bestselling Conception, Pregnancy and Birth, Baby and Child Health Care, You and Your Toddler, Your New Baby and Complete Baby and Child Care.

About this edition

• Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Publishers Ltd
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 075133426X
• ISBN 13: 9780751334265
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 232