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The good news about women's hormones : complete information and proven solutions for the most common hormonal problems
- Title
- The good news about women's hormones : complete information and proven solutions for the most common hormonal problems / Geoffrey Redmond.
- Author
- Redmond, Geoffrey P.
- Publication
- New York, NY : Warner Books, 1995.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | RG159 .R43 1995 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xiii, 510 pages : illustrations; 21 cm
- Summary
- "Millions of women experience "female" problems such as irregular menstrual cycles, hot flashes, oily skin, heavy monthly bleeding, and the grow of facial hair or loss of scalp hair. Most go through life suffering in silence unable to find satisfying explanations about what is wrong. But these common and potentially serious problems have a hormonal cause and can be successfully treated. This breakthrough guide by Dr.
- Geoffrey Redmond, a leading specialist in female hormonal disorders, brings women important, up-to-date information about their bodies - some of it available to the public for the first time. Using the latest research and the real-life experiences of women treated at his clinic, Dr.
- Redmond explains in plain English what you need to know about: New tests that take the guesswork out of diagnosing your hormonal imbalance; a crucial link between hormone disorders and obesity - and which diet really works; safe hormone replacement therapies without upsetting side effects; hormonal treatments that can decrease excessive facial hair or correct thinning scalp hair; and ways to counteract the metabolic changes that make heart disease the #1 killer of women."--BOOK JACKET.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Popular Work.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [495]-498) and index.
- Contents
- Ch. 1. Some Women and Their Hormone Problems -- Ch. 2. Hormones: What They Are and How They Affect a Woman's Life -- Ch. 3. How Hormones Shape Female Development from Before Birth Through Puberty and Adulthood -- Ch. 4. Irregular Periods -- Ch. 5. Androgenic Disorders: The Most Common Women's Hormone Problem -- Ch. 6. Androgenic Disorders Can Be Treated -- Ch. 7. Alopecia: When Women Start to Lose Their Hair -- Ch. 8. Fluid Retention: Puffiness and Bloating -- Ch. 9. Hormones, Mood, Energy, and Lifestyle -- Ch. 10. Being Overweight -- Ch. 11. Hormones and Heart Disease in Women -- Ch. 12. Birth Control Pills: How They Affect Your Hormones and Your Health -- Ch. 13. How Better Understanding of Women's Hormones Has Changed the Nature of Menopause.
- ISBN
- 0446394548 :
- LCCN
- 94018095
- OCLC
- ocm30473314
- SCSB-3884683
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries