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Many women are at a loss when it comes tocharting their best coursethrough menopause butyou don′t have to be

Connecting recent scientific evidence among hormones, sexuality, bone and cardiovascular health, memory, surgery, and breast cancer, Dr. Cutler explains how valuable good HRT regimens are to your longevity and general health and how to improve your vitality with diet, exercise, and hormonal and alternative therapies that work.

"Excellent job reviewing the many issues relating to perimenopause and menopause. . . . Your chapter on fibroids will be very valuable to consumers. The text is easy to follow, the illustrations are beautifully clear, and the references are excellent."
John J. Sciarra, M.D., Ph.D., past president,International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics

"What impressed me most were the passionate commitment to rigorously conducted research and the clarity with which the results were presented so any intelligent woman can understand them."
Regula Burki, M.D., FACOG, gynecological surgeon and menopause specialist

"Dr. Cutler dispassionately reviews and synthesizes the available literature to craft scientifically sound recommendations that can be used to optimize the quality of women′s health."
Elizabeth Genovese, M.D., FACOEM, FAADEP

"A welcome reference for my patients and others interested in women′s health. Readable, informative, and concise. Long overdue."
Millicent Zacher, D.O., FACOG, Thomas Jefferson University

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Many women are at a loss when it comes tocharting their best coursethrough menopause butyou don′t have to be

Connecting recent scientific evidence among hormones, sexuality, bone and cardiovascular health, memory, surgery, and breast cancer, Dr. Cutler explains how valuable good HRT regimens are to your longevity and general health and how to improve your vitality with diet, exercise, and hormonal and alternative therapies that work.

"Excellent job reviewing the many issues relating to perimenopause and menopause. . . . Your chapter on fibroids will be very valuable to consumers. The text is easy to follow, the illustrations are beautifully clear, and the references are excellent."
John J. Sciarra, M.D., Ph.D., past president,International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics

"What impressed me most were the passionate commitment to rigorously conducted research and the clarity with which the results were presented so any intelligent woman can understand them."
Regula Burki, M.D., FACOG, gynecological surgeon and menopause specialist

"Dr. Cutler dispassionately reviews and synthesizes the available literature to craft scientifically sound recommendations that can be used to optimize the quality of women′s health."
Elizabeth Genovese, M.D., FACOEM, FAADEP

"A welcome reference for my patients and others interested in women′s health. Readable, informative, and concise. Long overdue."
Millicent Zacher, D.O., FACOG, Thomas Jefferson University

Contents:

1. Take Ownership of Your Health.

2. Taking Hormones for Good Health: Why You Will Benefit from Hormonal Replacement Therapy (HRT).

3. Prescription Hormones: How to Choose Them, How to Take Them.

4. Complementary and Alternative Practices: Some Good/Some Bad.

5. Pelvic Problems: Hyperplasia, Cervical Cancer, and Endometriosis.

6. Declining Pelvic Muscle Tone: Pelvic Prolapse and Urinary Incontinence.

7. Diagnosis Fibroids: The Top Four Treatments and Why They May or May Not Work for You.

8. Protect Your Bones with Exercise, Posture, Vitamin D, Calcium, and Hormones.

9. Keep Your Heart Strong and Blood Flowing through Unclogged Vessels.

10. Protecting The Breasts: The Hidden Truth about Mammography, Radiation, Hormones and Cancer.

11. Preserving Memory, Alertness And Optimism.

12. Your Changing Sexual Life and What You Can Do about It.