Authors: Lonnie Barbach
ISBN-13: 9780452281103, ISBN-10: 0452281105
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Group (USA)
Date Published: January 2000
Edition: REVISED
"Informative and up-to-date . . . Barbach's trusted and knowledgeable voice is both supportive and challenging."-San Francisco Chronicle
Since its original publication in 1993, The Pause has become known as the authoritative guide to menopause-a previously overlooked topic of great importance to women. The significant amount of new research on menopause and perimenopause amassed in recent years has led bestselling author Lonnie Barbach to completely revise and update this groundbreaking classic. Important additions include eight entirely new sections on topics such as SERMs (selective estrogen receptor modulators), phytoestrogens, and the impact of menopause on the female immune system. This additional research is combined with new information about menopause and mood, weight gain during menopausal transition, breast cancer survivors taking estrogen, the positive effect of estrogen on dementia and Alzheimer's, and new alternatives to traditional HRT (hormone replacement therapy) for managing hot flashes, improving bone density, and assisting breast cancer survivors. All together, the latest edition of The Pause is a must-have resource for any woman facing the "next third" of her life.
Foreword by John C. Arpels, M.D | xiii |
What Is "The Pause"? | |
1. Knowledge Is Power | 3 |
2. The Process of "The Pause" | 13 |
Signs and Solutions | |
3. Riding the Emotional Roller Coaster | 29 |
4. Running Out of Steam | 56 |
5. Headaches, Hot Flashes, and Other Miseries | 72 |
6. Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall | 108 |
7. Life Between the Sheets | 126 |
8. Hormones: Pros, Cons, and New Options | 155 |
9. A Focus on Alternatives: Homeopathy, Acupuncture, and | |
Herbs | 196 |
Beyond "The Pause" | |
10. Ounces of Prevention: Heart Disease, Osteoporosis, | |
and Dementia | 219 |
11. Onward and Upward | 249 |
Epilogue Men: Partners in Menopause | 264 |
Appendix A Summary of Symptoms and Solutions | 279 |
Appendix B Should You Take Hormones? | 286 |
Notes | 288 |
Index | 310 |