Menopause For Dummies

Dr Sarah Brewer is a GP, health writer, and a former Health Journalist of the Year. Marcia L. Jones, PhD, was a professor and freelance writer. Dr Theresa Eichenwald is a physician with experience in caring for menopausal women.

Introduction 1

Part I: The Main Facts about Menopause 7

Chapter 1: Reversing Puberty 9

Chapter 2: Talking Biology and Psychology: Your Mind and Body During Menopause 19

Chapter 3: Getting in Sync with the Symptoms 31

Part II: The Effects of Menopause on Your Body and Mind 43

Chapter 4: Boning Up on Your Bones 45

Chapter 5: Taking Heart 69

Chapter 6: Making Sense of Vaginal and Urinary Changes 85

Chapter 7: Surveying Surfaces and Sinuses: Your Skin, Hair, and Nasal Cavities 97

Chapter 8: Spicing Up Your Sex Life 103

Chapter 9: Thinking through Mental and Emotional Issues 117

Part III: Treating the Effects 127

Chapter 10: Homing in on Hormone Replacement Therapy 129

Chapter 11: Focusing on HRT and Your Heart 149

Chapter 12: Balancing HRT and Breast Cancer 161

Chapter 13: Talking About HRT and Other Cancer Risks 175

Chapter 14: Revealing the Links between HRT and Other Health Conditions 187

Chapter 15: Making the Decision about HRT 199

Chapter 16: Taking an Alternative Route: Non-Hormone Therapies 221

Chapter 17: Treating Common Menopause-Related Conditions without Hormone Therapy 233

Part IV: Lifestyle Issues for Menopause and Beyond 241

Chapter 18: Eating for The Change 243

Chapter 19: Focusing on Fitness 261

Part V: The Part of Tens 287

Chapter 20: Exposing (More than) Ten Menopausal Myths 289

Chapter 21: Meeting More Than Ten Medical Tests for Menopausal Women 297

Chapter 22: Running Through Ten Terrific Fitness Programmes for Menopausal Women 303

Part VI: Appendixes 309

Appendix A: Glossary 311

Appendix B: Resources 319

Index 325