Prevention's Ultimate Guide to Women's Health and Wellness: Action Plans for More Than 100 Women's Health Problems

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Rodale, 2002 M10 18 - 532 pages
The most comprehensive women's health guide ever-- from Prevention magazine
Prevention's Ultimate Guide to Women's Health and Wellness offers a gold mine of trustworthy, practical advice, recommendations, and remedies from leading physicians, nutritionists, fitness instructors, psychologists, and other health care experts.

In this all-in-one reference book and symptom finder, you'll discover the "ultimate" remedies for more than 100 health problems-- colds, back pain, fatigue, allergies, headaches, depression, and dozens more. Best of all, the advice is tailored to women's unique biological needs.

With Prevention's Ultimate Guide to Women's Health and Wellness on hand, you'll learn about all your options-- medical treatments, natural alternatives, mind-body techniques, and home remedies. And the advice is targeted to a woman's age and reproductive status, decade by decade.

Start with simple, doctor-approved, step-by-step plans for getting more exercise and re-energizing your life, reaching and maintaining your ideal weight, achieving emotional balance, enjoying a healthy sex life, and reversing premature signs of aging. You'll also find:

* A complete guide to women's vitamin, mineral, and nutrition needs
* An at-a-glance guide to using popular herbal remedies wisely
* Real-life stress-relief plans for caregivers and career women alike
* The best strategies for PMS, menstrual discomforts, contraception, pregnancy, infertility, perimenopause, and other female concerns
* Solutions for perplexing reproductive-system problems like fibroids, endometriosis, pelvic inflammatory disease, and polycystic ovary syndrome
* Master plans for controlling major health conditions such as heart disease, high blood pressure, stroke, diabetes, cancer, osteoporosis, and Alzheimer's disease
* Self-care checklists to prevent illness or detect problems at their earliest, most treatable stages

In this blend of advice from experts and real women, you'll find inspiring stories and motivational quotes to help you make your personal health a priority. Discover the three most important tips doctors give every female patient. Find out what doctors do to safeguard their own health. And learn how real women tackled tough medical problems-- and regained their vitality.

Start today, and you'll live long and well.

Prevention is America's number one health magazine, bringing 11 million readers each month up-to-date health information that's thoroughly researched and fact-checked. The editors tapped into the wisdom of Prevention's medical advisors and other health experts to create this unique and authoritative guide.
 

Contents

Whats Going On? The Savvy Womans Health Planner
1
The Female Body Decade by Decade
2
How to Get the Most out of Your Next Doctors Appointment
24
Your Stay Well Stay Young To Do List
33
Vitamins Minerals and Nutrition The Complete Plan
34
Using Herbs Wisely
55
The Ultimate Ladder of Fitness
69
Preventions Guide to Your Perfect Weight
87
Diabetes
178
Cancer
190
Osteoporosis
211
Alzheimers Disease
222
Contraception
236
Childbirth
249
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
255
Fibroids
263

A RealLife Guide to Stress Relief
107
A QuitSmoking Program That Cant Fail
117
SunProof And AgeProof Your Skin
125
Beauty Products That Rejuvenate
132
Balancing Your Emotions
140
Healthy Sex at Any Age
152
Primary Care Essential Protection against Major Health Threats
159
Heart Disease
160
High Blood Pressure and Stroke
171
Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
272
Doctors Best Symptom Solvers
301
Anemia
311
Asthma
321
Blemishes Pimples and Breakouts
335
Cataracts
512
Dizziness and Vertigo
518
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