Women's health in mid-life : a primary care guide / edited by Jo Ann Rosenfeld.
This book addresses the major healthcare issues of women in their midlife, between the ages 40 to 65. This is a time of challenge and an opportunity for preventive healthcare. Written by 20 primary care physicians, this book will help family practitioners provide the best possible healthcare for the...
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Cambridge, UK ; New York, NY :
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2004.
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Table of Contents:
- Health Promotion:
- Physical activity and exercise / Tanya A. Miszko
- Nutrition Victoria / S. Kaprielian, Gwendolyn Murphy and Cathrine Hoyo
- Psychosocial health promotion of midlife women / Cathy Morrow
- Sexual health / Margaret R.H. Nusbaum
- Alcoholism, nicotine dependence and drug abuse / Mary-Anne Enoch
- Depression and anxiety / Anne Walling
- Hormonal Changes:
- Physical changes in menopause / Margaret Gradison
- Spiritual and psychological aspects of menopause / Melissa H. Hunter and Dana E. King
- Hormone therapy / Kathy Andolsek
- Contraception and fertility / Tracey D. Conti
- Disease Prevention:
- Prevention of coronary heart disease in women / Valerie K. Ulstad
- Hypertension and stroke / Jo Ann Rosenfeld
- Diagnosis and treatment of osteoporosis / Jeannette E. South-Paul
- Diabetes in mid-life women / Phillippa Miranda and Diana McNeill
- Cancer Prevention:
- Breast cancer screening and prevention / Jo Ann Rosenfeld
- Cervical cancer: prevention, screening, and early detection / Jo Ann Rosenfeld
- Endometrial cancer: prevention, screening, and early detection / Ellen Sakornbut
- Ovarian cancer: prevention, screening, and early detection / Jo Ann Rosenfeld
- Cancer screening and prevention: colon, lung and skin / Jo Ann Rosenfeld
- Common GI and GU problems, including constipation, diarrhea, irritable bowel syndrome, urinary tract infections and incontinence / Jo Ann Rosenfeld.