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Author
Publisher
Metropolitan Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
""In the summer of 2004 I set out to investigate someone I scarcely knew, my father. The project began with a grievance, the grievance of a daughter whose parent had absconded from her life. I was in pursuit of a scofflaw, an artful dodger who had skipped out on so many things--obligation, affection, culpability, contrition. I was preparing an indictment, amassing discovery for a trial. But somewhere along the line, the prosecutor became a witness."...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"The latest information about estrogen, the body's enlivening powerhouse hormone. The Good News About Estrogen clarifies what happens in women's bodies, what is "normal" and what is not. It lets readers know exactly what's at stake when women lose estrogen at any age-whether it's from chemicals in food and cosmetic products, a side effect of oral contraception, or part of the natural aging process-through patient anecdotes and scientific information....
Author
Publisher
Hyperion
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
With the ardent tone of a close friend, Barbara Seaman draws on forty years of journalistic research to expose the "menopause industry" and shows how estrogen therapy often causes more problems-including breast cancer, heart attack, and stroke-than it cures. The Greatest Experiment Ever Performed on Women tracks the well-intentioned discovery of synthetic estrogen through the unconscionable and misleading promotion of a dangerous drug.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
In 1967, after a twin baby boy suffered a botched circumcision, his family agreed to a radical treatment that would alter his gender. The case would become one of the most famous in modern medicine-and a total failure. As Nature Made Him tells the extraordinary story of David Reimer, who, when finally informed of his medical history, made the decision to live as a male. A macabre tale of medical arrogance, it is first and foremost a human drama of...
6) The hormone boost: how to power up your 6 essential hormones for strength, energy, and weight loss
Author
Publisher
Rodale
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Dr. Natasha Turner's first book, The Hormone Diet, revealed hormonal imbalance as a revolutionary cause of weight gain and a proven barrier to fat loss, and her second book, The Supercharged Hormone Diet, established Dr. Turner as an authority in the link between weight loss and hormones. The Hormone Boost is the next evolution in hormone science. There is widespread knowledge that your thyroid hormone can sabotage weight loss efforts, but this book...
9) The hormone cure: reclaim balance, sleep, sex drive & vitality naturally with the Gottfried protocol
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
A Harvard physician's scientifically proven method to improve physical and mental health by optimizing the hormones in the 30s, 40s, and beyond. Dr. Gottfried combines natural therapies with rigorous scientific testing to help women feel fully alive, especially in the years prior to menopause.
Author
Publisher
Rodale Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Provides a condensed thirty-day program for reducing abdominal fat and balancing hormones, drawing on the author's philosophies for detoxing the body and incorporating hormone-balancing exercises, and includes dozens of high-protein recipes.--
12) Hot flashes, hormones, and your health: breakthrough findings to help you sail through menopause
Author
Publisher
McGraw-Hill
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
13) The hormone diet: a 3-step program to help you lose weight, gain strength, and live younger longer
Author
Publisher
Rodale
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Outlines a three-step program designed to correct hormonal imbalances for potential health benefits, explaining how to identify problem areas in order to address such challenges as weight gain, insomnia, and mood disorders.
14) What your doctor may not tell you about menopause: the breakthrough book on natural progesterone
Author
Publisher
Warner Books
Pub. Date
[1996]
Language
English
15) The assignment
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
When he is double crossed by gangsters, a hitman is turned into a woman and she soons seeks revenge on the doctor who performed the operation, with the help of a nurse named Johnnie.
Author
Publisher
Goop Press/Rodale
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"The Hormone Shift breaks down what is happening behind the scenes in a woman's body throughout her life, explains how to prepare for whatever is coming next, and offers plans to keep the body in balance and minimize unwanted symptoms. Dr. Taz uses the wisdom of eastern modalities like Ayurveda and Traditional Chinese Medicine and integrates modern medical treatments for specialized acute care. There's so much that women can do in the years leading...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Essentials
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Given that millions of women have entered menopause each year since the dawn of time, it's crazy that menopause still feels like uncharted territory for the women who are going through it. Dr. Heather Hirsch is committed to changing that. Unlocking Your Menopause Type helps women cut through the informational noise and learn how to manage their symptoms most effectively by identifying their personal Menopause Type(s). This is not a one-size fits...
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