Integrative Women's Health

by Maizes, Victoria; Low Dog, Tieraona

• ISBN13: 9780195378818
• ISBN10: 0195378814
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-02-26
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Women have made it clear that they desire a broader, integrative approach to their care. Here, Women's Integrative Health weaves together the best of conventional treatments with mind-body interventions, nutritional strategies, herbal therapies, dietary supplements, acupuncture, and manual medicine providing clinicians with a roadmap for practicing comprehensive integrative care. Written exclusively by women clinicians, the text addresses many aspects of women's health including feminine perspectives on aging, spirituality and sexuality; specific recommendations for the treatment of cardiovascular disease, rheumatoid arthritis, HIV, headaches, multiple sclerosis, depression, anxiety and cancer in women, as well as integrative approaches to premenstrual syndrome, pregnancy, menopause, fibroids, and endometriosis. Homeopathic, Ayurvedic and Traditional Chinese medicine practitioners provide insight into the ways in which these systems manage reproductive conditions. This book is suitable for family physicians, internal medicine physicians, OBGYNs, nurse practitioners and patients.

Author Biography

Victoria Maizes, MD, is an Associate Professor and the Internal Medicine Executive Director at the Program in Integrative Medicine, University of Arizona.
Tieraona Low Dog, MD, is an Assistant Professor and the Internal Medicine Director of Education, at the Program in Integrative Medicine, University of Arizona.

Table of Contents

Lifestyle

Philosophy of Integrative Women's Health VM TLD

Nutrition

Dietary supplements

Physical activity

Mind-Body practices

Spirituality

Systems and Modalities

Traditional Chinese Medicine

Ayurveda

Energy Medicine

Homeopathy

Manual medicine

Reproductive Health

Premenstrual Syndrome

Vaginitis

Pregnancy and Lactation

Perinatal depression

The role of stress in infertility Beate Ditzen

Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

Endometriosis

Chronic Pelvic Pain

Uterine Fibroids

Cervical cancer

Breast cancer

Menopause

Sexuality

Common Illnesses in Women

Urinary Tract Infections

Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Headaches

Fibromyalgia - Chronic fatigue

Rheumatoid arthritis

Multiple Sclerosis

HIV

Anxiety

Depression

Eating disorders

Cardiovascular health

Osteoporosis

Aging

The future of Women's Health TLD and VM

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