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9780867308068

The New York Times Book of Women's Health

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  • ISBN13:

    9780867308068

  • ISBN10:

    0867308060

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2000-04-01
  • Publisher: Lebhar-Friedman Books

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Summary

Written by renowned health reporter and columnist Jane E. Brody and the reporters for "The New York Times, " this book features 180 articles on women's health concerns, all organized into 13 useful sections. 30 photos and illustrations.

Author Biography

Jane E. Brody is the Personal Health columnist for The New York Times.

Table of Contents

Introduction xiii
SECTION 1 Nutrition
Links Between Food, Health and Disease
People Who Skip Breakfast Pay a High Price
3(1)
Calcium Takes Its Place as a Superstar of Nutrients
4(3)
Finding Calcium Sources Outside the Dairy Case
7(2)
Osteoporosis Linked to Vitamin D Deficiency
9(1)
Diet-Diabetes Link Reported
10(2)
Fiber Does Not Help Prevent Colon Cancer, Study Finds
12(1)
Keep the Fiber Bandwagon Rolling, for Heart and Health
13(2)
Diet Is Not a Panacea, But It Cuts Risk of Cancer
15(2)
Now, a Food Pyramid to Guide the Elderly
17(2)
Women's Heart Risk Linked to Types of Fats, Not Total
19(3)
Fat Debates, Sustacal Shakes: It's Life in the Diet Blender
22(5)
SECTION 2 Life-Style: Exercise for Health and Pleasure
Even a Modest Exercise Program is Beneficial
A Leap from Childbirth to Ballet Stage
27(1)
The Athlete's Secret to Warding Off Overuse Injuries: Good Technique
28(2)
After 100,000 Miles, Even Soles on Feet Wear Out
30(3)
Female Bodybuilders Discover Curves
33(2)
How to Build Abs of Undulating Steel
35(3)
How Errol Flynn Made It Look So Easy
38(1)
Persuading Potatoes to Get Off the Couches
39(2)
Crunches, Not Devices, Help Tighten Abdomen
41(1)
For Younger Muscles, Just Pump Away
42(2)
Learning Pilates, One Stretch at a Time
44(2)
Medicine Ball Pops Back Into Vogue
46(2)
Some Shape Up by Surfing the Internet
48(5)
SECTION 3 Gains and Losses: Women and Weight
Common Sense Diet and Exercise Win Out Over Drugs and Special Foods
New Guide Puts Most Americans on the Fat Side
53(1)
The Fat Get Fatter, Overweight Was Bad Enough
54(2)
Scientists Unmask Diet Myth: Willpower
56(2)
95% Regain Lost Weight. Or Do They?
58(2)
Just How Perilous Can 25 Extra Pounds Be?
60(2)
Gaining Weight on Sugar-Free, Fat-Free Diets
62(2)
Doubts Fail to Diter ``The Diet Revolution''
64(3)
New Look at Dieting: Fat Can Be a Friend
67(3)
F.D.A. Approves Fat-Blocking Anti-Obesity Drug
70(2)
Obesity Drug Can Lead to Modest Weight Loss, Study Finds
72(2)
History Counsels Caution on Diet Pills
74(1)
Weight Loss the Herbal Way. No All-Natural Silver Bullet
75(4)
SECTION 4 Emotional Health
Stress and Depression are Widespread
Human Nature: Some Fear Everything, Even Fear Itself
79(2)
Study Challenges Idea of PMS as Emotional Disorder
81(1)
Study Disputes Abortion Trauma
82(2)
Hypnosis May Cause False Memories
84(1)
For Employed Moms, the Pinnacle of Stress Comes After Work Ends
85(2)
Rising Stress of Raising a Grandchild
87(2)
When Symptoms Are Obvious, but Cause Is Not
89(2)
Trying to Cope When a Partner or a Loved One Is Chronically Depressed
91(2)
Depressed Parent's Children at Risk
93(1)
Some Still Despair in a Prozac Nation
94(3)
New Tack Promising on Winter Depression
97(2)
Coming to Terms With Grief After a Longtime Partner Dies
99(3)
When a Loss Remains Unresolved
102(5)
SECTION 5 Violence
Threats Arise From Inside and Outside the Home
Battered Women Face Pit Bulls and Cobras
107(3)
Planning to Escape From an Abusive Relationship
110(2)
Many Prostitutes Suffer Combat Disorder
112(1)
A Fistful of Hostility Is Found in Women
113(1)
Genetic Ties May Be Factor in Violence in Stepfamilies
114(3)
Researchers Unravel the Motives of Stalkers
117(3)
Dos and Don'ts for Thwarting a Stalker
120(2)
Call for New Sex-Abuse Trial is Said to Harm Rape Shield Law
122(3)
SECTION 6 Sexuality
Drugs can Help, But the Emotional Part Remains Key
Women and Sex: On This Topic, Science Blushes
125(2)
The Pill at 40: Renewed, Improved and in Its Prime
127(2)
Morning-After Contraceptive To Be Marketed
129(1)
Better Loving Through Chemistry. Sure, We've Got a Pill for That
130(2)
Male Hormone Molds Women, Too, in Mind and Body
132(3)
Facing Viagra's Emotional Ripples
135(2)
Sour Note in the Viagra Symphony
137(2)
In the History of Gynecology, a Surprising Chapter
139(2)
Issues of Gender, From Pronouns to Murder
141(1)
Group Sends Book on Gay Tolerance to Schools
142(2)
U.S. Awakes to Epidemic of Sexual Diseases
144(5)
SECTION 7 Pregnancy, Childbirth and Matters of the Womb
Mysteries Remain amid Technological Advances
$50,000 Offered to Tall, Smart Egg Donor
149(1)
Quandary on Donor Eggs: What to Tell the Children
150(3)
Researchers Report Success in Method to Pick Baby's Sex
153(3)
Dancer's Ovarian Tissue Transplant Gives Hope to Other Young Women Facing Infertility
156(1)
Big Study Finds No Link in Abortion and Cancer
157(2)
Drugs, Safe and Not Safe, in Pregnancy
159(2)
Herbal Remedies Tied to Pregnancy Risks
161(1)
A Study Finds Link Between Birth Defects and Solvents
162(1)
No Benefit Found for Fetal Monitors
163(1)
Ultrasound and Fury: One Mother's Ordeal
164(3)
Why Babies Are Born Facing Backward, Helpless and Chubby
167(4)
What's Missing in Childbirth These Days? Often, the Pain
171(2)
Doctors Report Rise in Elective Caesareans
173(2)
Benefits of Assistant for Childbirth Go Far Beyond the Birthing Room
175(2)
Deaths Linked to Sex After Childbirth
177(1)
Breast Is Best for Babies, but Sometimes Mom Needs Help
178(2)
Estrogen Patch Appears to Lift Severe Depression in New Mothers
180(2)
Diagnosing Fibroids Is Simple; Deciding What to Do Is Hard
182(2)
A Less Invasive Alternative for Fibroids
184(5)
SECTION 8 The Teenage Years: Raising Healthy Daughters
Physical and Emotional Challenges During Life's Second Decade
A Sex Guide for Girls, Minus Homilies
189(2)
Eating Disorders Haunt Ballerinas
191(2)
Efforts to Fight Eating Disorders May Backfire
193(2)
Girls and Puberty: the Crisis Years
195(1)
Yesterday's Precocious Puberty Is Norm Today
196(2)
Parents Can Bolster Girls' Fragile Self-Esteem
198(1)
Emotional Ills Tied to Stunted Growth in Girls
199(1)
Study Finds TV Alters Fiji Girls' View of Body
200(2)
In Quest for the Perfect Look, More Girls Choose the Scalpel
202(3)
Birth Rate at New Low as Teenage Pregnancy Declines
205(1)
Teenagers and Sex: Younger and More at Risk
206(3)
Coping with Cold, Hard Facts on Teenage Drinking
209(1)
Steroid Use by Teenage Girls Is Rising
210(5)
SECTION 9 Menopause and Aging
Balancing the Body's Chemistry Later in Life
Theorists See Evolutionary Advantages in Menopause
215(3)
Menopause Begins Silently, Before Its Symptoms
218(1)
Scientists Now Envision Life Without Menopause
219(2)
Weighing the Pros and Cons of Hormone Therapy
221(2)
A Study Plays Down Estrogen Link to Breast Cancers
223(2)
Hormone Use Helps Women, a Study Finds
225(2)
A Tad of Testosterone Adds Zest to Menopause
227(1)
Keeping Clinical Depression Out of the Aging Formula
228(3)
Test at Onset of Menopause Can Avert Bone Loss
231(1)
Guidelines Offer an Earlier Blueprint for the Battle Against Bone Loss
232(3)
New Drug Helps Delay Bone Loss
235(1)
For Some Women, Losing Pounds Could Add Up to a Hip Fracture
236(5)
SECTION 10 Women's Greatest Fear: Breast Cancer
Detection and Treatment Continue to Improve
In Breast Cancer Data---Hope, Fear and Confusion
241(2)
Coping with Fear: Keeping Breast Cancer in Perspective
243(2)
Software to Compute Women's Cancer Risk
245(1)
Sorting Out Contradictory Findings About Fat and Health
246(2)
Studies Confirm Relationship of Alcohol to Breast Cancer
248(2)
Do Breast Self-Exams Save Lives? Science Still Doesn't Have Answer
250(2)
Living Proof: Mammograms Are Not Always Enough
252(2)
Cancer Gene Tests Turn Out to Be Far From Simple
254(3)
Breast Cancer Drug Dilemma: Who Should Take It, and When?
257(2)
Round 3 in Cancer Battle: A 5-Year Drug Regimen
259(3)
Drugs to Fight Breast Cancer Near Approval
262(3)
Hope for Sale: Business Thrives on Unproven Care, Leaving Science Behind
265(5)
Reactions of Women With Cancer
270(1)
Breast Surgeons Turn to a Gentler Biopsy
271(1)
Removal of Healthy Breasts Is Found to Cut Cancer Risk
272(3)
Study Says Few Women Rue Preventive Breast Operation
275(2)
Breast Reconstruction: All at Once or Not at All?
277(4)
SECTION 11 Heart Disease
More Needs to Be Done to Curb the Number One Killer of Women
Paradox or Not, Cholesterol in France Is on the Rise
281(3)
What Women Can Do to Escape Heart Disease
284(1)
Protein May Be Heart Risk Factor
285(2)
Study Finds Secondhand Smoke Doubles Risk of Heart Disease
287(1)
Study Cites Risks for Women Under 50 With Heart Attacks
288(2)
Yet Another Reason to Fight the Fat
290(2)
Savory Diet That's Good for the Heart? Let's Eat
292(3)
There's Plenty of Choice in a Diet for a Healthier Heart
295(2)
Drink a Day Can Lower Death Rate By 20 Percent
297(1)
High Intake of 2 Vitamins May Lower Coronary Risk
298(5)
SECTION 12 Image and Self-Image
The Surgical Path to Appearance Changes
A Question of Beauty: Is It Good for You?
303(3)
Life's Wrinkles, Some of Them Ugly, Afflict the Beautiful, Too
306(2)
Cosmetic Breast Enlargements Are Making a Comeback
308(2)
Panel Confirms No Major Illness Tied to Implants
310(2)
... But Panel Calls for Study of Some Implant Risks
312(1)
Via Microtechnology, an Alternative to Glasses and Contacts
313(2)
Promise and Risks of Laser Eye Surgery
315(2)
As Ethnic Pride Rises, Rhinoplasty Takes a Nose Dive
317(1)
In the Golden Age of Teeth, a Smile Can Be Perfected
318(2)
The Joy of a New Neck
320(1)
Doctor's Review of 5 Deaths Raises Concern About the Safety of Liposuction
321(4)
SECTION 13 Herbs, Supplements and Alternative Medicine
Caution Is Needed as Offerings Multiply
Alternative Medicine Makes Inroads, but Watch Out for Curves
325(2)
Taking Stock of Mysteries of Medicine
327(1)
Articles Question Safety of Dietary Supplements
328(3)
Americans Gamble on Herbs as Medicine
331(6)
Seeking Help for the Body in the Well-Being of the Soul
337(2)
Puzzle in a Bottle: In Vitamin Mania, Millions Take a Gamble on Health
339(9)
U.S. Panel on Acupuncture Calls for Wider Acceptance
348(1)
The Arthritis Is at Bay, Thank You
349(2)
Kava May Soothe Jagged Nerves, but Is It Safe?
351(2)
Study on Using Magnets to Treat Pain Surprises Skeptics
353(2)
Words of Caution About a Hot Potato
355(1)
Behind the Hoopla Over a Hormone
356(3)
Index 359

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