JoAnn E. Manson, M.D., is a professor of medicine and the Elizabeth Fay Brigham Professor of Women's Health at Harvard Medical School, Chief of Preventive Medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital, and Co-Director of the Connors Center for Women's Health and Gender Biology. Dr. Manson is the only person to have served as a lead investigator on two of the most influential studies of women's health ever conducted--the Women's Health Initiative and the Harvard Nurses' Health Study.
.Shari Bassuk, Sc.D., is an epidemiologist and science writer at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston who frequently collaborates with Dr. Manson.
.Preface | p. ix |
Acknowledgents | p. xv |
Explaining Perimenopause and Menopause | p. 1 |
The Symptoms of Perimenopause and Menopause... and How to Treat Them | p. 17 |
The Rise and Fall and (Cautious) Return of Hormone Therapy | p. 47 |
Hormone Therapy: Is It Safe? Evaluating the Balance of Benefits and Risks | p. 63 |
Hormone Therapy: A Plethora of Choices and the Truth About Bioidentical Hormones | p. 123 |
What's Your Health Profile? How to Calculate-and Reduce-Your Personal Risk of Five Health Outcomes Associated with Hormone Therapy | p. 151 |
Putting It All Together: Should I Start Hormone Therapy? Should I Stop? | p. 203 |
References | p. 235 |
Index | p. 251 |
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