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• Title:Women's health in mid-life : a primary care guide / edited by Jo Ann Rosenfeld.
  
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• Other Contributors/Collections:Rosenfeld, Jo Ann.
  
• Published/Created:Cambridge, UK ; New York, NY : Cambridge, 2004.
  

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  • Location:WOODWARD LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: WA309 .W6536 2004
    
  • Number of Items:2
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Middle-aged women--Health and hygiene.
  Primary care (Medicine)
  
• Medical Subjects: Women's Health--Middle Aged.
  Preventive Health Services--Middle Aged.
  Primary Health Care.
  
• Description:xi, 374 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
  
• Summary:"This book highlights the needs and healthcare concerns of women in their mid life. Women in middle age are often overlooked by medical practitioners. From the end of childbearing to old age, approximately ages 40-65 years, their health needs are complex and changing. This is a time of challenge and opportunity, when the physician and woman working collaboratively can change her health and future. Mid-life healthcare is far more than hormones. Healthy behaviors such as good nutrition and exercise can be promoted, which will result in lower risk and sometimes improved care of heart disease, hypertension, and diabetes. Adequate screening and treatment can prevent diseases and complications. This book performs a critical evaluation of the burgeoning literature on allopathic and complementary medicine and compares it with that of established medical care. Written by 20 primary-care physicians, this book will help family practitioners provide the best possible healthcare for these women."--Jacket.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
• ISBN:0521823404
  
• 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.