| Description |
xxiii, 372 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm |
| Contents |
Part I. The Inner Workings of Hormone Balance: 1. The crux of the matter: menopausal politics and women's hormone cycles; 2. The dance of the steroids; 3. The history of replacement therapy and the estrogen myth; 4. What is estrogen?; 5. Hormone balance, xenobiotics, and future generations; 6. What is natural progesterone?; 7. The dramatic difference between progesterone and progestins; 8. Sex hormones and the brain; 9. Hormone balance and the menstrual cycle -- Part II. Hormone Balance and Illness: 10. Progesterone and menopause symptoms; 11. Hormone balance, premenopause syndrome, and the adrenal and thyroid glands; 12. Hormone balance and osteoporosis; 13. Hormone balance and cardiovascular disease; 14. Hormone balance and cancer; 15. Hormone balance and PMS; 16. Natural hormone balance and pelvic disorders; 17. Hormone balance and other common health problems -- Part III. Creating and Maintaining Hormone Balance: 18. How to use progesterone supplementation; 19. The hormone balance program; 20. Commonly asked questions about using natural progesterone -- Glossary |
| Summary |
Hormone therapies and natural alternative treatments |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 336-355) and index |
| Subject |
Menopause -- Complications -- Alternative treatment.
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Menopause -- Complications -- Popular works.
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Menopause -- Hormone therapy.
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Progesterone -- Therapeutic use.
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Estrogen Replacement Therapy.
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Menopause.
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Progesterone -- therapeutic use.
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| Author |
Hopkins, Virginia.
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| LC no. |
95044748 |
| ISBN |
0446671444 |
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