Menopause for Dummies (ISBN - 0470053437).pdf - For Dummies E-Book Collection - piotrbard

Menopause

FOR

DUMmIES

‰

2 ND EDITION

by Marcia L. Jones, PhD, Theresa Eichenwald, MD,

and Nancy W. Hall

Menopause

FOR

DUMmIES

‰

2 ND EDITION

by Marcia L. Jones, PhD, Theresa Eichenwald, MD,

and Nancy W. Hall

Menopause For Dummies ® , 2nd Edition

Published by

Wiley Publishing, Inc.

111 River St.

Hoboken, NJ 07030-5774

www.wiley.com

Published simultaneously in Canada

No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or

by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, scanning, or otherwise, except as permit-

ted under Sections 107 or 108 of the 1976 United States Copyright Act, without either the prior written

permission of the Publisher, or authorization through payment of the appropriate per-copy fee to the

Requests to the Publisher for permission should be addressed to the Legal Department, Wiley Publishing,

Inc., 10475 Crosspoint Blvd., Indianapolis, IN 46256, 317-572-3447, fax 317-572-4355, or online at http://

www.wiley.com/go/permissions .

Trademarks: Wiley, the Wiley Publishing logo, For Dummies, the Dummies Man logo, A Reference for the

Rest of Us!, The Dummies Way, Dummies Daily, The Fun and Easy Way, Dummies.com and related trade

dress are trademarks or registered trademarks of John Wiley & Sons, Inc. and/or its affiliates in the United

States and other countries, and may not be used without written permission. All other trademarks are the

property of their respective owners. Wiley Publishing, Inc., is not associated with any product or vendor

mentioned in this book.

LIMIT OF LIABILITY/DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY : THE CONTENTS OF THIS WORK ARE INTENDED TO

FURTHER GENERAL SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, UNDERSTANDING, AND DISCUSSION ONLY AND ARE NOT

INTENDED AND SHOULD NOT BE RELIED UPON AS RECOMMENDING OR PROMOTING A SPECIFIC

METHOD, DIAGNOSIS, OR TREATMENT BY PHYSICIANS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PATIENT. THE PUB-

LISHER AND THE AUTHOR MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES WITH RESPECT TO THE

ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE CONTENTS OF THIS WORK AND SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIM ALL

WARRANTIES, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF FITNESS FOR A PAR-

TICULAR PURPOSE. IN VIEW OF ONGOING RESEARCH, EQUIPMENT MODIFICATIONS, CHANGES IN

GOVERNMENTAL REGULATIONS, AND THE CONSTANT FLOW OF INFORMATION RELATING TO THE USE

OF MEDICINES, EQUIPMENT, AND DEVICES, THE READER IS URGED TO REVIEW AND EVALUATE THE

INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE PACKAGE INSERT OR INSTRUCTIONS FOR EACH MEDICINE, EQUIP-

MENT, OR DEVICE FOR, AMONG OTHER THINGS, ANY CHANGES IN THE INSTRUCTIONS OR INDICA-

TION OF USAGE AND FOR ADDED WARNINGS AND PRECAUTIONS. READERS SHOULD CONSULT WITH

A SPECIALIST WHERE APPROPRIATE. THE FACT THAT AN ORGANIZATION OR WEBSITE IS REFERRED

TO IN THIS WORK AS A CITATION AND/OR A POTENTIAL SOURCE OF FURTHER INFORMATION DOES

NOT MEAN THAT THE AUTHOR OR THE PUBLISHER ENDORSES THE INFORMATION THE ORGANIZA-

TION OR WEBSITE MAY PROVIDE OR RECOMMENDATIONS IT MAY MAKE. FURTHER, READERS SHOULD

BE AWARE THAT INTERNET WEBSITES LISTED IN THIS WORK MAY HAVE CHANGED OR DISAPPEARED

BETWEEN WHEN THIS WORK WAS WRITTEN AND WHEN IT IS READ. NO WARRANTY MAY BE CRE-

ATED OR EXTENDED BY ANY PROMOTIONAL STATEMENTS FOR THIS WORK. NEITHER THE PUBLISHER

NOR THE AUTHOR SHALL BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES ARISING HEREFROM.

For general information on our other products and services, please contact our Customer Care

Department within the U.S. at 800-762-2974, outside the U.S. at 317-572-3993, or fax 317-572-4002.

For technical support, please visit www.wiley.com/techsupport.

Wiley also publishes its books in a variety of electronic formats. Some content that appears in print may

not be available in electronic books.

Library of Congress Control Number: 2006934830

ISBN-13: 978-0-470-05343-0

ISBN-10: 0-470-05343-7

Manufactured in the United States of America

10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

2B/RQ/RR/QW/IN

About the Authors

Nancy W. Hall, M.S., M.Phil., lived the menopause experience in real life as

she wrote this book. In addition to delving into the most up-to-date research

on perimenopause, menopause, women’s health, and treatments for

menopausal symptoms, she relentlessly grilled her friends and a shocking

number of complete strangers about their experiences.

Nancy received her Master’s degrees in psychology at Yale University. Her

interest in various aspects of parenting led her to research and write about

all sorts of issues pertaining to children’s and women’s health and work-life

concerns. Nancy has been a contributing editor for both Child magazine and

Parents magazine, and a frequent contributor to other parenting, women’s,

and health magazines and Web sites. Her books on child development, family

policy, and health include Balancing Pregnancy and Work: How to Make the

Most of the Next 9 Months on the Job (Rodale, 2004).

Nancy is the mom of a son and a daughter (both keepers). When she’s not

writing books and magazine articles about these and other topics, she knits,

bakes artisan breads, raises bees, and studies goju ryu karate.

Marcia L. Jones, PhD, has life experience in fertility treatment, perimenopause,

and menopause. In 1991, while attempting to start a family at the age of 38, she

scoured bookstores searching for down-to-earth information on the likely prob-

lems and how to proceed. Her doctor directed her to the only information avail-

able at the time, photocopies of technical articles from medical journals and

pamphlets written by pharmaceutical companies trying to sell product. Today,

many women are delaying childbirth, so the issue of fertility fits nicely into a

discussion of perimenopause and menopause. These experiences served as her

primary motivation for writing this book. She became certain that women in

their mid-thirties to late forties need current, unbiased, reliable information on

perimenopause and menopause written for a layperson.

Thanks to the efforts of her doctor Jane Chihal, MD, a contributor to this

book and a recognized expert on menopause and fertility, Dr. Jones was the

proud mother of two girls ages 6 and 4.

Dr. Jones received her PhD from Southern Methodist University in anthro-

pology. She led many research expeditions in the Middle East and served

as an associate professor of anthropology at the University of Tulsa.

Growing weary of academia, Marcia shifted her career focus and entered the

fast-paced world of software, achieving the rank of chief operating officer and

co-owner of Criterion, a company that developed human-resource software

Menopause for Dummies (ISBN - 0470053437).pdf

Plik z chomika:

Inne pliki z tego folderu:

Inne foldery tego chomika: