What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About PREmenopause
Balance Your Hormones and Your Life from Thirty to Fifty
by John R. Lee, M.D., Jesse Hanley, M.D. and Virginia Hopkins
Warner Books, 1999 (395 Pages)
Here's where to find the Table of Contents for this unique book with real solutions from John R. Lee, M.D. for PMS, fibroids, fibrocystic breasts, weight gain, fatigue, endometriosis, irregular or heavy periods, infertility, miscarriage, and other premenopausal hormone imbalance symptoms, in detail. He also covers the topics of stress, birth control pills, hysterectomy and cancer. Many case histories are included, and Dr. Hanley adds a new dimension to this book by addressing the emotional issues of premenopause symptoms as well as the use of herbs and nutritional supplements to treat symptoms.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I: GETTING ACQUAINTED
Life Cycles and Hormone Cycles
Chapter 1
Premenopause As a Life Cycle
Chapter 2
The Importance of Hormone Balance
Chapter 3
The Estrogens: Angels of Life, Angels of Death
Chapter 4
Progesterone and Progestins: The Great Balancer and the Great Imposters
Chapter 5
How We Got Into Xenohormone Hell and How to Get Out
PART II: WHEN YOUR BODY TALKS, LISTEN
What's Causing Premenpause Symptoms and How to Treat Them
Chapter 6
How to Keep Your Uterus and Save Your Cervix
Chapter 7
Cycles, Follicles and Ovaries
Chapter 8
PMS: And When She Was Good She Was Very Very Good, and When She Was Bad She Was Horrible
Chapter 9
Tired Adrenals Equals a Tired Woman
Chapter 10
Other Premenopause Syndrome Symptoms and Solutions
Chapter 11
The Dangers of Hormonal Contraceptives
Chapter 12
The Relationship of Hormones to Breast Cancer and Other Women's Cancers
PART III: THE PREMENOPAUSE BALANCE PROGRAM
Practical Steps for Optimal Health
Chapter 13
Restoring and Maintaining Balance
Chapter 14
How Nutrition Affects Your Hormone Balance
Chapter 15
How Exercise Affects Your Hormone Balance
Chapter 16
How to Use Natural Progesterone
Chapter 17
How to Use Other Natural Hormones