Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 618.11 EAN: 9781933213019 ISBN: 1933213019 Label: Chelsea Green Publishing Company Manufacturer: Chelsea Green Publishing Company Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 384 Publication Date: January 31, 2006 Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing Company Sales Rank: 42420 Studio: Chelsea Green Publishing Company
Product DescriptionPolycystic Ovarian Syndrome is the most common endocrine cause of infertility and serious weight gain in young women. It affects millions—experts estimate about 6 to 10 percent of reproductive age women struggle with this devastating metabolic imbalance. Look around schools and malls in this country and you see the impact of this burgeoning epidemic: obese young women are everywhere. The numbers are staggering. The health risks are overwhelming—from increased risk of teenaged diabetes to young mothers with heart attacks or strokes, and early onset of breast and uterine cancers.
Early treatment is key to preventing serious health risks, but most sufferers don’t even know they have PCOS.Nor do doctors take it as seriously, often minimizing symptoms like excess body hair, weight gain, acne or thinning scalp hair, thinking they are just cosmetic' problems of overanxious young women. Gynecologists focus on helping women get pregnant rather than treating acne or weight gain. Endocrinologists typically consider ovarian problems the 'turf ' of gynecologists. Mood swings in PCOS can be severe, but psychiatrists typically don’t check hormones, so they don’t identify PCOS either. What’s a woman to do?
It’s not enough for doctors to tell women with PCOS to just 'eat less and exercise more.' Women need a practical guide to help them understand the disorder, know what tests to ask for, what the tests mean, what treatments are available, and how to take a stepwise approach to healthy hormone balance, sound meal plans, exercise, and stress management. This book provides the practical, user-friendly guide that women desperately need to be successful in getting help for this devastating disorder.
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Rating: - Thought it would be better
I read all the reviews on this book before I purchased it. I hoped it would be better coming from a Doctor who slams other doctors. She says all other doctors want to do is to put you on drugs to help your symptoms. But really that is all she suggests as well. She reccomends going on the pill to help a lot of the symptoms. What happens when you don't want to be on the pill and you want to get pregnant? The pill can actually cause some of the symptoms when used for long peroids of time. After years ... Read More
Rating: - An excellent resource
I've read a few books about PCOS over the years and I have to say that this one really is the most helpful I've come across. Not only does it not repeat the same old out of date information that seems to continually spring up everywhere, but I learnt a lot of important new information, in particular that some health issues that I'd never thought to connect with PCOS may well be part of it after all. It's also given me some useful things to talk over with my specialist, including some new treatment ... Read More
Rating: - Ugly cover, great information
If you're not put off by the awful cover choice, this book is full of great information, charts, health tests, etc.
I read this book in a 2 hour sitting, and took it with me to my nutritionist who specializes in PCOS and it really helped to guide my questions and what modifications I'd be making in my life.
Definitely worth reading- especially if your newly diagnosed or struggling for answers.
Rating: - The Savvy Woman's Guide to PCOS
This is the best book I have read on the subject!
Rating: - Lots of knowlege from someone who knows
This book has a lot of knowledge from a doctor who seems to know her stuff. It is helpful for me because I am getting ready to find a doctor and I will better be able to explain my situation. The book is a little bit of a difficult read, but I read it in short spurts and it is fine. Overall, it is a good book for anyone who has PCOS or who thinks that they might have PCOS but doesn't have a diagnosis. It can help someone go to their doctor and know how to tell them about their symptoms and what kind ... Read More
- Thought it would be better
- An excellent resource
- Lots of knowlege from someone who knows
