New Ourselves, Growing Older

Post Menopause Book by Diana Siegal New Ourselves, Growing Older: REVISED AND UPDATED
by Diana Siegal

Book Description: Following in the ground-breaking tradition of Our Bodies, Ourselves, Paula B. Doress-Worters and Diana Laskin Siegal address the needs of the growing number of women over the age of forty. This new and revised edition of the bestselling Ourselves, Growing Older includes new chapters on menopause and reform of the medical care system, as well as extensive updates on housing issues, HIV/AIDS, cosmetic surgery, and breast cancer.

The New Ourselves, Growing Older takes a positive, empowering approach to the physical and emotional health and social well-being of midlife and older women by providing frank and complete information on personal health. Emphasizing the positive potential of the second half of life this book focuses on a vast array of topics, including:

Sexuality in the Middle and Later Years

Menopause: Experiencing Our Change of Life

Reform of the Medical Care System

Hypertension, Diabetes, Hysterectomy

Osteoporosis, Arthritis, Cancer

Housing Alternatives, Work and Retirement, Money Matters

Aging and Well-Being

Reassessing Our Body Image

Contraception and Childbearing at Midlife

Drawing on the experiences of scores of women from every walk of life, The New Ourselves, Growing Older not only draws on the work of experts, but also listens to the voices of women themselves. The result is a document of unique power -- a guide to health and living that is authoritative, reassuring and sympathetic.

Post menopause books worth reading:

Women, Aging and the Menopause

Midlife Mamas on the Moon

Interstitial Cystitus

Yoga Builds Bones

Goddesses in Older Women

Yoga Builds Bones

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