Dr. Nieca Goldberg's Complete Guide to Women's Health (eBook)

Nieca Goldberg (Autor)

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2008 | 1. Auflage
464 Seiten
Random House Publishing Group (Verlag)
978-0-307-48397-3 (ISBN)

Infos

If you're a woman over thirty-five you probably have a lot of stress in your life--maybe even more than you realize. You may have a demanding job, family obligations, financial pressures, or a combination of all three. You're most likely low on energy, gaining weight, and not sleeping as well as you once did. The fact is: your body is changing. You see and feel it happening, but you don't know anymore what is normal and what is not. Your concern over your health is creating stress all by itself. And if you're like most women, you don't think your health care providers are giving you the help you need. In fact, traditional doctors may not even be aware of many diseases that present special problems in women.

Dr. Nieca Goldberg knows what you're going through, because she has seen women dealing with these stressful bodily changes in her practice every day--and has experienced them firsthand. A renowned physician and pioneer in women's heart health, Dr. Goldberg is also a passionate advocate for doctor-patient communication. In this welcome book she'll give you a personal consultation so that you can understand the changes in your body, solve problems that plague women starting in their mid-thirties, and find the right doctor for optimal health care. Inside you'll find

&bull, the normal physical changes you can expect to experience at age thirty-five and after
&bull, treatments for over- and underactive thyroids and other hormone issues
&bull, the signs, symptoms, and management of type 1 and type 2 diabetes
&bull, facts on fertility, contraceptives, pregnancy, and menopause
&bull, information on good breast health, including preventive breast-cancer measures
&bull, a comprehensive heart-to-heart about your cardiovascular system
&bull, dealing with GERD, stomach ulcers, gallstones, IBS, IBD, and colon cancer
&bull, strategies for keeping bones strong, fending off arthritis, and coping with foot and back pain
&bull, the importance of diagnosing sleep apnea and saying good night to insomnia
&bull, revelations about the mind-body connection--countering stress and relieving depression
&bull, the ins and outs of medical exams--what to ask, and when to change doctors
&bull, an eating program that will help you achieve a healthy weight
&bull, an exercise program to strengthen bones, build muscle, and provide energy

There is so much unreliable health care advice on the Internet and so many fad 'cures' that it can be hard to know what matters and what doesn't. With warmth and encouragement, Dr. Nicea Goldberg gives you the solid information you need on the path to great health.

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If you’re a woman over thirty-five you probably have a lot of stress in your life–maybe even more than you realize. You may have a demanding job, family obligations, financial pressures, or a combination of all three. You’re most likely low on energy, gaining weight, and not sleeping as well as you once did. The fact is: your body is changing. You see and feel it happening, but you don’t know anymore what is normal and what is not. Your concern over your health is creating stress all by itself. And if you’re like most women, you don’t think your health care providers are giving you the help you need. In fact, traditional doctors may not even be aware of many diseases that present special problems in women.Dr. Nieca Goldberg knows what you’re going through, because she has seen women dealing with these stressful bodily changes in her practice every day–and has experienced them firsthand. A renowned physician and pioneer in women’s heart health, Dr. Goldberg is also a passionate advocate for doctor-patient communication. In this welcome book she’ll give you a personal consultation so that you can understand the changes in your body, solve problems that plague women starting in their mid-thirties, and find the right doctor for optimal health care. Inside you’ll find • the normal physical changes you can expect to experience at age thirty-five and after• treatments for over- and underactive thyroids and other hormone issues• the signs, symptoms, and management of type 1 and type 2 diabetes• facts on fertility, contraceptives, pregnancy, and menopause• information on good breast health, including preventive breast-cancer measures• a comprehensive heart-to-heart about your cardiovascular system• dealing with GERD, stomach ulcers, gallstones, IBS, IBD, and colon cancer• strategies for keeping bones strong, fending off arthritis, and coping with foot and back pain• the importance of diagnosing sleep apnea and saying good night to insomnia• revelations about the mind-body connection–countering stress and relieving depression• the ins and outs of medical exams–what to ask, and when to change doctors• an eating program that will help you achieve a healthy weight• an exercise program to strengthen bones, build muscle, and provide energyThere is so much unreliable health care advice on the Internet and so many fad “cures” that it can be hard to know what matters and what doesn’t. With warmth and encouragement, Dr. Nicea Goldberg gives you the solid information you need on the path to great health.

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Step into My Office

It's very hard for many of us to take care of ourselves. we are busy and stressed out and managing the care of the people around us and working ridiculously long hours and . . . I bet I don't need to tell any of you who have picked up this book about juggling twenty things at once. But what happens when you don't feel quite right, not quite your normal self? Do you know what to do and when to do it? Do you know what to watch out for and what to wait out? As I know from firsthand experience, women in midlife are often busy taking care of their families, young and old, as well as advancing in their careers, and they often feel as though their bodies are changing overnight. They may lack stamina, have difficulty sleeping, find themselves gaining weight, suffer from backaches and headaches, or have other symptoms of stress. Many of us are part of the so-called sandwich generation, responsible for caring for both children and elderly parents while we work at demanding jobs. It's no wonder we don't take good care of ourselves. When you're trying to do it all and taking care of everybody else, it's very easy to neglect your own well-being.

Every day in my practice, I meet women who have gone from doctor to doctor with symptoms of exhaustion, sleeplessness, and low back pain. They have had enough blood tests and X-rays to last a lifetime, yet they have no diagnosis to explain their symptoms or any help in reducing them. None of the physicians seems to have taken the time and trouble to ask these women how they were feeling or to discuss what was going on in their lives. Maybe the physicians were pressed for time or didn't have the communication skills to elicit the information from these patients. But these women were left high and dry, without help. This is not okay! Stress takes a physical as well as emotional toll on us all, which is why it's extra important to stay fit and be healthy.

I also juggle too many things at once, and I have a family history of heart disease. I learned the hard way about how stress could lower my resistance to illness. Shortly after the publication of my first book, The Women's Healthy Heart Program (originally published as Women Are Not Small Men), I was admitted to the hospital with a fever of 104 degrees and blood pressure of 70/50--signs of a serious infection. Now, looking back on that time, I realize I was doing too much: lecturing in the evening, seeing my patients by day, constantly responding to my cell phone and e-mail, and not getting enough sleep because there was so much to do. Hindsight is always 20/20, as they say.

But at the time, all I knew was that I had a lot to do in very little time, and that everything I had to do was very important--everything, that is, except taking care of myself. Finally, one Saturday morning I found that I couldn't get out of bed. I had a severe case of the flu and was unable to fight it off because I had such low resistance. Even though I know (I'm a doctor, after all) that stress lowers your immunity, I had to feel it firsthand to make some real changes in my life. After that experience I have become much more alert to what stresses me out and how my body reacts to being on overload. I want to share that information with you--before you too collapse and end up in the hospital.

But it's hard to get good information, and it's even harder to know whom to get it from. Yet unless we have reliable and accurate information about our bodies and our health care, we won't have the basis to make good decisions for ourselves. Everyone I talk to, including my friends and my patients, wants advice from someone they can trust. They want to hear straight talk, with clear...

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 18.12.2008
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie
• ISBN-10: 0-307-48397-5 / 0307483975
• ISBN-13: 978-0-307-48397-3 / 9780307483973