From Hormone Hell to Hormone Well

Straight Talk Women (and Men) Need to Know to Save Their Sanity, Health, and—Quite Possibly—Their Lives

Genie James, C. W. Randolph

• Publisher: Health Communications Inc EB
• Year: 2010
• Print ISBN:
  9780757313905
• eBook ISBN:
  9780757397592
• Topic: Medicine
• Subtopic: General Health

For much too long the traditional medical community has ignored, misdiagnosed, and mistreated millions of women suffering from symptoms of hormone imbalance. Now, a world-renowned expert explains a safer and more natural approach to treating hormone-related conditions like PMS, weight gain, mood swings, and hot flashes. The controversy continues to rage like hormones: The safety and efficacy of synthetic hormone replacement therapies (HRT) versus human-identical hormones.In this second edition of the widely successful guide From Hormone Hell to Hormone Well, world-renowned physician expert, C.W. Randolph, Jr., M.D., and Genie James team up to challenge thecontinual promotion by the pharmaceutical industry--andthe physicians they have brainwashed--ofdangerous synthetic hormones. In this hard-hitting book, Dr. Randolph and Ms. James expose the shocking truth that for decades, whenever most women have complained to their doctor about menopausal symptoms, the traditional approach treatment has put both their health and their lives at risk. As a board certified gynecologist who has treated women with hormone balances for over a decade, Dr. Randolph contends that there is--andhas been--a safeand effective alternative to synthetic hormones: Bio-identical hormone replacement therapy (BHRT).Hormone Hell to Hormone Well shows readers how to: Eradicate a "one-size-fits-all" approach to HRT and empower women to discover and maintain her 'hormonal equilibrium' through her changing lifecycle
Understand the new breakthroughs and discoveries in human-identical hormone therapy
Naturally replace the hormones that have decreased with age--with the science that supports the health benefits of biidentical hormone therapy
Enjoy vast improvements inmental and emotional health as well as resolving physical issues, including weight gain, depression, osteoporosis, hot flashes, low sex drive, and fatigue

Table of contents

• COVER PAGE
• TITLE PAGE
• COPYRIGHT PAGE
• DEDICATION
• CONTENTS
• ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
• INTRODUCTION
• PART 1. WOMEN TAKING CONTROL: DISMISSING MARKETING HYPE, DEMANDING MEDICAL SCIENCE
• PART 2. YOU ARE NOT OLD, YOU ARE OUT OF BALANCE
• PART 3. THREE STEPS TO FEEL—AND LOOK— YOUNGER AND BETTER
• APPENDIX: RESOURCE LISTING GETTING HELP WHEN AND WHERE YOU NEED IT
• NOTES
• REFERENCES