title: Natural Answers for Women's Health Questions: A Comprehensive A-Z Guide to Drug-Free Mind-Body Remedies
author: D. Lindsey Berkson
description: A nutritionist, chiropractor, and women's health advocate, Berkson (Healthy Digestion the Natural Way) is a "DES daughter" i.e., her mother was administered the synthetic estrogen diethylstilbestrol early in pregnancy. Having been exposed to such a powerful chemical at a crucial stage in gestation, she has faced hormonal problems and gynecological procedures and is unable to bear children. Those medical issues led Berkson to dedicate herself to understanding women's health problems and finding practical, drug-free solutions. Her latest book is firmly grounded in both her experience and her expertise and offers clear guidance to more than 200 health conditions that concern women (e.g., anorexia, cellulite, and menopause), particularly those that affect women differently from men; special attention is paid to issues concerning women's hormones. Each entry includes an explanation, a section of female concerns, supplements to take, exercises, and a list of common and uncommon symptoms and causes. The treatment suggestions are primarily nutritional and natural. Berkson emphasizes that her recommendations should be followed only with a physician's supervision, and she recognizes the utility of medications and medical procedures. Recommended for consumer health and large health sciences collections as a potential tool for empowering women to take some measure of control over their own health. Linda M.G. Katz, MCP Hahnemann Univ., Philadelphia <BR>Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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  **Table of Contents**
  
  Title Page
  
  Copyright
  
  Dedication
  
  Introduction
  
  PART ONE HOW WE GOT HERE
  
  CHAPTER ONE Modern Medicine Is Male-Centric
  
  Medicine
  
  CHAPTER TWO Sex Is More Than Skin Deep
  
  PART TWO THE SIX BIGGEST ISSUES FACING WOMEN’S
  
  HEALTH TODAY
  
  CHAPTER THREE Women’s Hearts (and Brains) Break
  
  Differently
  
  CHAPTER FOUR Drugs for Different Bodies: The Female
  
  Side of Pharmaceuticals
  
  CHAPTER FIVE “Honey, It’s All in Your Head”: Women’s
  
  Intuition Versus Women’s Imagination
  
  CHAPTER SIX A Deeper Sensitivity: The Female
  
  Relationship to Pain
  
  CHAPTER
  
  SEVEN
  
  Beyond
  
  Hormonal:
  
  Female
  
  Biochemistry and Hormone Therapy
  
  CHAPTER EIGHT A New Perception: Gender, Culture, and
  
  Identity Medicine
  
  PART THREE WHERE WE’RE HEADED—AND WHAT YOU
  
  CAN DO
  
  CHAPTER NINE A Changing Conversation: The Future of
  
  Sex and Gender Research in Medicine
  
  CHAPTER TEN Your Voice, Your Medicine: How to Have
  
  Helpful Conversations with Your Providers
  
  Afterword
  
  Acknowledgments
  
  D