One of the country's most respected and renowned physicians and researchers in the field of women's health, together with a health writer, has revised this bestselling guide to menopause. Comprehensive, straightforward and easy to read, this book tells women how to decide whether to take hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and discusses its alternatives—natural and otherwise. It informs the reader about estrogen's benefits on Alzheimer's disease, cholesterol levels, sexual relations and all of the common and uncommon menopausal symptoms from hot flashes and insomnia to tingling skin. Also provides the real facts about estrogen's possible link to breast cancer.
