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From the author of Period Power comes the empowering guide to menopause that all women need, packed with advice on dealing with symptoms and understanding the most effective treatment options.

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An updated guide to the symptoms, side effects, and treatment of menopause surveys current hormone replacement treatments, discusses the influence of homones on one's health, discusses a variety of natural alternatives to HRT, and tells how to maintain hormone balance naturally. Reprint.

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This is a careful study of obstetrical mechanics in monkeys, apes, and extinct hominids in order to understand the present crisis in human reproduction. By studying the evolution of anatomical structures and the mode of delivery among other primates, strong reasons are apparent for the present crisis in human labor and delivery.

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Famous and not-so-famous mums share their always moving - sometimes outrageous, on occasion laugh-out-loud funny, and always touchingly personal - stories of bringing their babies into the world.

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This is a guide for evaluation and management of hormone deficiency with the purpose of educating patients, medical students and physicians about hormone replacement therapy.

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Every day, newspapers and television news programs present stories on the latest controversies over healthcare and medical advances, but they do not have the space to provide detailed background on the issues. This book provides an overview of the most controversial areas of healthcare.

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Combines comprehensive coverage of the legal and social issues raised as a result of both emerging technologies for fetal intervention and increasing knowledge of fetal development.

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A mother's narcotics abuse can have profound effects on her pregnancy and the health of her child, both inside and outside the womb. Arranged alphabetically by author, the book lists materials dealing with the effects of the use of heroin, morphine, methadone, and related drugs on sexual function, reproduction, and the fetus.

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In number, breadth, and completeness, the citations contained here go beyond current data bases.

Entries are arranged alphabetically by author and in the case of multiple citations by author, the citations are listed chronologically for that author.

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Written by a childbirth specialist, this concise manual teaches spouses, friends, and family how to ease the burdens of pregnancy and childbirth. The ultimate self-help guide for the partner of a birthing mother.

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"Special Delivery" is an obstetrician's honest account of a changing healthcare environment. A memoir spanning four decades of an academic high-risk obstetrician that follows a journey from a pre-med major to appointment as tenured full professor at three major American medical schools.

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Van der Mark examines Dutch attitudes and practices surrounding birth from a sociohistorical point of view, explaining the importance of ideological consensus, the private nature of the Dutch family, the high regard for comfort and well being, and the professional development of midwives as trained and licensed practitioners.

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Offering an understanding of postpartum psychosis, this riveting book explains what happens and why during this temporary and dangerous disorder that develops for some women rapidly after childbirth.

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As women increasingly seek more humanistic birthing methods than the hospital-based delivery, certified midwife Susanna Napierala suggests that water birth offers mother and infant the ideal circumstances for beginning their lives together.

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Reveals the naked truth about pregnancy and childbirth: the tremendous mood swings, the excrutiating pains, and the unseemly disfigurement that go along with the process. Never shy, frequently crude and always funny, McCarthy covers it all in the grittiest girlfriend detail.

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Drs. Thornton and Schramm examine the most commonly asked questions and give valuable insight and advice about everything related to gynecology, including pap smears; the menstrual cycle; family planning; infections and disorders; pregnancy; and surgery.

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Pregnancy complicated by diabetes is a medical challenge that can be minimized through a program of expert protocols and patient partnerships. This revised edition presents a complete package of these protocols that can help produce healthy infants in pregnancies complicated by type 1, type 2, and gestational diabetes.

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