New Book Release

Hot Flashes? Hormone treatment? Sexual dysfunction? Millions of women are experiencing menopause. Now there’s a resource to help them navigate the transition.

In this new book, the editors of the classic “bible of women’s health” offer a trustworthy, up-to-date guide that examines the physical, emotional, and social aspects of menopause. The book builds upon the knowledge and perspective that made OUR BODIES, OURSELVES the book that women have turned to for trusted information about all aspects of their health for decades.

In the narrative tone of OUR BODIES, OURSELVES, the new book brings readers the most reliable, current information available on the issues facing women today, including:

• Female sexual “dysfunction” at midlife – myth or reality?

• How do commercial interests affect treatments for menopause?

• Is hormone treatment safe? And who should take it?

• What do women need to know about heart disease and osteoporosis?

• Are “natural” or bioidentical hormones better than synthetic hormones?

• Can herbs help with hot flashes or insomnia?

With clear, accessible language and a balanced look at every issue, OUR BODIES, OURSELVES: MENOPAUSE provides women with the information they need to make decisions about their health.

“As a general reference on menopause, this volume will be embraced by a wide female audience.” – Publishers Weekly

“By furnishing tools for empowerment, this book goes beyond other fine guides …. Highly recommended.” – Library Journal

“The go-to guide for women with menopause.” – Kirkus Reports

The Boston Women’s Health Book Collective (also known as Our Bodies Ourselves) is a non-profit organization founded in 1969 whose advisory board members include Susan Love, MD, and Gloria Steinem. Its mission is to empower women by providing information about health, sexuality and reproduction. For more information and to read “Our Bodies, Our Blog,” for women’s health story ideas, please visit www.ourbodiesourselves.org.

OUR BODIES, OURSELVES: MENOPAUSE

from The

Boston

Women’s Health Book Collective

Touchstone/Simon & Schuster, Inc.

Publication Date: October 2006 / Price: $15 / ISBN: 0-7432-7487-3