Relax, This Won't Hurt: Painless Answers to Women's Most Pressing Health Questions
by Reichman, Judith

Publisher:  Morrow, William & Company
ISBN:  0688163017

Where do you go when you have a question about your health? You want the opinion of a doctor you know and can trust. When should you see a doctor? What medical tests do you need? How can you stay healthy? Dr. Reichman addresses each of these issues in chapters that specifically address women's health questions and concerns from the teens to twenties, thirties, forties, fifties, sixties, seventies, and beyond.

In our teens our concerns might be related to menstruation, sex, smoking, or drinking and Dr. Reichman addresses these issues, and others specifically to teens with her easy style. Twenty-something's have other issues from pregnancy and birth control to PMS, yeast infections, Pap smears, and breast-self exam, while women in their thirties are often concerned about issues such as depression, fertility, methods of contraception and side effects, and conditions that cause pelvic pain and infections.

By the time women reach their forties the issues they are concerned about are often related to hormonal issues and perimenopause, as well as ovarian cysts, fibroid tumors, and cancer issues. The forties are a time of enormous changes in women's reproductive health and Dr. Reichman's down-to-earth approach makes it easy to understand the medical issues behind the changes that are experienced during each decade in a woman's life.

The fifties are a time dominated by menopause and issues related to hormone replacement therapy. It is also a decade when other health issues, such as gallstones and autoimmune disorders, may come in to play. Dr. Reichman discusses the importance of diet and exercise in the fifties, as well as at every stage in a woman's life.

Dr. Reichman continues answering questions about women's health into the sixties, seventies, and beyond covering virtually every health issue that could happen from cataracts and glaucoma to cancer, heart disease, Alzheimer's disease, incontinence, and weight control.

This book is an invaluable resource for every stage of a woman's life, and one that I will turn to again and again when I have a question. It's outstanding women's medical resource and guide that you will turn to again and again.

Dr. Judith Reichman is already known and trusted by millions of women who know her work as Medical Correspondent for the Today Show, as well as author of I'm Not in the Mood and I'm Too Young to Get Old. She is a practicing gynecologist and teacher at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and UCLA in Los Angeles. Dr. Reichman's credentials also include writing and co-hosting two PBS series, Straight Talk on Menopause and More Straight Talk on Menopause, and she has been the medical guest on Oprah several times.

Tracee Cornforth, your Guide for Women's Health