Reduces Hot Flashes & Night Sweats*

For Relief of Menopausal Discomfort*

As you mature, your production of hormones slows down,which can result in hot flashes, vaginal dryness, and night sweats. Soy i ....read more

Hormone Treatment Is Called Harmful-Washington Post, 7/10/02 Estrogen Use Linked to Higher Cancer Risk-Boston Globe, 7/17/02

31.2 million women facing menopause in America are concerned by these headlines. Most women today will live over one-third of their lives post-menopausal, but what about the age-old solution of hormone replacement therapy? In 2002 the U.S. government halted a major study of hormone therapy because it increased the risk of invasive breast cancer. Now, millions of women are left wondering whether they should approach menopause without hormones, suffering from hot flashes and low sex drive or take hormones and live in fear of being another statistic. Suza Francina has a simpler solution: Yoga.

In this practical book, Francina, a leading yogi and author of The New Yoga for People Over 50, shows how yoga can be a powerful tool to help women turn menopause into a positive and empowering experience, both physically and spiritually. Included are easy-to-follow indexed photos of yoga poses that alleviate key menopausal problems including: hormonal changes; hot flashes; irregular bleeding; fibroids; stress and anxiety; mood swings; depression and fatigue; bone loss; heart disease and cancer.

Francina delivers a timely and truly heartening message to women: you don't have to get weaker or depressed when facing menopause, it can truly be an empowering, restorative time. ....read more

A laugh-out-loud, pick-me-up collection of stories for the millions of women who are battling hot flashes, mood swings and mental lapses.

As baby boomers hit their late forties and fifties, a record number of women are going through menopause. Whether they're in active menopause or just beginning to experience their first gray hairs and the hot nights of perimenopause, they'll find support, comfort and advice in this collection of stories from women who've been there and have survived.

With chapters such as What's Age Got to Do with It?; This Is Not Your Mother's Menopause; Mental-Pause; Hormones, Schormones; and Who Turned Up the Heat?, women will gain renewed perspective on reaching the milestone of middle age, feel empowered by their changing identity and realize the innumerable ways in which menopause can impact them in a positive manner.

Chicken Soup for the Soul in Menopause will show millions of women that there is light at the end of the tunnel.

Authored by a team of acknowledged experts in treating menopausal symptoms, Menopause For Dummies arms you with all the information you need to stay in control every step of the way. In plain English, it explains the role menopause plays in a variety of common health problems, such as osteoporosis, stroke, and heart disease. It walks you through proven measures for minimizing your risk of developing complications through including diet and exercise, stress management, hormone replacement, and other techniques. And it arms you with authoritative, up-to-the-minute coverage of:

• Premenopause how to identify it and what it means
• The stages of menopause
• How menopause can affect your body, emotions, and libido
• The latest facts about hormone replacement therapy
• The pros and cons of various alternative treatments
• The best ways of handling hot flashes
• Easing symptoms with diet and exercise
• Preventing bone loss
• Helpful lifestyle changes

With Menopause For Dummies in your corner you’ll have a kinder, gentler “change of life.” ....read more

• You have to change shirts three times a day-after you've sweat through them?
• You have to change addresses, just to avoid all that mail from the AARP?
• You have to change your diet to nothing but milk and broccoli-just to get your RDA of calcium?

• Dealing with a rollercoaster of emotions
• Anecdotes, remedies, and gentle tips to help you cope with all the physical changes you're facing
• How to enjoy menopausal sex

Joanne Kimes has authored or coauthored ten Sucks titles and has written for a number of children's and comedy television shows. She and her husband have one daughter and live in Studio City, CA.She is the co-founder of Mill Park Publishing in Eagle, ID, and has two grown children.She is an editor at MenopauseBellaOnline.com and the author of Living Well With Menopause: What Your Doctor Doesn't Tell You . . . That You Need to Know. She lives in Englewood, FL. ....read more