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The 35-Plus Good Health Guide for Women: The Prime of Life Program for Women over 35
The 35-Plus Good Health Guide for Women The Prime of Life Program for Women over 35 Author:Jean Perry Spodnik, David P. Cogan, M.D. A whole-health guide for women aged thirty-five through their menopause years discusses health issues including neurological function and sexuality, nutrition and cosmetic treatment. — Publishers Weekly — Spodnik (The 35-Plus Diet for Women), head clinical dietitian at Kaiser Permanente in Cleveland, and Kaiser internist Cogan have collaborated fr... more »equently in the high-tech rabbit's warren of hospital wards. In company with writer Houston, they work in equally fine harmony here. "Good health," they argue, "is not a matter of extreme beliefs and practices, but of good sense . . . and a standard of reasonableness." The book opens by providing guidance in selecting a physician and explaining the content of a competent medical check-up, and goes on to cover, sensibly and rationally, topics from weight control and skin care through strategies for staving off such disorders as diabetes, hypertension, cancer, and heart and circulatory disease, rightly pointing out that choices made in the "middle" years can crucially affect the later ones. Body systems and organs--bones, joints, the nervous system--are all discussed, as are subjects sexual and reproductive, from menstrual difficulties to post-35 pregnancy. Women of any age will benefit from the basic information offered in this excellent handbook.
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