Is it Hot in Here? Or is it me? The Complete Guide to Menopause [Bargain Price] [Paperback]

Barbara Kantrowitz (Author), Pat Wingert Kelly (Author)

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Workman's enviable success with the classic pregnancy "bible" What to Expect When You're Expecting has no doubt sparked this guide, which claims to do for those at midlife what Heidi Murkoff's series has done for pregnant women. The company has tapped two respected Newsweek health writers for this map to everything a woman might encounter before, during and after menopause. An attractive, user-friendly format with sidebars, charts, illustrations and q&as guides readers through hundreds of pages of material. Chapters progress from the basics (types of menopause, onset and duration, testing); hormonal changes and their impact on sleep, sex, moods and memory; and lifestyle (diet, exercise, stress); to heart and bone health, cancer, treatment options and medications. As Wingert and Kantrowitz point out, we've come a long way from when symptoms associated with menopause included "uncontrollable peevishness" and "perversion of moral instincts," yet many women remain reticent about their experiences, fear aging and feel incapable of the new challenges presented by their bodies along with the rest of their obligations. Such readers will welcome Wingert and Kantrowitz's inclusion of suggestions for self-care and their positive focus on what, they say, can be a healthy and productive time in a woman's life. (Feb.)
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Review

“Required reading for women wanting to maximize the second half of their lives . . . up-to-date, readable, and comprehensive.” —Wulf H. Utian, M.D., Ph.D., Executive Director and President, The North American Menopause Society --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 532 pages
• Publisher: Workman Publishing Company; 1 edition (December 30, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0761138080
• ASIN: B00104D1GU
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #477,547 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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30 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Give this book to every woman you know!!!, January 2, 2007

By	Menopausal Mary (Maryland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Is it Hot in Here? Or is it me? The Complete Guide to Menopause (Paperback)

Finally, women get the definitive book about menopause--the book that all women of a certain age will embrace!! During your child bearing years, you needed a copy of What to Expect When You're Expecting. Now, when you are menopausal, you need Is It Hot in Here? You will use this book in the same way-after you read it thoroughly once, you can go back to it again and again for reference, and for reassurance that what you are going through is perfectly normal. I was familiar with the fine work of both authors, from reading their articles, mostly on health and education in Newsweek, and I am not surprised that they have tackled this exhaustive subject well.
They have clearly done solid research, and the book is chock full of easy to read and use charts, sidebars, and diagrams, however, the beauty of the book is its breezy and chatty tone. Most important, is the sense one gets, over and over, of how much menopause is not the end of life, so to speak, but should be viewed as the gateway, to a great second or even third act! I highly recommend this book.

21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Have questions and know you're getting older- Read this book!, January 7, 2007

By	Judy Herr (Maryland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Is it Hot in Here? Or is it me? The Complete Guide to Menopause (Paperback)

Wonder about why your body is acting the way it is? Prefer to read some background info first and then talk to your doctor about it? Yeah,... me too! This book was very helpful. It's more than about menopause. It's about women getting older and all the changes that occur in and around you. The writing style and layour were very accessible, and it was easy and efficient to locate info on a particular topic. The early positive press was right-- I've recommended this to my Women's email list and to my book club!

22 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What I've Been Looking For!, January 4, 2007

By	Jk Sozio (Washington DC) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Is it Hot in Here? Or is it me? The Complete Guide to Menopause (Paperback)

Thank you, Pat and Barbara, for this wonderful work! Finally, a comprehensive, readable, empathetic and humorous book on a very complicated and personal subject. It truly resides above all the "noise" surrounding the subject of menopause. I've had a case of analysis paralysis trying to make sense of the tomes of materials available, so I'm both thrilled and relieved to find so many answers to my questions here in one complete and comfortable source.