Your Perfectly Pampered Menopause: Health, Beauty, and Lifestyle Advice for the Best Years of Your Life (Paperback)

by Colette Bouchez (Author) "My good friend Martha just turned fifty-but regardless of her age, I will always lovingly think of her as a kind of displaced feminist hippie..." (more)
Key Phrases: midlife skin, midlife symptoms, bioidentical hormones, United States, Mother Nature, New York City (more...)

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From Publishers Weekly
For women, there's the quest for achieving the big "O," the worry about experiencing the big "C," and the fear of enduring the onset of the big "M." But for Bouchez, a New York Times syndicated columnist and award-winning health and medial writer for the New York Daily News, menopause isn't a time to be dreaded but one to be celebrated. "As lots of women can tell you, reaching menopause can seem more like a beginning than an end anyway-the start of the second phase of your life." Just look at Oprah Winfrey, Diane Sawyer, Diane Keaton. But there are still lots of challenges associated with the end of a woman's reproductive years. In what could be described as the bible of menopause, Bouchez provides a well-researched, informative A-to-Z guide on how to deal with everything from hot flashes and mood swings to weight gain and bladder control. Interspersed throughout the 12 chapters, which range from "Sex in Menopause City" to "Getting Back Your Groove and Your Glow," is a fun and helpful "M file" sidebar, where she answers specific questions from women. With candor and a conversational tone, she tackles lubrication options, incontinence and the pros and cons of hormone therapy. For all women facing this time in their life cycle, the support and help found here will be most welcome.
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Review

Colette Bouchez is a journalist you can trust!"-Julia Smith, MD,Phd,Director,Breast Cancer Screening Prevention, NYU Cancer Center, NY

-- YourMenopause.com

"A must read for every woman over 45!" - Steve Goldstein, MD,Professor, OB-GYN, NYU School of Medicine, New York

-- YourMenopause.com

"Every woman who uses my Severe Dry Skin Line must read this marvelous menopause guide!"-Adrien Arpel, CEO Signature Club A

-- YourMenopause.com

"I am recommending this book to all my female patients over 4o!"-James Dillard,MDAssistant Clinical Professor, Columbia University, New York

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Product Details

• Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: Broadway (April 5, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0767917561
• ISBN-13: 978-0767917568
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #604,586 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Helpful book, June 5, 2006

By	Cate (Portland, OR USA) - See all my reviews

This book has some great, up-to-date information in it, but the girly-girl tone gets old. I turn 50 this month and can't imagine caring about some of the stuff the author considers essential. I started laughing when I read "The Eight Cosmetics Every Woman Over Forty Has To Have: Face Primer, Skin Illuminator, Concealer, Light-diffusing Foundation, Bronzer, Cream or Gel Blush, Anti-feathering Lip Pencil/Lip Gloss, and Lash Extender." Is she serious?

Exercise, a healthy diet, and fresh air will do more for your looks than any cosmetics.

I also laughed when I read, "...if you don't want to change your look in any dramatic fashion (although that is what makes being a girl so much fun!)..."

Sometimes I felt like I was reading a fashion magazine instead of a book about menopause. Maybe this book was written for women in New York City or Hollywood?

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What a relief!!!, May 26, 2005

By	Little Miss Sunshine (NYC) - See all my reviews

Your Perfectly Pampered Menopause coincided with my hot flashes, bizarre itching, weird memory loss and irrational meltdowns, culminating with one in Amy's Bread because they let ONE PERSON buy all their brioche loaves. So, even though I just turned 48, it never occurred to me that I might be going through perimenopause--duh--until a friend turned me on to this fantastic book. I knew I was on to something when I looked at chapter 9 Your Brain on Menopause...Or, why you cry when the bakery is out of rye bread. No coincidence. This book is hilarious and chock full of comforting information--I'm not losing my mind!!!--and sound advice. I now carry it around with me and not just because I keep forgetting to take it out of my bag...okay, I do forget...But this is an awesome book!

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wow! Menopause and So Much More! , August 12, 2006

By	VRWinston "Victoria" (Connecticut) - See all my reviews

I read two free excerpts of this book on WebMD and they were both wonderful - filled with great information and very helpful suggestions. So I bought the book - and I wasn't disappointed - it was even better than what I read online. It is definitely one of the only menopause books I know of that discusses all treatment options - both traditional and non-traditional, plus it also is a great resource for mid-life health in general. It not only covers traditional menopause symptoms - like hot flashes and night sweats and memory loss - it also offers important information on bone health, on mid-life weight gain, fatigue, women and heart disease, hair loss, incontinence, reducing cancer risks, - so it's really so much more than just a meonpause book. In fact, you really get your money's worth with this one! But again, that's what I've come to expect from what I read on WebMD - they always feature the best and most informative articles. Wow - a great book!