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No More Periods?
Observing the radical shift in the medical community toward menstrual suppression as a viable option in women s health, Dr. Rako sees not only a vast information gap for women, but a serious health crisis on the horizon. Drug companies and many health professionals are promoting the idea that it is okay, even preferable, for women to forgo their periods if they are not trying to get pregnant, and many women, when faced with the choice, are seriously considering that option. But what isn t being discussed enough are the hazards of such suppression, risks that include osteoporosis, heart attacks, strokes, and cancer.
In No More Periods? Dr. Rako delves into the whys, hows, and musts of women s gynecological health and takes a reasoned stand for believing that nature and our bodies have an intelligence about this critical issue. This book is a call to sanity from a woman who has become known as a devout defender of women s health rights.
"Tampering with the hormonal climate of healthy menstruating women, including teenage girls whose lives stretch ahead for decades, for the purpose of doing away with their periods is, in a word, reckless. Manipulating women s hormonal chemistry for the purpose of menstrual suppression threatens to be the largest uncontrolled experiment in the history of medical science. Hands down.
What the media has not conveyed, what the public has not heard, what too few health professionals know, and what every woman and her doctor must know about the hazards of menstrual suppression deserves a voice. I am determined that it will have one." Susan Rako, M.D.
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No More Periods?
Observing the radical shift in the medical community toward menstrual suppression as a viable option in women?s health, Dr. Rako sees not only a vast information gap for women, but a serious health crisis on the horizon. Drug companies and many health professionals are promoting the idea that it is okay, even preferable, for women to forgo their periods if they are not trying to get pregnant, and many women, when faced with the choice, are seriously considering that option. But what isn?t being discussed enough are the hazards of such suppression, risks that include osteoporosis, heart attacks, strokes, and cancer.
In No More Periods? Dr. Rako delves into the whys, hows, and musts of women?s gynecological health and takes a reasoned stand for believing that nature and our bodies have an intelligence about this critical issue. This book is a call to sanity from a woman who has become known as a devout defender of women?s health rights.
"Tampering with the hormonal climate of healthy menstruating women, including teenage girls whose lives stretch ahead for decades, for the purpose of doing away with their periods is, in a word, reckless. Manipulating women?s hormonal chemistry for the purpose of menstrual suppression threatens to be the largest uncontrolled experiment in the history of medical science. Hands down.
What the media has not conveyed, what the public has not heard, what too few health professionals know, and what every woman and her doctor must know about the hazards of menstrual suppression deserves a voice. I am determined that it will have one."?Susan Rako, M.D.
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No More Periods?
Observing the radical shift in the medical community toward menstrual suppression as a viable option in women s health, Dr. Rako sees not only a vast information gap for women, but a serious health crisis on the horizon. Drug companies and many health professionals are promoting the idea that it is okay, even preferable, for women to forgo their periods if they are not trying to get pregnant, and many women, when faced with the choice, are seriously considering that option. But what isn t being discussed enough are the hazards of such suppression, risks that include osteoporosis, heart attacks, strokes, and cancer.
In No More Periods? Dr. Rako delves into the whys, hows, and musts of women s gynecological health and takes a reasoned stand for believing that nature and our bodies have an intelligence about this critical issue. This book is a call to sanity from a woman who has become known as a devout defender of women s health rights.
"Tampering with the hormonal climate of healthy menstruating women, including teenage girls whose lives stretch ahead for decades, for the purpose of doing away with their periods is, in a word, reckless. Manipulating women s hormonal chemistry for the purpose of menstrual suppression threatens to be the largest uncontrolled experiment in the history of medical science. Hands down.
What the media has not conveyed, what the public has not heard, what too few health professionals know, and what every woman and her doctor must know about the hazards of menstrual suppression deserves a voice. I am determined that it will have one." Susan Rako, M.D.
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No More Periods?
Observing the radical shift in the medical community toward menstrual suppression as a viable option in women?s health, Dr. Rako sees not only a vast information gap for women, but a serious health crisis on the horizon. Drug companies and many health professionals are promoting the idea that it is okay, even preferable, for women to forgo their periods if they are not trying to get pregnant, and many women, when faced with the choice, are seriously considering that option. But what isn?t being discussed enough are the hazards of such suppression, risks that include osteoporosis, heart attacks, strokes, and cancer.
In No More Periods? Dr. Rako delves into the whys, hows, and musts of women?s gynecological health and takes a reasoned stand for believing that nature and our bodies have an intelligence about this critical issue. This book is a call to sanity from a woman who has become known as a devout defender of women?s health rights.
"Tampering with the hormonal climate of healthy menstruating women, including teenage girls whose lives stretch ahead for decades, for the purpose of doing away with their periods is, in a word, reckless. Manipulating women?s hormonal chemistry for the purpose of menstrual suppression threatens to be the largest uncontrolled experiment in the history of medical science. Hands down.
What the media has not conveyed, what the public has not heard, what too few health professionals know, and what every woman and her doctor must know about the hazards of menstrual suppression deserves a voice. I am determined that it will have one."?Susan Rako, M.D.
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The Boston Globe article describes Dr. Anderson as "one of the leaders of the anti-period movement, overseeing a nationwide test of a form of birth-control pill that would reduce the number of periods a woman has each year from 13 to 4." Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
menstrual suppression, nonstop use, generation pills, available testosterone, monthly bleed, iron hypothesis, stored iron, supplemental therapy, women using oral contraceptives, hormone supplementation Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Women's Health Initiative, Humanpapilloma Virus, Elsimar Coutinho, New Zealand, The Hormone of Desire, World Health Organization, The Blessings of the Curse, British Medical Journal, Lord's Prayer New!
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The Boston Globe article describes Dr. Anderson as "one of the leaders of the anti-period movement, overseeing a nationwide test of a form of birth-control pill that would reduce the number of periods a woman has each year from 13 to 4." Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
menstrual suppression, nonstop use, generation pills, available testosterone, monthly bleed, iron hypothesis, stored iron, supplemental therapy, women using oral contraceptives, hormone supplementation Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Women's Health Initiative, Humanpapilloma Virus, Elsimar Coutinho, New Zealand, The Hormone of Desire, World Health Organization, The Blessings of the Curse, British Medical Journal, Lord's Prayer New!
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Front Cover | Front Flap | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Flap | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Is Menstruation Obsolete? by Elsimar M. Coutinho on 4 pages
- The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell in Front Matter, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- A Vindication Of The Rights Of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft in Front Matter, and page 152
- A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (Dover Thrift Editions) by Mary Wollstonecraft in Front Matter, and page 152
- The Rights of Woman (Phoenix 60p paperbacks) by Mary Wollstonecraft in Front Matter, and page 152
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