Integrative Women's Health remains the only in-depth, broad-based reference on integrative women's health written for health professionals. It helps providers address not only women's reproductive health, but also conditions that manifest differently in women than in men, including cardiovascular disease, arthritis, HIV, depression, and cancer. The text presents the best evidence, in a clinically relevant manner, for the safe and effective use of herbs, vitamins, diet, and mind-body strategies alongside conventional medical treatments. As leading educators in integrative medicine, editors Dr. Maizes and Dr. Low Dog demonstrate how clinicians can implement their recommendations in practice, going beyond practical care to examine how to motivate patients, enhance a health history, and understand the spiritual dimensions of healing. In managing the patient, alternative therapies are never seen as substitutes for mainstream medical care, but always "integrated" into the overall regimen, and always subjected to the best available evidence. New to this second edition are chapters on environmental medicine and women's reproduction, thyroid health, and lesbian health.

Auteur

Victoria Maizes, MD is the Executive Director of the Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine and a Professor of Clinical Medicine, Family Community Medicine, and Public Health at the University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona. Tieraona Low Dog, MD is the Fellowship Director at the Academy of Integrative Heath & Medicine, and Chair of the US Pharmacopeia Dietary Supplements & Botanicals Admissions Panel in Pecos, New Mexico.

Résumé
Integrative Women's Health remains the only in-depth, broad-based reference on integrative women's health written for health professionals. It helps providers address not only women's reproductive health, but also conditions that manifest differently in women than in men, including cardiovascular disease, arthritis, HIV, depression, and cancer. The text presents the best evidence, in a clinically relevant manner, for the safe and effective use of herbs, vitamins, diet, and mind-body strategies alongside conventional medical treatments. As leading educators in integrative medicine, editors Dr. Maizes and Dr. Low Dog demonstrate how clinicians can implement their recommendations in practice, going beyond practical care to examine how to motivate patients, enhance a health history, and understand the spiritual dimensions of healing. In managing the patient, alternative therapies are never seen as substitutes for mainstream medical care, but always &quote;integrated&quote; into the overall regimen, and always subjected to the best available evidence. New to this second edition are chapters on environmental medicine and women's reproduction, thyroid health, and lesbian health.

Contenu

I. Lifestyle 1. Integrative Approach to Women's Health 2. Nutrition 3. Dietary Supplements 4. Physical Activity 5. Mind-Body Therapies 6. Healthy Aging II. Systems and Modalities 7. Traditional Chinese Medicine 8. Ayurveda 9. Energy Medicine 10. Homeopathy 11. Manual Medicine III. Reproductive Health 12. Premenstrual Syndrome 13. Vaginitis 14. Preconception Counseling and Fertility 15. Pregnancy and Lactation 16. Polycystic Ovary Syndrome 17. Endometriosis 18. Chronic Pelvic Pain 19. Menopause 20. Prevention of Cervical Dysplasia and Cancer 21. Breast Cancer Prevention and Treatment IV. Common Conditions in Women 22. Hypothyroidism 23. Anxiety 24. Depression 25. Urinary Tract Infections 26. Irritable Bowel Syndrome 27. Headaches 28. Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue 29. Rheumatoid Arthritis 30. Eating Disorders 31. Cardiovascular Diseases in Women 32. Osteoporosis V. Special Topics in Women's Health 33. Sexuality 34. Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Health 35. Environmental Exposures and Women's Health 36. Women, Soul Wounds and Integrative Medicine 37. Women's Health: Epilogue