Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: A Woman's Guide to Identifying & Managing PCOS
Author: Dr John Eden
Addressing the common, but often undiagnosed, hormonal condition of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS), this medical guide gives women the confidence to ask their doctors the right questions and make informed choices. In easy-to-understand language, the latest advice about managing PCOS is offered to the one in four women with polycystic ovaries and the seven out of 100 of this group who suffer the effects of PCOS. The symptoms, including acne, excess hair, weight problems, and irregular menstruation are outlined. Such questions as What causes PCOS? How do hormones work? How is PCOS different from simply having polycystic ovaries? Does PCOS necessarily lead to infertility? How is it treated? and What is the connection between PCOS and diabetes? are answered. Case studies and the latest research for patients, pharmacists, doctors, and other health professionals are included.
Library Journal
Reproductive endocrinologist Eden (director, Sydney Menopause Ctr., Royal Hosp. for Women) has written a much-needed reference on polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). Approximately one in four women of reproductive age has polycystic ovaries (PCO), in which follicles (cysts) form around the ovaries in a pearl necklace pattern. While the vast majority of these women do not have the additional symptoms that constitute PCOS-e.g., excessive body hair, acne, irregular menstruation, hair loss, and fertility and weight problems-PCOS is very much an underdiagnosed disorder. Eden stresses the importance of further testing for women with PCO to determine whether the condition is in fact part of a larger picture of PCOS; he provides clear explanations and treatment possibilities and dispels myths associated with the syndrome. Although much is still unknown about PCOS, Eden emphasizes that there have been significant advances during the past 20 years, primarily via evidence-based medicine protocols. This is the latest of several recent contributions to the lay literature on PCOS, which includes Colette Harris's PCOS and Your Fertility and Milton Hammerly and Cheryl Kimball's What To Do When the Doctor Says It's PCOS. Compared with these, Eden's book is up-to-date; its more comprehensive approach doesn't stress alternative/complementary treatments or focus on the fertility problems associated with PCOS. Recommended for all consumer health collections.-Linda M.G. Katz, Drexel Univ. Health Sciences Libs., Philadelphia Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.
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Women's Health: Hormones, Emotions and Behavior
Author: Regina C Casper
This book offers an overview of the complex interplay between hormonal activation and individual and environmental influences on health and disease in women. The book provides useful information and background material important for treating problems related to the reproductive cycle, eating disorders, drug treatment of women, and clinical and treatment issues in coronary artery disease and breast cancer. This is a medically-oriented book written firstly for the practicing physician in primary care, psychiatry, internal medicine and gynecology/obstetrics. This book takes a much broader view than others on the market by combining consideration of both psychological and physical disorders affecting women and by discussing treatment issues.
New England Journal of Medicine
The observation that women have more psychiatric disorders, coexisting conditions, and refractory illnesses than do men is an implicit call for a more comprehensive and creative understanding of prevention and treatment in women. This book is an important step in that direction.
Shirley Hartlage
This collection of recent writings examines an array of psychiatric disorders and physical diseases affecting women, and discusses those meriting further study. The range of problems addressed include eating disorders, breast cancer, anxiety and depression, the intricacies of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical system, and women's increasing risk for coronary artery disease. The editor (who is also a contributor) has assembled an ambitious book in a usable and straightforward manner. Evident throughout is the theme that hormonal balance and environmental factors, along with genetic predisposition, greatly influence the presentation of disorders in women. Also evident in the commentary from the 17 contributors is the scarcity of research in the field of women's health, as well as a call for more funds for further study. The purpose is to report recent data on the interactions between hormonal activity and individual and environmental influences on women's health. The target audience is psychiatrists, physicians practicing in internal medicine and gynecology and obstetrics, and medical students. The book has few illustrations, but they are not vital to the book's purpose. The references appear current and relevant. A helpful table of contents is provided. The book has an attractive purple cover, but may not be as durable as one would like. Physicians dealing with women's health will no doubt find useful information in every chapter, but four chapters are particularly noteworthy. Chapter 1, ""Growing up Female,"" surveys the variety of physiological and societal forces at play throughout the maturation process for a young woman in western culture. Chapter 7 examines theinterweaving of psychosocial factors and physiological processes in the etiology of eating disorders. In Chapter 8, the contributors consider the evolution of women's role in the workplace and point out that women with Type A personalities have an increased risk for coronary artery disease. Chapter 10 highlights gender differences in drug response, as well as drug safety during pregnancy and breast feeding. Although the editor capably presents a variety of related topics in one book, the value of the book would be increased if more information was provided in many of the chapters. In part, this appears to be a function of the paucity of existing knowledge about some of the subjects. Despite this, those who regularly treat women in practice should find the book a useful update of current knowledge.
Doody Review Services
Reviewer: Shirley Hartlage, PhD (Rush University Medical Center)
Description: This collection of recent writings examines an array of psychiatric disorders and physical diseases affecting women, and discusses those meriting further study. The range of problems addressed include eating disorders, breast cancer, anxiety and depression, the intricacies of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenocortical system, and women's increasing risk for coronary artery disease. The editor (who is also a contributor) has assembled an ambitious book in a usable and straightforward manner. Evident throughout is the theme that hormonal balance and environmental factors, along with genetic predisposition, greatly influence the presentation of disorders in women. Also evident in the commentary from the 17 contributors is the scarcity of research in the field of women's health, as well as a call for more funds for further study.
Purpose: The purpose is to report recent data on the interactions between hormonal activity and individual and environmental influences on women's health.
Audience: The target audience is psychiatrists, physicians practicing in internal medicine and gynecology and obstetrics, and medical students.
Features: The book has few illustrations, but they are not vital to the book's purpose. The references appear current and relevant. A helpful table of contents is provided. The book has an attractive purple cover, but may not be as durable as one would like.
Assessment: Physicians dealing with women's health will no doubt find useful information in every chapter, but four chapters are particularly noteworthy. Chapter 1, "Growing up Female," surveys the variety of physiological and societal forces at play throughout the maturation process for a young woman in western culture. Chapter 7 examines the interweaving of psychosocial factors and physiological processes in the etiology of eating disorders. In Chapter 8, the contributors consider the evolution of women's role in the workplace and point out that women with Type A personalities have an increased risk for coronary artery disease. Chapter 10 highlights gender differences in drug response, as well as drug safety during pregnancy and breast feeding. Although the editor capably presents a variety of related topics in one book, the value of the book would be increased if more information was provided in many of the chapters. In part, this appears to be a function of the paucity of existing knowledge about some of the subjects. Despite this, those who regularly treat women in practice should find the book a useful update of current knowledge.
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