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Fibroids: Book Recommendations



The following provides a list of additional reading on the topic of Fibroids. GYNECARE is not responsible for the content of the books below. These books should be used as a resource. They do not replace the role of consultation with your health care practitioner.

Healing Fibroids: A Doctor's Guide to a Natural Cure. Allan Warshowsky. Fireside (August 2002); ISBN: 0743418247.

Review by Christine Northrup, M.D. author of Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom and The Wisdom of Menopause Healing Fibroids - This book is loaded with practical and empowering information that will help thousands of women who suffer from fibroids.

Fibroids: The Complete Guide to Taking Charge of Your Physical, Emotional, and Sexual Well-Being. Johanna Skilling, Eileen Hoffman. Marlowe & Company; 1st edition (January 15, 2000); ISBN: 1569246203.

Review by Amazon.com, Joan Price - Author Johanna Skilling sees fibroids as "an interruption" of your uterus, blood flow, physical well-being, and lifestyle, as well as a disruption of your self-image and self-esteem, which may leave you feeling shamed, damaged, and helpless. Skilling is not a doctor; she is a woman with fibroids. When she was diagnosed, she read everything she could find, interviewed medical experts, and compiled stories from other women. She presents information about conventional medical treatments, alternative therapies, and diet, along with tips, anecdotes, and humor (for example, the "top 10 things you resemble while taking an MRI" includes "one of those pretzels with cheese filling" and "a lime wedge in the neck of a beer bottle"). Skilling's aim in writing this book is to provide both a source of information about fibroids and a "support group in a book" for women with fibroids to find comfort and sharing. She succeeds. Sex, Lies, and the Truth About Uterine Fibroids: A Journey from Diagnosis to Treatment to Renewed Good Health. Carla Dionne. Avery Penguin Putnam (April 23, 2001); ISBN: 1583330704. From Publishers Weekly - Approximately one U.S. woman in four will suffer symptoms of uterine fibroids in her lifetime. Little is known about what causes them, but their symptoms include anemia, fatigue and back pain. In Sex, Lies, and the Truth about Uterine Fibroids: A Journey from Diagnosis to Treatment to Renewed Good Health, Carla Dionne, executive director of the National Uterine Fibroids Foundation, assesses treatment options for this common condition. The most frequently recommended treatment is a hysterectomy; indeed, over 200,000 women per year undergo hysterectomies for this relatively benign disease, despite the fact that there are alternatives. Dionne herself successfully overcame fibroids by other means and is committed to letting other women know that hysterectomy is not the only course of treatment available. Thoroughly researched, her book arms women who suffer from uterine fibroids with important information and, even more importantly, options for good health. Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

Fibroid Tumor and Endometriosis Self Help Book. Susan M. Lark. Celestial Arts; 3rd edition (November 1995). ISBN: 0890877734.

The Yale Guide to Women's Reproductive Health. Minkin MJ and Wright CV. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press (May 2003), ISBN: 0300098200.

This book is for every woman who has wished for an unhurried, personal conversation with a sympathetic doctor who will answer her questions about reproductive health. Dr. Mary Jane Minkin, a gynecologist practicing for more than 25 years, presents a complete and up-to-date guide to a healthy reproductive system for women in their teens through middle age. With warmth and understanding, Dr. Minkin and coauthor Carol V. Wright respond to questions about the gynecological issues that concern women today, including sexual activity, contraception, and family planning. Readers of The Yale Guide to Women's Reproductive Health will learn how the female body works, what problems may arise, and what solutions are available-in short, they will become better prepared to participate in their own health care and to make healthy decisions.