Our Bodies Ourselves For The New Century

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Summary: This book is essential.
Review: This book is essential for every woman. Get it

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Summary: It was fantastic!
Review: This is the best book for women around. I needed this book about five years ago!!! It gives you details and information that's easy to understand. I highly recommend this book to every woman!

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Summary: Attack! Attack!
Review: What the heck? This book is very anti middle class white woman. I felt it hard to appreciate the values in this book. I belive that minority issues need to be discussed but not at another womans expense! The issues take you beyond bored to tears and then keep going. These authors believe "the more the better" but I wanted more information, not more rambling. So I bought another book named Mind Your Body by Beth Howard. This book is at least 400 pages thinner and was packed full of more information then Our Bodies Ourselves provided me. Skip this book.

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Summary: You will reach for this book again and again and again and
Review: When a friend bought me my first copy, I scoffed...until I desperately needed info one morning at 4 a.m.! This new edition is truly the most valuable, informative and comforting resource a woman can own. Like a 24-hr health helpline, it gives you complete, easy-to-understand info on even the smallest question you have about your body - often including "trade secrets" that many women have known and used for successfully years, but that doctors forego in lieu of relying solely on prescription meds. Written by women, OBOS not only tells you "what's normal" for most women's bodies, but also provides a quick guide to warning signs, technical terms, healthcare options - anything and everything you want to know when your body is at stake. Common cures; Herbal supplements; Preventative Care; Prescription drugs (and side effects); Support Groups; Diagrams; Photographs; Web sites ... it's all in here. And it's all about YOU.

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Summary: If you liked this book. . .
Review: When You Think You're Falling Apart, by Dr. Kathleen Wilson was loaded with current information I could use about myself. I think it will be as important as Our Body Ourselves in teaching women how their bodies work, how to keep themselves healthy, how to reduce stress, and how to manage in the medical system.