Hot flashes, hormones, & your health / Joann E. Manson and Shari Bassuk.

New York ; London : McGraw-Hill, [2007], ©2007.

xvi, 270 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-250) and index.

Explaining perimenopause and menopause -- The symptoms of perimenopause and menopause and how to treat them -- The rise and fall and (cautious) return of hormone therapy -- Hormone therapy : is it safe? Evaluating the balance of benefits and risks -- Hormone therapy : a plethora of choices and the truth about bioidentical hormones -- What's your health profile? : How to calculate--and reduce--your personal risk of five health outcomes associated with hormone therapy -- Putting it all together : should I start hormone therapy? Should I stop?