When Laura Holmes Haddad was diagnosed with cancer, she found somber survival books instead of the straight talk she needed. There had to be a better way. This book is the thoughtful, informative, and entertaining result, providing the...
Women--Health and hygiene
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Auteur:Kaplan, LauraSommaire:First published in 1997, The Story of Jane recounts the evolution of Jane, the underground group in Chicago that performed abortion services before the procedure was legalized. An extraordinary history by one of its members, this is the...
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Auteur:Cottrill, CarolSommaire:With wit and wisdom, The French Twist: Twelve Secrets of Decadent Dining and Natural Weight Management explores the French attitudes of reverence and respect for food and dining. Based on a desire to take the American obsession with...
- Auteur:Copaken, DeborahSommaire:
Ladyparts is Copaken’s irreverent inventory of both the female body and the body politic of womanhood in America, the story of one woman brought to her knees by the one-two-twelve punch of divorce, solo motherhood, healthcare Frogger,...
- Auteur:Northrup, ChristianeSommaire:
Quel âge avez-vous ? Quel âge avez-vous l’impression d’avoir ? Nous sommes programmées pour nous attendre au déclin inévitable de notre santé, de notre apparence, de nos relations sexuelles et même du plaisir que nous prenons à vivre;...
- Auteur:FARRER, HelenSommaire:
Written in the hope that the specifically female aspects of a woman's life might be better understood. This book describes common disorders, coping with them, and when medical help should be sought.
- Auteur:Comen, ElizabethSommaire:
A surprising, groundbreaking, and fiercely entertaining medical history that is both a collective narrative of women's bodies and a call to action for a new conversation around women's health. For as long as medicine has been...
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Auteur:Stettner, Shannon, Burnett, Kristin, Hay, TravisSommaire:When Henry Morgentaler, Canada’s best-known abortion rights advocate, died in 2013, activists and scholars began to reassess the state of abortion in the country. In this volume, some of Canada’s foremost researchers challenge current...
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Auteur:Kerkhoff, PaulineSommaire:If you struggle with your weight, you know that most weight-loss programs focus on getting more exercise or following a strict, high-maintenance diet. The problem is that changing habits from the outside just doesn’t last for most...
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Auteur:Morris, BarbaraSommaire:Little old ladies don't just happen—they are created by default. The road to little old lady-hood starts early in mid-life but if a well-thought-out plan of prevention is in place, mid-life women can keep and improve their current level...
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Auteur:Wolf, MelissaSommaire:Did you know, every woman has a tipped uterus, and ovarian cysts are usually normal (even when they burst)? Have you ever wondered how to balance your hormones, why you have to repeat yourself at the doctor’s office or why your yeast...
