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This second edition includes new information on heart disease, osteoporosis, breast cancer, birth control, and hormone replacement, as well as an expanded chapter on alternative health options. The authors have also thoroughly updated their extensive references and appendices, allowing quick access to specific information.

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It's really a comprehensive women's health book. You should have it on your shelf. --Leslie Gold and Laurie Kramer, hosts of Two Chicks Dishin', WRKO, Boston This book is so timely and thorough for women over 25. Thank you so much for what you have done for women. --Laura Buxton, anchor, Morning News, KUSI TV, San Diego Huston and Lanka's book is a comprehensive and conventional medical guide to this wide span of years, which begins in a woman's thirties.... The goal is to empower women to manage their symptoms while minimizing their risks of osteoporosis, cardiovascular disease, and cancer. Recommended.--Library JournalAn excellent overview of the resources allopathic medicine recommends to women as they age, the book reflects both authors' experiences as ob/gyn doctors.--Yoga Journal This book is so timely and thorough for women over 25. Thank you so much for what you have done for women. --Laura Buxton, anchor, Morning News, KUSI TV, San Diego It's really a comprehensive women's health book. You should have it on your shelf. --Leslie Gold and Laurie Kramer, hosts of Two Chicks Dishin' , WRKO, Boston

Huston and Lanka's book is a comprehensive and conventional medical guide to this wide span of years, which begins in a woman's thirties.... The goal is to empower women to manage their symptoms while minimizing their risks of osteoporosis, cardiovascular disease, and cancer. Recommended.<br>--Library Journal<p>An excellent overview of the resources allopathic medicine recommends to women as they age, the book reflects both authors' experiences as ob/gyn doctors.<br>--Yoga Journal

<p> This book is so timely and thorough for women over 25. Thank you so much for what you have done for women. <br> --Laura Buxton, anchor, Morning News, KUSI TV, San Diego

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L. Darlene Lanka, M.D., has been a practicing obstetrician and gynecologist for thirty years with Kaiser Permanente in Northern California and is an assistant professor at the University of California, San Francisco. She is the former Director of women's Health at Kaiser-Permanente Medical Center in Walnut Creek, California and two times president of the Easy Bay GYN Society. She is a frequent lecturer and has been interviewed on numerous radio and television program discussing women's health issues and by KPIX on women's health legislation in California. Dr. Lanka was awarded the Diablo Soroptimist Societies' Women Helping women Award. James E. Huston, M.D., specialized in obstetrics and gynecology before his retirement. He lives in Medford, Oregon. He is a frequent author and speaker on women's health topics. Both Dr. Lanka and Dr. Huston have visited Guatemala as participating doctors with the Hospital de la Familia in Guatemala, donating much-needed medical aid for indigenous families.

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