Grown woman talk : your guide to getting and staying healthy / Sharon Malone, M.D.
"There's not enough talk around women's health, and what little there is rarely helps. Women are routinely warned, lectured, or threatened about their health. Or they are ignored, dismissed, or shamed. But they are rarely empowered. And empowerment, more than anything, is what women -- and women of color, in particular -- need. Grown Woman Talk is for every woman who has felt marginalized or overwhelmed by a healthcare system that has become more impersonal, complex, and difficult to navigate than ever. It's also for any woman who is simply standing at the intersection of aging and health, anxious and wanting solutions. Part medical handbook, part memoir, and part sister-girl cheerleader, this book is filled with useful resources and real-life stories of victory and defeat. It not only highlights the current data around women's health issues, but it also places that data in a helpful context. In a tone that is lively and intimate but unflinchingly direct, Dr. Sharon Malone details how to live better, age better, and get better medical treatment, especially when it's most needed. This is not a medical activism book designed to fight the power. This is a book designed to show women that they already have the power -- they need only to increase their capacity and willingness to use it. Most important, Grown Woman Talk seeks to eradicate the silence that surrounds women's health by facilitating discussion between women of all ages and encouraging more accurate and productive medical insights. It is Dr. Sharon's belief that giving women more agency can, literally, give them life." -- Jacket flap.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780593593868
- ISBN: 0593593863
- ISBN: 9780593593882
- Physical Description: xvi, 379 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Crown, [2024]
- Copyright: ©2024
Content descriptions
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-359) and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Introduction -- Solid : it's time to establish a dependable medical home -- Family affair : knowing your history helps you build a brighter future -- In the thick of it : sick or not-so-sick? Be ready and make the right call -- Brave and strong : what you need to know (and do) about cancer -- Control : chronic stress, weight gain, and diabetes : tame your triple threat -- Key to your heart : guarding against cardiovascular disease -- When it don't come easy : brain health and Alzheimer's -- I will survive : "female troubles" and their treatments -- Hot in herre : welcome to perimenopause, fertility's final frontier -- Finally! : menopause and beyond -- Here comes the sun : live your best menopausal life -- Heaven bound : be a benefactor, not a burden -- Epilogue.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Jacksonville Main Library | 362.1089 MAL (Text) | 36015000503843 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
