{"product_id":"2940013309326","title":"CHANGE YOUR MENOPAUSE! Why one size does not fit all","description":"Dr.Wulf H.Utian undertakes an important and daunting challenge in Change Your Menopause!: to present and explain, in clear, readily understood language, what is known scientifically about menopause. This book prepares the reader to reflect on her own menopausal circumstances and experiences so that she may have an informed discussion with her clinician and make knowledgeable decisions regarding her own health and quality of life.\u003cbr\u003eA major aspect of Dr. Utian’s challenge is to dispel the confusion caused by contradictory and sometimes invalid information about menopause and treatment of its undesired symptoms.  In doing so, he presents reliable scientific findings that result from validly designed research studies.  A multitude of conceptual and logistic requirements underlie research studies which are intended to determine the causes, effects, and control of a disease, condition, or normal body changes, especially those that may affect every woman.  Dr. Utian explains what elements a study must have in order to produce reliable results.  He also provides a critique of reports that may be questionable.\u003cbr\u003eProviding trustworthy information is the book’s first critical step in helping women chart the course of their health maintenance.  The next step is providing an approach to personalizing that information.  No two women or their bodies are exactly alike and the combined personal, social, and life circumstances as well as the lifestyle and behaviors of each individual are a different mosaic, indeed, a kaleidoscope, of elements to consider in making personal health decisions.  Many individuals do not have the full knowledge or information needed to understand the complex elements of a valid research study and, most important, whether the results apply to themselves.\u003cbr\u003eIn Change Your Menopause! Dr. Utian suggests an approach for women to take action and personalize their menopausal health.  He calls this action plan the “Get Up and Go Lifestyle.”  It consists of four components:\u003cbr\u003e1. Self-education on the major facts about midlife and health\u003cbr\u003e2. Twelve basic principles \u003cbr\u003e3. Eight essential tools \u003cbr\u003e4. Eight critical actions \u003cbr\u003eThe reader therefore will find this book to be a valuable resource of readily understood information summarizing what has been learned from research studies, as well as a guide to taking responsibility and control, in consultation with her clinician, of her own menopausal health.\u003cbr\u003eDr. Utian is well qualified to take on this challenge. He is considered one of the most significant authorities on menopause and women's health issues, and he is a dedicated advocate for women’s health.  He is the Executive Director Emeritus and Honorary Founding President of the North American Menopause Society (NAMS) and is one of the three founders in 1976 of the International Menopause Society. He serves on a number of national and international committees, and has received numerous national and international honors and awards. His expertise on menopause has been recognized through his many invited scientific lectures and media appearances. Dr. Utian has written over 200 papers related to women's health, and has authored five books on menopause. He is the editor of Menopause, NAMS' official scientific journal, and Menopause Management.  \u003cbr\u003eAs women’s health research has advanced and expanded, so have studies of the normal processes involved in the menopausal transition and related events in a woman’s life course.  However, not all studies give clear results, and there are still areas that we need to clarify so that individual women will have the best guidance for making decisions about their menopausal state.  Meanwhile, women need a tool for understanding the current scientific implications that will help them formulate, in consultation with their physicians, their personal approach to this important time in their lives.   Dr. Utian’s book is that valuable tool.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e      Vivian W. Pinn, M.D.\u003cbr\u003e      Director, Office of Research on Women’s Health\u003cbr\u003e      National Institutes of Health","brand":"Utian Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47156132774128,"sku":"2940013309326","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013309326_p0.jpg?v=1763579611","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013309326","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}