Publisher's Synopsis
Women want to understand their own health and how best to maintain it. That's why this book was created with a team of expert female doctors, with MD Sandhya Pruthi of Mayo Clinic as the Chief Medical Editor. Here they share their extensive knowledge of the health issues that concern women most. In a single volume, this book offers a sympathetic and comprehensive guide to women's health that focuses on keeping well. From maintaining a healthy diet and lifestyle to the importance of sexual and social relationships, and the value of prevention and screening, the book brings a lifetime's good health to women. Organised by body system, the book uses both text and images to explain every health problem and all your treatment options. This is an empowering volume, full of the hard facts and expert guidance that all women need in order to take control of their health and become informed health-care consumers. About the Chief Medical Editor Dr. Sandhya Pruthi is an assistant professor of medicine at Mayo Clinic College of Medicine in Minnesota, USA. As a consultant in the Department of Internal Medicine and director of the Breast Diagnostic Clinic, Dr Pruthi has special interests in breast diseases and women's health. She is also a member of the Women's Health Executive Committee.
