The 35-Plus Good Health Guide for Women: The Prime of Life Program for Women over 35

A whole-health guide for women aged thirty-five through their menopause years discusses health issues including neurological function and sexuality, nutrition and cosmetic treatment.

Spodnik ( The 35-Plus Diet for Women ), head clinical dietitian at Kaiser Permanente in Cleveland, and Kaiser internist Cogan have collaborated frequently in the high-tech rabbit's warren of hospital wards. In company with writer Houston, they work in equally fine harmony here. "Good health," they argue, "is not a matter of extreme beliefs and practices, but of good sense . . . and a standard of reasonableness." The book opens by providing guidance in selecting a physician and explaining the content of a competent medical check-up, and goes on to cover, sensibly and rationally, topics from weight control and skin care through strategies for staving off such disorders as diabetes, hypertension, cancer, and heart and circulatory disease, rightly pointing out that choices made in the "middle" years can crucially affect the later ones. Body systems and organs--bones, joints, the nervous system--are all discussed, as are subjects sexual and reproductive, from menstrual difficulties to post-35 pregnancy. Women of any age will benefit from the basic information offered in this excellent handbook.
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Spodnik's earlier The 35-Plus Diet For Women ( LJ 6/1/87) delineated a sensible and effective weight-loss diet. This new book examines all of the health and beauty concerns of middle-aged women, from cancer to gray hair. Basic bodily functions are described, explaining how they may change as women reach mid-life. Current theory on how to maintain optimum function and forestall problems is summarized in each area, with emphasis on sensible diet and exercise. A complete "baseline" physical is reommended, and one chapter details what one can expect from such an examination. Like the earlier book, this is well done; it's not too faddish, not too spartan, but just right for most of us. Recommended.-- Susan B. Hagloch, Tuscarawas Cty. P.L., New Philadelphia, Ohio correction: F.A. Davis, publisher of Gary I. Wadler's Drugs and the Athlete (LJ 7/89), has informed us that the correct price for that book is not $19.95. It is $45. We regret the error.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.