Love emphasizes that menopause is not a disease that needs to be cured. For the menopausal or perimenopausal woman confused by conflicting opinions regarding hormone replacement therapy, love dr. You can celebrate a milestone, move for a movement, or even involve your community in action by hosting a fundraiser. Susan love s menopause and hormone book making informed choices book. Making informed choices all the facts about the new hormone replacement therapy studies by susan m.
She is regarded as one of the most respected womens health specialists in the united states. Susan love s breast book cuts through the maze of contradictory data to provide information without hype or pedantry. In the first edition of this important bestselling book, praised by newsday as the bible for a whole generation of menopausal women, renowned physician and pioneering womens health advocate dr. Her interest in hormones and breast cancer led to dr. Love also serves as the medical director of the dr. Her insightful words of caution have been backed up by the stunning results of the recent.
Susan loves menopause and hormone book, first published in 1998 and revised in 2003, was one of the first to sound the alarm against the long term use of. This book presents a wellinformed approach to coping with the onset of menopauserelated health symptoms. It cautioned against the longterm use of postmenopausal hormones, which were being prescribed almost routinely. Susan love s hormone book in her empowering and demystifying book about menopause, dr. Susan love s menopause and hormone book in the first edition of this important bestselling book, praised by newsday as the bible for a whole generation of menopausal women, renowned physician and pioneering womens health advocate dr. Love offers a remarkably clear set of guidelines on the use of menopausal hormone therapy and explains what is known about other options for treating. Love addresses osteoporosis, heart disease, breast cancer, endometrial cancer and the b.
Susan loves menopause and hormone book, was one of the first to sound the alarm against the long term use of postmenopausal hormones and her book, live a little encourages women to be healthy without driving themselves crazy. Shes a doctor and serious researcher who insists on hard evidence, not just good theories. Susan love s breast book, are upfront about their perspective on hormone therapy, they also give women the information they need about the various hormones on the market and provide a questionnaire to help them assess their values, so that readers can make their own informed choice. In 1997, susan love was excorriated for presenting exactly this reasonably cautious and honest viewpoint in her splendid hormone book meantime, 12 million us women continue to take estrogen alone, while 8.
Love born february 9, 1948 is an american surgeon, a prominent advocate of preventive breast cancer research, and author. Susan love believes that menopause is a life stage that every woman experiences differently, and so every woman should be able to choose the. Menopausal hormone therapy dr susan love foundation for. Mar 21, 2003 in the first edition of this important bestselling book, praised by newsday as the bible for a whole generation of menopausal women, renowned physician and pioneering womens health advocate dr. Susan love warned about the potential dangers of the longterm prescription of hormone replacement therapy. The term hormone replacement therapy hrt is and has been an misnomer.
Susan loves menopause and hormone book, first published in 1998 and revised in 2003, was one of the first to sound the alarm against the long term use of postmenopausal hormones. Susan love s menopause and hormone book, first published in 1998 and revised in 2003, was one of the first to sound the alarm against the long term use of postmenopausal hormones. Love stresses that menopause is not a disease that needs to be curedit is a natural life stage. Susan love s breast book strongly cautions women about presentday hormone therapy by painstakingly dissecting the studies and marketing that bolster and batter that choice.
Susan loves stance on estrogen, hormone replacement therapy h. Love biography, birth date, birth place and pictures. More than an uptodate advisory for the reportedly oneineleven women stricken with breast cancer, this is a candid, comprehensive, splendidly well. It carried the connotation that certain levels of estrogen are normal and anything less is a deficiency that must be addressed and replaced. Making informed choices about menopause md susan m. Susan love research foundation, formerly titled the santa barbara breast cancer institute. Making informed choices revised and updated hollis siglers breast cancer journal live a little. While sometimes too technical, the book s remarkably clear explanation of what makes good research can help you sift.
Making informed choices, updated through 2002, which addresses one of the most disputed topics for women this decade. In july 2002, everything many doctors thought they knew about menopausal hormone therapy called hormone replacement therapy hrt at the time was. Susan love s hormone book 1996, explores the issue of menopause, while karen stabiners book, to dance with the devil. Susan love s hormone book which was updated and republished after the prempro arm of the womens health initiative was halted. Hormone replacement therapy promoted the idea that women needed to take estrogen during and after menopause. Susan love writes as a woman experiencing menopause. Susan love s menopause and hormone book, first published in 1998 and revised in 2003, was one of the first to sound the alarm against the long term use of postmenopausal hormones and live a little crown 2009 encourages women to be healthy without driving yourself crazy. In 1995, love completely updated the book in a 600page second edition, including new biopsy and screening methods, implants, the pros and cons of hormone therapy, new discoveries in breastcancer treatment, and many other topics.
Susan loves menopause and hormone book book central. Making informed choices all the facts about the new hormone replacement therapy studies. Although no longer practicing surgery, she continues to help women as president and medical director of the susan love, m. I wish every one of them would read this excellent work.
Dr susan loves hormone book breast cancer network australia. Susan love foundation for breast cancer research that gives supporters like you the tools to raise money for innovative and lifechanging breast cancer research. While love and lindsey, who worked together previously on dr. In this completely revised fifth edition, it also becomes a guide for those at risk of getting breast cancer, survivors interested in the consequences of their treatment, and anyone who wants to understand the new research about how the local environment influences the manifestations and treatments of many. In the first edition of this important bestselling book, praised by newsday as the bible for a whole generation of menopausal women. The sixth edition explains advances in targeted treatments, hormonal therapies, chemotherapy, and immunologic approaches. Live a little crown 2009 encourages women to take a reasonable approach to becoming healthy. Susan love dr susan love foundation for breast cancer. Susan love speaker agency, speaking fee, videos speaking. She took a stand against the status quo in writing her second book, dr. Menopause dr susan love foundation for breast cancer.
For baby boomers facing hot flashes, night sweats, estrogen therapy. Susan loves menopause and hormone book 2003 live a little breaking the rules wont break your health 2009 dr. Reviews by her peers by combining both her personal and professional experience of libido changes at menopause, susan rako has created a book, the hormone of desire, that can help thousands of women get the healthcare and attention they need and deserve. Making informed choices revised and updated susan m.
Susan love is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics. In her informationdense volume, love lists symptoms from hot flashes and mood swings to migraine. In 2012 love announced that she was diagnosed with leukemia and would take a leave of absence to pursue chemotherapy treatment. Susan love, one of the most important and reputable doctors addressing womens issues today, helps readers sort through the confusing media reports, complex and contradictory scientific evidence, and medical bias regarding hormone therapy, discussing what is known and not known about it as well as alternatives. Susan love, a noted breast surgeon and womens health advocate, tells it straight about hormones. Making informed choices all the facts about the new hormone replacement therapy studies revised. The new war on breast cancer 1997 explores the challenges that love has faced and continues to face as a female surgeon and crusader against breast cancer.
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