| View Larger Image | The Perfect Menopause: 7 Steps to the Best Time of Your Life | Paperbackby Dr. Henry M. Hess (Author), Tiffany Farrell (Collaborator)
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| | Binding: | Paperback | | Publisher: | Westfall Park Publishing Group | | Edition: | 1stst Edition | | Page Count: | 240 Pages | | Publication Date: | February 01, 2009 | | Sales Rank: | 203,880rd |
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Praise for The Perfect Menopause: 'Finally, women have a scientifically accurate and up-to-date resource on menopause!' --Tara Allmen, MD, Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, Center for Menopause 'Dr. Hess provides a great deal of information and wise advice. Menopausal women will find answers to their questions and solutions to their problems in this easily read presentation of the variety of approaches now available.' --Philip Sarrel, MD, Professor Emeritus of OB/GYN and Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine In The Perfect Menopause, Dr. Henry Hess provides options for complete solutions by blending natural and traditional medicine. If you have hot flashes, night sweats, mood changes, weight gain, aches, forgetfulness, decreased sexual desire, dryness, or poor sleep--don't do anything until you read this book! Find up-to-date, safe, and effective solutions in this well-organized and easy-to-read book, using all the best from natural therapies, medical therapies, and bioidentical hormones. |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 5.0 based on 7 reviews)
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12 months later - lost 14 pounds and instructing ZUMBA! Thank you Dr. Hess!!! by M Novosel (Rochester, NY)  5 Stars
June 24, 2009
I entered my review of the book and Dr. Hess 11 months ago. My first appointment with Dr. Hess was 12 months ago. I read his book and thought maybe there was hope.
After being mis-diagnosed with depression and in my forties, I really thought it was time to throw in the towel and give in to old age.
Dr. Hess discovered my testosterone levels were low and made some adjustments using a supplement. I thought I felt better last summer. Well, it has been 12 months since I first starting working with Dr. Hess. I have dropped over 14 lbs and got certified to instruct ZUMBA! I am instructing 3x per week and loving life! I use to instruct years ago but thought I was too old. It is never too late and Dr. Hess is right, these can be the best years of your life. Thank you Dr. Hess for giving my life back to me.
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Weight gain, fatigue, mood swings, low libido- sound familiar? Finally- a "Perfect" plan to manage your menopause and it works! by Mary Ann Novosel (Rochester, New York) 5 Stars
July 29, 2008
I am fortunate enough to live in the Rochester area and Dr. Hess has taken me as a new patient. I read his book prior to my first visit and was informed enough to have an intelligent discussion regarding my issues. I am a 43 year old woman with weight gain, mood swings, mental fogginess, low libido and fatigue. I just didn't understand why I had changed so much in such a short period of time and knew I needed help. I was mis-diagnosed with anti-depressants which only added more weight, more mental fogginess and lack of energy.
Dr. Hess' book pointed to something I never considered - lack of testosterone. We did the blood work that no one else ever considered before and identified this is indeed the problem.
In his book, Dr. Hess helps you understand you need to address your menopause holistically - mind, body, spirit. I am exercising more and eating healthier. I am taking a small dose of testosterone. No more anti-depressant, no more fatigue and no more weight issues.
Dr. Hess does a great job as a myth buster regarding hormone therapy. You do not have to be afraid of hormones - you just have to be informed. It is time to start managing your menopause. Written in laymen's terms, this book is a must have and make sure you share it with your doctor!
I am so grateful to have found a way to help myself. Many thanks to Dr. Hess for focusing his career on menopausal issues - this could be a life changing experience for all women.
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I'm a simple woman by C. Myers-Rakes 5 Stars
July 28, 2008
I'm a simple woman, looking for simple ideas of how to get through peri-menopause and menopause without going crazy. This book is helping!
Navigating through the period of changing hormones is complex and often times frightening. I find this book comforting and especially appreciate the frank approach to using "natural therapies" to "manage major symptoms." For me, an estradiol patch and herbal supplements are working as I enter into year 5 of menopause.
BUT my favorite and the most inspirational section of this book by Dr. Hess is "get to your perfect weight." Working on that now by following the 7 steps as outlined in the book.
I'll survive menopause and be healthier than ever. Thank you Dr. Hess!
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A Unique Advocate for Women All Over by M. Celina Cuadro (Arlington, Virginia United States)  4 Stars
May 19, 2008
Dr. Hess has an expertise and passion that makes him a unique advocate and guide to women all over. His pursuit of the disciplines of Chemistry and OB-GYN blended with solid knowledge of natural therapies and a passion for helping menopausal women gives him an unorthodox yet very balanced view of menopause and women's options at its onset. For women close to or at the onset of menopause, this book will help them make informed choices that suit their unique individual circumstances.
The book's tone is informative and balanced without sacrificing verve or enthusiasm. The passion isn't over the top, and thus has an honest voice when encouraging women to find the right treatment and regimen for them. The information is copious but compact---just the right amount of important information women will need in order to focus on key factors that will help them make informed choices. The balance that the reader detects from the book's tone is fueled by open-minded prudence---despite pointing out errors and seminal discoveries of past researches, discussing new findings, mentioning cutting-edge research, and touching on radical discoveries and options, the book always returns to central themes: new studies shed new light, findings of past studies show more implications if scrutinized more, and the reader should always remember the possibility that "the answers have changed."
The book begins with explaining key concepts needed to understand menopause, then it dispels certain myths that have been held about the menopausal condition. It moves on to focus on key studies and treatments that have been crucial in shifting perspectives about menopause and opening up options for women today, and then it takes time to clarify definitions of current available treatments in order to minimize confusion surrounding them. All this information can be considered crucial preliminaries--Dr. Hess is arming his reader with the necessary background knowledge before he introduces them to the seven steps of what he believes is the Perfect Menopause.
As Dr. Hess armed his readers with key concepts and information about menopause in general, so he reassuringly begins his seven steps to the perfect menopause by arming women with the means to gather vital baseline information about their own particular menopause experience. By discussing the key events of a full ovarian cycle (its hormonal implications, salient features, and the unique implications of removing the uterus or ovaries), Dr. Hess gives women a very helpful backdrop that allows them to discover where they are in the cycle. His first step provides information that makes for an enlightening "you are here" map, to help women discern the stage they are in, the symptoms they are experiencing, and anything they feel that seem apart from the norm. Once armed with the knowledge of their individual menopause experience, Dr. Hess then guides women through choosing their treatment goals. In this second step, the discussion of the different kinds of treatments available allows women to either choose a treatment (one that will address several symptoms and alleviate most if not all of them, or one that the woman feels is the best match for what she knows of her overall needs to manage her menopause), or prioritize the symptoms they feel in order to determine which ones need to be addressed by treatment immediately. Again, Dr. Hess presents these options in a very open-minded manner.
Steps 3, 5, 6, and 7 deal with addressing major symptoms of menopause. I group them together not because these steps are similar--it is actually only step 3 that is called "Manage Major Symptoms": steps 5 to 7 tackle aging and dryness, sexual desire, and sleep respectively--but to show Dr. Hess's ability to convey comprehensive information in order to give readers a chance to make intelligent choices. Despite these being common to most women going through menopause, customizing how to address these symptoms to fit one's situation is possible. Dr. Hess tackles each in detail, sharing information, giving options, and for those completely at a loss, conveying recommendations that are worth trying to see if they work. I choose to highlight step 4 ("Get to Your Perfect Weight") last because the chapter's flow represents for me the commitment Dr. Hess gives to his readers through this book. After conveying information on how preventing weight gain is beneficial during menopause and discussing the various options for weight loss, Dr. Hess recommends an action plan in order to get to one's perfect weight--the plan he recommends is practical, requires commitment, and asks one to be responsible for one's goal as the plan is executed. Dr. Hess conveys himself to the reader in the same way: the help he extends is valuable and practical, with the reader receiving a windfall of solutions--IF they take ownership for seeing to their needs, and IF they commit themselves to executing their chosen plan or treatment.
I feel that through this book Dr. Hess achieved his hope of empowering women to make the choices that address their individual, unique needs for their menopause. He will cite preferred studies, treatments, or service providers, but he always stresses the need to choose the best option for oneself. He guides, he informs, and he weighs the pros and cons for his readers, but he always leaves it up to the person to customize the information to suit their needs and lifestyle. He clarifies what to look for, what is important, and what to be concerned with, and then points the reader to numerous resources that help them implement their chosen goals. My best wishes to Dr. Hess and all the readers who use this book to help themselves or their loved ones--it is a good guide, and at the end one feels in control and able to manage the changes happening.
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Finally the Truth! Great Book! by Shirley Priscilla Johnson (USA) 5 Stars
May 19, 2008
First off, let me say that the compassion and true caring for women and their experiences coping with Menopause shines forth from every page of this book with each word written by our author, Dr. Henry Hess. Now that in itself is a wonder, as I'm sure you feel as I do, that we at times are simply given a pat on the back, a patronizing smile, and sent on our way while we desperately search for answers during this time in our lives. Well, ladies, the search is over.
Inside the pages of this outstanding book, Dr. Hess unravels the many misconceptions about Menopause, the treatments available, and the myths that simply are not true. I was shocked that a man could understand the deep emotional and physical challenges women face during this time, and give such knowledge and insight. Amazing.
I'm telling you, you will close this book with a smile on your face and the complete satisfaction that finally you have found the answers you were looking for and the compassion you so desired. At the conclusion of the read you will finally feel as though you are armed with knowledge of what you are going through and where you will end up. This is a wonderful book, a must have for all women, one that could simply be life-changing. Thank you ,Dr. Hess for caring and sharing. I wish we all had a doctor like this in every town.
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