"Six solid works analyze women's health and relevant sociocultural conditions. Contributions include a comparative analysis of attitudes and practices related to health, pregnancy, and contraception in two rural communities; an examination of the role of domestic medicine in rural areas; and a general revision of perspectives on the relationship between gender and health"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.

Natural ways to improve your nutritional health When it comes to health and nutrition, women have unique needs; they experience more health problems and visit the doctor more often than men. Women are also at particular risk for major nutrition-related health conditions, including heart disease and breast cancer. Now, leading nutritionist Leslie Beck presents a comprehensive, complete guide to women’s nutritional health care, backed by the latest...

El presente proyecto forma parte de un estudios comparativo de índole internacional y transcultural, acerca de las percepciones y nociones que tienen las mujeres en México respecto a sus derechos reproductivos.

This volume explores how gender, place and space shape women's health from birth to old age. It examines women's health experiences, health care access, and the impacts of economic and social transformation on women's health in different places.

Until now, there has been no authoritative guide for midlife couples on how to deal with the common physical and psychological changes occurring in both women and men as a result of waning sex hormones. Now Dr. Nancy Cetel shows how andropause, the hormonal transition occurring in men between the ages of forty and sixty-five, has physical and emotional similarities to menopause in women.

This book seeks to explain why harmful beauty practices persist and have become so extreme. It also considers how a culture of resistance to these practices can be created.

When Nancy was in her late twenties, she began having blinding headaches, tunnel vision, and dizziness, which led to the discovery of an abnormality on her brain stem. Complications during surgery caused serious brain damage, resulting in partial paralysis of the left side of her body, in addition to memory and cognitive problems. Although she was constantly evaluated by her doctors, Nancy's own questions and her distress got little attention in the...