How Your Doctor is Slowly Killing You: A Woman's Health Survival Guide

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When it Comes to Healthcare, Women are Getting the ShaftHow Your Doctor is Slowly Killing You: A Women's Health Survival Guide takes a frank, tell-it-like-it-is look at the state of women's health. Common health conditions in women of all ages can often be traced to one root cause: hormone imbalances and deficiencies, and women can have them from the onset of puberty. In the short term, untreated hormone deficiencies sap energy, cause mood disorders, memory problems and put a damper on libido. In the long term, deficiencies are contributing factors in developing heart disease, diabetes, bone loss, obesity, cancer and other chronic health issues.While menopause is a natural state, it's more aptly described as biological warfare. When key hormone levels drop, our bodies begin working against us, and we have no idea what is happening or why. Hormone deficiencies are a problem for women of all ages, not just those in menopause, and they are making us sick, tired, irritable and killing our sex drive. Dr. DeRosa informs and empowers women by providing the truth about common medications like oral contraceptives and anti-depressants, health issues connected to hormone deficiencies, the benefits of bio-identical HRT, and how to speak with their doctors and become advocates for their own health.