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Touchstone, March 2005
Trade Paperback, 640 pages
ISBN-10: 0743266897
ISBN-13: 9780743266895
Description
THE GROUNDBREAKING GUIDEBOOK ON THE HEALTH OF BOYS AND MEN -- FOR THE WOMEN WHO LOVE THEM
Men are likely to die, on average, nearly six years earlier than women -- and they have higher mortality rates for many of the leading causes of death in America, including heart disease, accidents, suicide, chronic liver disease, and cancer.
The women in their lives -- mothers, wives, girlfriends, sisters, and daughters -- are traditionally charged with managing their health concerns. From Boys to Men is a unique resource designed to arm women with much-needed information about men's health issues and to help them educate their male loved ones on how to take care of themselves. Filled with Dr. Senay's expert medical advice, personal anecdotes, and a healthy dose of humor, From Boys to Men will resonate with women of every age and stage of life.
TOPICS INCLUDE:
BOYS
Health issues unique to infants · the most dangerous threats to teenage boys· learning disabilities and developmental disorders · gender issues · sportsmanship · body image · sex and sexuality
MEN
Preventative care · emotional needs and disorders · stress and depression · high cholesterol and blood pressure · coping with illness · sexual dysfunction...and more.
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Table of Contents"[A]n eloquent and often moving tribute to the powerful role of women in the health and healing of their families."
-- Dean Ornish, M.D., New York Times bestselling author of Dr. Dean Ornish's Program for Reversing Heart Disease
-- Dean Ornish, M.D., New York Times bestselling author of Dr. Dean Ornish's Program for Reversing Heart Disease
Joshua D. Sparrow, M.D.Special Initiatives Director, The Brazelton Touchpoints Center, Harvard Medical SchoolThe idea behind this book is terrific. Women, the heroes who make most of every family's health-care decisions, now have a guide to raising healthy, responsible, and resilient sons. Every mother will be grateful for this book, not to mention wives, sisters, and daughters.
Christiane Northrup, M.D.author of Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom and The Wisdom of MenopauseFrom Boys to Men is full of useful and practical information designed to help safeguard the health of the men and boys in our lives.
Richard L. Saphir, M.D.,clinical professor of pediatrics, Mount Sinai School of MedicineI know of no other book that covers the health of boys and men from infancy to adulthood with such thoroughness and understanding. It is accessible, accurate, and -- most of all -- interesting. I found information in this book that usually requires searching through many publications. Emily Senay, a physician turned journalist, explains it all! This is a book about boys' and men's health issues
-- for women. But men, get in line to read it. You'll learn a lot about yourself. I know that I did.
Suzanne Braun Levine,founding editor of Ms. magazine and author of Father Courage: What Happens When Men Put Family FirstFrom Boys to Men is smart, informed, friendly, tough, and very accessible. I think it can save lives and will surely wake some fathers and sons up.
Randolph D. Smoak, Jr., M.D.,former president, American Medical AssociationThis is an informative, interesting, down-to-earth book, a prescription in laymen terms for nearly all male health issues from conception throughout life. As women make three-fourths of all health-care decisions, From Boys to Men provides the tools they need to help the boys and men they love take better care of themselves.
