Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-250) and index.
Explaining perimenopause and menopause -- The symptoms of perimenopause and menopause and how to treat them -- The rise and fall and (cautious) return of hormone therapy -- Hormone therapy: is it safe? evaluating the balance of benefits and risks -- Hormone therapy: a plethora of choices -- Whats your health profile? how to calculate -- and reduce -- your personal risk of five diseases associated with hormone therapy -- Putting it all together: should i start hormone therapy? should i stop?