Personal Health Books

I can't praise this book enough. I subscribed to Dr. Northrup's newsletter for years and got a lot of excellent women's health advice from it. Now she expands on the topic of menopause and perimenopause (the lesser understood, long preliminary...
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I ordered the audio tape, thinking I would be listening to Dr. Northrup reading the book, as Dr. Phil read his book, "Self Matters"., and then I could keep the hard copy of the book on my shelf for reference. With only one tape, there is no way...
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This book is highly readable and packed with information about menopause, and perimenopause. However, if you already own or have read Northrup's "Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom", or if you subscribe to her newsletter, or if you've read Dr. John...
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What to expect when your expecting is a must for every pregnant or thinking of getting pregnant woman should own. It was a book which I must have looked in at least twice a day. It gives brief discriptions of most any question a woman can have....
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Though this book is given to pregnant women by many doctors and insurance companies, it is not a comprehensive guide to pregnancy and childbirth. The format is easy to read, and gives you the basics for what is happening each month. From...
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If you are at all interested in natural childbirth and/or what your options are during pregnancy and birth, this book definity does not cover that. However, it was very reassuring during my first pregnancy when I had no idea what to expect from...
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I loved this book! I received it as a gift when I was pregnantwith my 2nd child. When ever I thought there was something wrongwith my baby or I needed some kind of back up advice I would justlook in the book and there would be my answer. It's...
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Does the typical presentation of breastfeeding as a lifestylechoice and formula feeding as 'just as good'. Ick. It fails topresent any of the very real information on the health risks of not breastfeeding, and does very little to reassure...
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In principle, I have found the What to Expect Series a useful if not always authoritative reference. Taken on a whole however, I admit to growing tired of the holier-than-thou tone of much of their advice. Maybe in some parallel universe...
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This is a must buy for a brand new dad. Of all the books that I have bought on having a new baby, this proved to be the most informative and the book that I return to on a regular basis as a reference. It not only addresses the development of...
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While this book is written by a male author, don't look here for any pearls of wisdom that were passed over by the author of the pregnancy book sitting on your wife's bedside table. This book is full of sensible, measured advice. I'm sure that...
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Considering that there are very few books for expectant fathers, this book is a necessary purchase. The month-to-month synopses of physical and emotional changes happening to my wife were interesting. However, much of the book is obvious...
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Dr. Karp's book is a lifesaver. After working with him to calm our daughter, we were able to enjoy her and not have to worry each day as we got closer to "the fussy" part of the day. Having the tools to calm her made us confident and in turn...
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At least it didn't work with my son. Please don't do what I did, & read the reviews & buy this book and think it will be a cure all for your baby. You'll only drive yourself insane. I read all the reviews & the People magazine article & thought...
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Great book for first time parents with a newborn (under 4 months old). The ideas apply to those early months, especially if your baby has colic. However, the ideas simply don't apply to a baby over 4 months. Swaddling and Shhhing (two of the keys)...
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First, as a quick proxy of how good it is, and as a way of enticing busy readers, I should note that I finished Atal Gawande's book Better: A Surgeon's Notes On Performance in less than four hours. I can't remember the last time that happened....
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This book is far less engaging than his first, and espouses a mildly distasteful and shockingly simplistic message about doing better in the medical profession. Don't look for a enlightened analysis in Gawande's small-minded views here. In each...
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I really liked Gawande's first book "Complications". That's why I was excited when I bought this one. It is still good with many interesting topics, however it seems that the success of his first book made the author more and more conceited which...
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If you are wondering why women's health seems to be deteriorating, read thisbook and you'll get a clue why. Dr. Northrup does a wonderful job illustrating whythe mind-body connection needs to be recognized and utilized in medical treatmenttoday,...
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I know I'm in the minority, but I was very disappointed in this book, and wasn't surprised to see Doctor- gurus like Deepak Chopra and Bernie Siegel heartily recommending it. Dr. Northrup seems to mesh gynelogical information with a lot of...
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The cassette tapes are of a lecture by Dr. Northrup. Although it is entertaining it does not have the depth of information you may be expecting from an "audio book". The lecture is lacking in that she shows information to the audience present at...
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This book is wonderful! And since it's written by a woman and a mother, that immediately makes it more reliable to me than if it were written by a man. (Not that men don't write good books, but clearly they aren't writing from personal experience....
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Against the popular positive review of this book, I think this book is awful. The humor in the book is really humorless. It didn't tell me anything new or that other books haven't already said in a better way. And, the first third of the book is...
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I agree with many other reviewers that this book is thorough and comprehensive. But it also scared the daylights out of me. As soon as I got pregnant, I started reading as much as I could and finally ditched this book because it's simply too...
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