The Power Surge Reading List

50 Ways to Cope With Menopause
Linda Hughey Holt, Ada P. Kahn  
Consumer Guide (Editor)
NY: Signet Publication, 1995

Medical Book of Remedies. Straightforward and easy to understand, this 
informative guide offers short descriptions of "remedies" that 
help women deal with the most common discomforts and serious medical 
concerns during this time of change. It also includes natural and alternative 
remedies and treatments.


100 Questions & Answers About Menopause 
Ivy Alexander, Ph.D. & Karla Knight, RN 
Jones And Bartlett, 2005

"100 Questions and Answers About Menopause" addresses menopause as 
well as other midlife health risks such as osteoporosis, diabetes, 
heart disease and breast cancer. While some women sail through 
menopause, others experience a whole range of symptoms. The book
offers the help you need to understand menopause symptoms, treatment 
options, including lifestyle changes, alternative therapies, 
prescription medications and more. The book discusses difficult 
issues surrounding the HRT controversy and natural hormones.   

Read a transcript with Dr. Ivy Alexander and Karla Knight, RN


150 Most-Asked Questions About Menopause: 
What Women Really Want to Know 
Ruth S. Jacobowitz   
William Morrow & Co, 1996

Frequent Power Surge guest, medical writer, lecturer and women's health 
advocate, Ruth S. Jacobowitz offers this woman-to-woman guide, answering 
150 questions about menopause. One of Ruth Jacobowitz's "The 150 Most-Asked
Questions About ... " series of best-selling books for women at midlife.  

Read a transcript with Ruth Jacobowitz


60 Second Menopause Management:
The Quickest Ways to Handle Problems and Discomfort 
Carol R. Schulz, Mary Jenkins 
New Horizon Press, 1995

When women experience the most troublesome symptoms of menopause, they 
need quick, effective remedies. This book includes hundreds of tips and 
techniques such as solutions for sexual problems, quick remedies when a hot 
flash comes on, and more.   

Read a transcript with Carol Schulz


Before The Change: 
Taking Charge of Your Perimenopause
Ann Louise Gittleman
SF. Harper, 1998

Head off depression, mood swings, weight gain, memory loss, hot 
flashes, and other menopausal symptoms before they start. "Before 
the Change" addresses perimenopause, the phase preceding 
menopause, providing women with the power to understand and 
control its dramatic, often frightening symptoms. By a wonderful 
Power Surge guest and author or numerous other books, including 
"Super Nutrition For Menopause" (see below)

Read a transcript with Ann Louise Gittleman

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Change, The: 
Women, Aging, and the Menopause 
Germaine Greer   
NY: Fawcett, 1992 

"A brilliant philosophical complement to Gail Sheehy's The
Silent Passage ...Greer looks at menopause through history
and literature, skewering the medical establishment."
Kirkus Reviews

The Change Before the Change: 
Everything You Need to Know to Stay Healthy in the 
Decade Before Menopause
Laura E. Corio MD and Linda G. Kahn
Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing, 2000

The book covers the symptoms of perimenopause; changes in fertility; 
long-term health of the heart, breasts, reproductive organs, 
thyroid, and bones; and therapies including medical treatments,
supplements, and herbs. Power Surge guest, Dr. Corio and Kahn don't 
tell you what to do if you're encountering perimenopausal symptoms; 
rather, they introduce you to your options, as if you were a patient 
asking for advice. 

Read a transcript with Dr. Laura Corio


Could It Be . . . Perimenopause?"   
Steven R. Goldstein, M.D., Laurie Ashner  
NY: Little Brown, 1998

"This clearly written and immensly readable book makes accessible to
all women a wealth of information about this phase of feminine
development. Dr. Goldstein and Ms. Ashner describe perimenopause in 
terms of the physiological changes that occur, and they explore with
great sensitivity the effects that these changes can have on our emotions,
thought processes and sexuality.  This information, combined with the
practical, useful coping strategies they suggest, can be an enormously
powerful tool for women to use in transforming their experiences of
perimenopause."  -- Dr. Carla Solomon, Clinical Psychoanalyst. 

This book also provides excellent resources for finding information on
the Internet -- a chapter devoted to Power Surge, "...the "Premier site 
for women in menopause."

Read a transcript with Dr. Steven Goldstein


Dr. Susan Lark's The Estrogen Decision 
Self Help Book 
Susan M. Lark  
CA: Celestial Arts, 1996

People have been relying on Power Surge guest, Dr. Susan Lark's books for years.
This book addresses the question of whether or not to go on estrogen therapy.
"This decision has no 'one right answer,'" says Lark, because every woman is 
different in her symptoms, health needs, risks, and tolerance of ERT. Lark 
presents not just ERT, but also alternative therapies and treatment options, 
so each woman can make an informed decision.

Read a transcript with Dr. Susan Lark

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Dr. Susan Love's Hormone Book: 
Making Informed Choices About Menopause  
Susan M. Love, M.D., with Karen Lindsey 
NY: Random House, 1997  

Excellent information by the renowned breast surgeon, Dr. Susan 
Love, to help women make informed choices about menopause.
The thing I admire so about Susan Love is her forthrightness. Dr. Love 
has been a guest in Power Surge on more than one occasion. There's 
not a question she won't tackle, and you can bet your bottom dollar 
she'll provide the real facts about hormone replacement therapy, heart 
disease scares, Osteoporosis, etc.  Dr. Susan Love calls Power Surge, 
"The first, best and most informative site for women in menopause." 

Read a transcript with Dr. Susan Love


Dr. Susan Love's Menopause and Hormone Book:
Making Informed Choices  
Susan M. Love, M.D., with Karen Lindsey 
Three Rivers Press, 2003  

In the first edition of this important bestselling book, praised by 
Newsday as “the bible for a whole generation of menopausal women,” 
renowned physician and pioneering women’s health advocate Dr. Susan 
Love warned about the potential dangers of the long-term prescription 
of hormone replacement therapy. Her insightful words of caution have 
been backed up by the stunning results of the recent studies on 
hormone replacement. 

In this revised edition, Dr. Love offers a remarkably clear set of 
guidelines as to what the studies have shown about the risks 
regarding heart disease, breast cancer, stroke, and other conditions, 
and what effect hormone therapy has on osteoporosis. She offers 
definitive expert advice about whether or not to go on hormone 
replacement therapy and, if so, for how long, as well as how to taper 
off hormones; and she introduces the alternative methods for treating 
the symptoms of menopause.  Dr. Susan Love calls Power Surge, 
"The first, best and most informative site for women in menopause." 

Read a transcript with Dr. Susan Love



Drawing from the Women's Well:
Reflections on the Life Passage of Menopause  
Joan C. Borton 
LuraMedia, Inc., 1992



 "I haven't had a hot flash, night sweat,
 fatigue, depression in the 8 years
 I've been using Revival!" Dearest

The Estrogen Alternative: 
What Every Woman Needs to Know About Hormone Replacement
Therapy and Serms, the New Estrogen Substitutes
Steven R. Goldstein and Laurie Ashner
Perigee, 1999

Read a transcript with Dr. Steven Goldstein

The Estrogen Answer Book:
150 Most-Asked Questions About 
Hormone Replacement Therapy 
Ruth S. Jacobowitz 
Little Brown & Co, 1999 
 
Yet another in the "150 Most-Asked Questions" series of
books by medical journalist, lecturer and renowned expert
in the area of women's health, frequent Power Surge guest,
Ruth S. Jacobowitz. Easily readable in a Q & A format, 
containing the most commonly asked questions about 
Estrogen and HRT, Ruth's books are a must-have for any 
woman in, or about to enter, the world of menopause.

Read a transcript with Ruth Jacobowitz


Estrogen: The Facts Can Change Your Life  
Lila E. Nachtigall, M.D. and Joan Rattner Heilman  
NY: Harper-Collins Publishers, 1991

A specialist in female hormones claims that estrogen
replacement therapy prevents, rather than causes, cancer.
An authoritative guide that not only explains menopause and
its many effects on the body, but also offers an objective,
detailed overview of hormone replacement therapy by a
prominent menopause physician. What the New, Safe Estrogen 
Therapy Can Do for Great Sex, Strong Bones, Good Looks, 
Longer Life, Preventing Hot Flashes. 


Estrogen - The Natural Way: 
Over 250 Recipes Using Natural Plant Estrogens for Women  
Nina Shandler   
NY: Villard Books, 1997

Women need estrogen, but  it's a fact that the hormone
diminishes with age. Shandler has discovered that estrogen
occurs naturally in certain foods which can be used as
ingredients in every kind of recipe imaginable. In
Estrogen: The Natural Way she shows how readers can do a
gentle yet effective version of estrogen replacement
therapy using the kitchen instead of the drugstore. Nina
Shandler will be a guest in Power Surge in Sept. '98.

Read a transcript with Nina Shandler

The Greatest Experiment Ever Performed On Women:
Exploding The Estrogen Myth, The
Barbara Seaman
Hyperion, 2003

Women's health advocate for more than 40 years, Barbara Seaman 
is the co-founder of the National Women's Health Network, a women's 
advocacy group in Washington, D.C., and an advanced science writing 
Fellow at Columbia University's School of Journalism, once again
takes on the controversial topic of the pharmaceutical industry's 
"medicalization" of menopause, as she did in the 60's, The Doctors' Case Against the Pill.
Free and Female, Women and the Crisis in Sex Hormones and
The Menopause Industry: How the Medical Establishment Exploits 
Women.

Read a transcript with Barbara Seaman

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The Hormone Of Desire: 
The Truth About Sexuality, 
Menopause and Testosterone  
Susan Rako, M.D.  
Reprint edition (March 1999), Three Rivers Press

This is the book you've been hearing about! Dr. Susan Rako 
has brought her groundbreaking message about the miraculous 
benefits of testosterone--the female hormone--to women and
physicians around the world via Oprah!, Dateline NBC, 
the New York Times, the Congress on Women's Health, and the 
Today show, Good Morning America, among others.
Millions of women experience a traumatic loss of sexual
desire during menopause. Although estrogen and progesterone
alleviate many of the effects of menopause, they cannot
address flagging sexual desire. In this groundbreaking
book, frequent Power Surge guest psychiatrist/author and
lecturer, Susan Rako, draws on her 25 years as a
psychiatrist, her research, and her personal experience
with testosterone therapy to suggest the prudent use of
this hormone for certain women who need its effects on
energy and sexuality.

Read a transcript with Susan Rako, M.D.

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The Hormone Replacement Handbook:  
Everything a Woman Needs to Know to Make an 
Informed Decision About Hormone Replacement Therapy  
Paula Brisco, Karla Morales, Paul Brisco 
Peoples Medical Society, 1996

Providing answers to the Hormone Replacement questions, this
book tells me more than any doctor I've been to and helps 
women make up their own minds about the risks and
benefits.  Every woman 45 and above should own a copy.


Hormone Replacement: Therapy Yes or No?
How to Make an Informed Decision About Estrogen, Progesterone, 
& Other Strategies for Dealing With Pms, Menopause 
Betty Kamen, Ph.D.  
Nutrition Encounter, 1996

How to Make an Informed Decision About Estrogen, Progesterone, & 
Other Strategies for Dealing with PMS by internationally known
nutritionist and Power Surge guest, Betty Kamen. Third Edition.

Read a transcript with Dr. Betty Kamen


The Hormone Solution: Naturally Alleviate Symptoms of 
Hormone Imbalance From Adolescence Through Menopause 
Erika Schwartz, M.D.  
Warner Books, 2002

Written by a hormone specialist who used conventional methods of 
treating menopausal women until she became one. When she realized 
that available treatment options were ineffective for her and for 
millions of women, she started looking for an alternative. What 
she discovered are safe, effective, and natural forms of hormone 
replacement, virtually free of side effects, that can be used to 
treat a myriad of problems in women of all ages, including acne, 
migraines, PMS, depression and fibroids, as well as the common 
symptoms of menopause. Now, in this revolutionary book, Dr. Schwartz 
shares her proven program to help women prevent, reduce, and even 
eliminate these symptoms of hormone imbalance 
naturally.  

Read a transcript with Dr. Erika Schwartz

HRT
Miriam Stoppard, M.D. 
Dk Pub Merchandise, 1999 

Dr. Stoppard presents a thorough discussion of menopause, natural
treatments and HRT. She explains strategies for managing menopause;
offers suggestions on how to stay healthy during menopause, with or
without HRT; explains in detail the benefits and side effects of HRT;
lists your required health checks; and discusses the long-term
positive effects of hormone replacement therapy.

The HRT Solution: 
Optimizing Your Hormone Potential
Marla Ahlgrimm, et al
Avery Pub. Group, 1999 

I Love Menopause Because..
Joyce Silverman Ben-Kiki, Joyce Herman
Andrews And McMeel, 1998

Joyce Silverman Ben-Kiki, Power Surge guest, shares her \ous
approach to menopause via her own experience through this life
transition.

Read a transcript with Joyce Silverman Ben-Kiki


I'm Not Having A Hot Flash,  
I'm Having A Power Surge!  
Alice Stamm, aka Dearest
Sometime in the very near future

The pathos, emotions, intimate stories of the women of Power Surge.
Their journey through the transitional time of life called menopause.
The physical changes, psychological and emotional challenges, the
spiritual awakening only after years of self-doubt and finally accepting
being superwoman to everyone but oneself is counter-productive. The
final realization that doctors aren't Gods and that women have to become
educated, proactive in their own health care because no one knows their
bodies the way they do. Shared stories with thousands of women in transition.
(Title copyright reserved) 


Is It Hot in Here or Is It Me? A Personal Look at the  
Facts Fallacies and Feelings About Menopause   
Gayle Sand  
NY: Harper-Collins  Publishers, Rev. 1995

Gayle Sands shares her personal story of sojourning through
menopause with humor and pathos.  Gayle Sand's enlightening 
memoir offers the real lowdown on estrogen slowdown. 
Sand takes a very personal journey through a maze of facts, 
fictions, and alternative treatments.  
 

It's Okay To Take Estrogen  
C. Alan Sevener, M.D.
CA. Eclectic Publishing, 1995

Very easy to read, yet full of important medical information.  Author
and Power Surge guest, Ob/Gyn, Dr. Alan Sevener, brings over twenty
years of experience and personal interest to this subject.  Dr.
Sevener is pro-HRT and provides all the reasons why (he feels) women
should feel that estrogen is "their best friend." Power Surge doesn't
always agree with every guest it invites. 

Read a transcript with Alan Sevener

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Managing Your Menopause  
Wulf H. Utian, M.D., PhD, and Ruth S. Jacobowitz  
NY: Prentice Hall, 1990 (1991 paperback)

From the founding president of NAMS (The North American
Menopause Society) and medical author and Power Surge guest, 
Ruth Jacobowitz. Dr. Utian offers his "Menopause Management 
Program"

Read a transcript with Dr. Wulf Utian

Read a transcript with Ruth Jacobowitz


The Maverick of Medicine Speaks to Women: 
A World-Reowned Gynecologist's Solution
for a Better World in Women's Health Care   
Duane Townsend, M.D, Rita Elkins  
Woodland Publishing, 2003  

Read a transcript with Duane Townsend, M.D


Menopausal Years: The Wise Woman Way 
Alternative Approaches For Women 30-50   
Susun Weed  
NY: Ash Tree Publishing, 1992  

Susan Weed offers a plethora of information about herbs and
alternative methods of coping with menopause. 

Read a transcript with Susun Weed

Menopause and the Mind: 
The Complete Guide to Coping with Memory Loss, Foggy Thinking, 
Verbal Confusion, and Other Cognitive Effects of Perimenopause 
and Menopause
Claire L. Warga, Ph.D.
Simon & Schuster, 2000

Are you between the ages of 35 and 60 and having trouble remembering
your best friend's phone number? If this sounds familiar to you, take
heart: Claire Warga's help and advice are on the way. 

In this groundbreaking book, Dr. Warga, a neuropsychologist,
identifies the "mind misconnect" syndrome that causes unsettling
events during perimenopause and menopause, noting that they are not
signs of imminent madness but a natural part of aging. 

Drawing upon cutting-edge brain research and many never-before-
described cases, Warga provides the first scientific explanation for
why the symptoms occur and reveals how they can be reversed or
alleviated. She provides a self-assessment test to help readers
determine whether they are experiencing "mind misconnect" syndrome and
offers important information and advice on estrogen replacement
therapy as well as non-hormonal treatments that mimic estrogen's mind-
boosting effects. Her self-screening test, symptom chart, and
treatment measurement technique are important tools every woman can
use to assess her condition and progress over time, with or without
her ob/gyn.

Read a transcript with  Claire Warga, Ph.D.

Menopause and Madness: 
The Truth About Estrogen and the Mind
Marcia Lawrence 
Andrews & McMeel, 1998


The Menopause Industry : 
How the Medical Establishment Exploits Women   
National Women's Health Network
CA: Hunter House, 1994

An Australian author dispels the myth of menopause as a disease.
Drug companies in search of greater profits are primarily to blame 
for the medicalization of menopause, and the book points out how 
those companies wormed their way into the medical literature, 
scientific and pseudoscientific, and how pervasively they affect 
medical and clinical education. Direct-to-consumer advertising 
has become a profitable approach for drug companies, encouraging 
patients to pressure physicians to prescribe a company's products, 
even when they aren't needed. What's more, bone-density screening 
is another marketing tool.

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Menopause Made Easy: 
How to Make the Right Decisions for the Rest
Carolle Jean-Murat, M.D.
Hay House, 1999

Board certified gynecologist, assistant clinical professor at UCSD 
School of Medicine, holistic and integrative health-care practitioner 
has given us a book. Power Surge Guest, Dr. Carolle Jean-Murat says,
"As a woman in today's world, you must educate yourself about all 
aspects of menopause and the risks and rewards of taking hormone 
replacement therapy (HRT), "natural" HRT, nutritional supplements, 
alternative treatments, herbs, and more."

Read a transcript with Dr. Carolle Jean-Murat

Menopause Madness: 
An Empathetic Little Book
Pat Ross
Fireside, 1998

Menopause, Naturally:
Preparing for the Second Half of Life 
Sadja Greenwood, M.D.
CA: Volcano Press, 1994

Often cited as the first book written by a physician to treat 
menopause as a natural event, this book suggests medical 
intervention only when the woman herself decides that it is 
needed.
 

The Menopause Self-Help Book: A Woman's Guide to
Feeling Wonderful for the Second Half of Her Life  
Susan M. Lark, M.D.  
CA: Celestial Arts, 1992

Highly readable, this popular physician/author provides ways to 
cope with the changes accompanying menopause, including forms 
of treatment other than prescription hormones.

Read a transcript with Dr. Susan M. Lark

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Menopaws: The Silent Meow  
Martha Sacks, Jack E. Davis (Illustrator) 
Ten Speed Press, 1995

The author, Martha Sacks writes,  A 'male-version' to follow 
soon! Next  year I will be releasing "Menopaws,The Silent 
Howl" which takes a gentle look at the male mid-life crisis, 
with the genre switching from cats to dogs.

Midlife Mamas on the Moon:
Celebrate Great Health, Friendships, Sex, and Money and Launch Your Second Life    
Sunny Hersh  
Fast Forward Publications, 2004

Create health and happiness at midlife and beyond. Sunny talks down, dirty and very 
funny about everything connected to being female and over 45. It's like having a 
treasured girlfriend to hang out with and consult about anything and everything. 

Read a transcript with Sunny Hersh


Moving Through Menopause: The Complete Program For
Exercise, Nutrition, and Total Wellness
Kathy Smith, Robert Miller 
NY: Warner Books, 2002

Read a transcript with Kathy Smith


Natural Hormone Replacement For Women Over 45 
Jonathan V. Wright, John Morgenthaler (Contributor)

A guide on how natural hormone replacement offers a safe and effective
alternative for the treatment of menopause. Conventional hormone
replacement treatment as prescribed by most medical doctors in the
United States, relies on unnatural versions of the hormones
progesterone and estrogen that are dangerous and completely foreign to
a woman's body. 

Natural Menopause (Dk Healthcare)
Miriam Stoppard, M.D.
Dk Publishing, 1998
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Natural Progesterone  
Anna Rushton
Thorsons Publications, 1999

Natural Progesterone: The Multiple 
Roles of a Remarkable Hormone.   
John R. Lee, M.D.   
CA: BLL Publishing, 1993

Dr. John R. Lee's expose on the efficacy of natural progesterone.

Read a transcript with Dr. John R. Lee (his only online chat)

Natural Woman, Natural Menopause: 
Complete Program for Healthy Menopause 
Marcus Laux, Christine Conrad
Harpercollins, 1997

Read a transcript with Christine Conrad


The New Ourselves Growing Older:
Women Aging with Knowledge and Power     
Diana Laskin Siegal, Paula Brown Doress-Worters, 
Wendy Sanford  
NY: Touchstone Books, 1994 

From the authors of "The New Our Bodies, Ourselves" comes a 
collection of advice for the older woman on virtually every aspect 
of life--physical and emotional health, investment ideas, retirement,
menopause and the hormone controversy, longevity, and more.


The Noisy Passage:
Baby Boomers Do Menopause   
Marie Evans, Anne Shakeshaft 
Hysteria Publications, 1997

The Noisy Passage was written for all the women who went to Woodstock,
kept their names and almost forgot to have families. Now that it is
fashionable to be fifty, menopause is expected to become trendier than
rollerblading and white water rafting.   This fast-paced farce will
let sweltering women speed down the Hormone Superhighway (including a
listing for the Power Surge Web site among  online resources steering
them towards the latest antidotes for hormonal disturbances. The Noisy
Passage is more than a book -- it's a movement! As a guest in Power
Surge, co-author, Marie Evans' humor had the participants literally
ROFL'ing.

Read a transcript with Marie Evans


No More Hot Flashes ... and Even More Good News   
Penny Wise Budoff, M.D. 
Warner Books, 1998

A cutting edge women's health care book that eliminates the 
confusion surrounding perimenopause, menopause, and 
women's surgical decisions. 

No More Periods?
The Risks of Menstrual Suppression and Other Cutting-Edge Issues
About Hormones and Women's Health
Susan Rako, M.D. 
Crown Pub, 2003

In No More Periods? Dr. Rako delves into the whys, hows, and musts
of women’s gynecological health and takes a reasoned stand for believing
that nature and our bodies have an intelligence about this critical issue.
This book is a call to sanity from a woman who has become known as a
devout defender of women’s health rights. 

Read a transcript with Dr. Susan Rako


The Pause: 
Positive Approaches to Menopause  
Lonnie Barbach, Ph.D.  
NY: Dutton Books, 1993

A must read first book on menopause from sexologist, and Power Surge 
guest, who offers a life- and sanity-saving guide for making the "third third" 
of life the most productive and fulfilling.  Plus, there's a chapter for men 
to help them cope and understand. An open and frank discussion. It's a 
fact of life. Women in their 40s and 50s go through menopause, and the 
significant men in their lives are therefore going to experience it in some 
shape or form, too. Neither acknowledging it nor discussing it has been 
the traditional approach, but there's a lot to be said for being educated 
instead. Barbach's book goes a long way toward that end. She discusses 
rage and depression, blood and hot flashes, stress, sexuality, and hormones 
for a frank, edifying, readable reference. 

Read a transcript with Dr. Lonnie Barbach

The Perimenopause Handbook:
What Every Woman Needs to Know 
About the Years Before Menopause   
Carol A. Turkington, Susan Johnson 
Contemporary Books, Published 1998

Read a transcript with Carol A. Turkington's visit

The Power of Perimenopause:
A Woman's Guide to Physical 
and Emotional Health During Perimenopause
Stephanie Degraff Bender, Treacy Colbert 
Harmony Books, 1998
 
While much as been written about menopause, little attention has been
paid to the experiences women undergo during the transitional period
BEFORE menopause. Now, for the millions of women in their late
thirties and forties, this comprehensive book focuses on easing the
normal, but sometimes distressing, physiological and psychological
symptoms of the stage preceding menopause. 

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Red Hot Mamas Do Menopause With Style
Ann Shakeshaft(Editor), Marie Evans
Hysteria Publications, 1999

Into all the deadly seriousness surrounding menopause, comes Red Hot
Mamas Do Menopause With Style. Fast-paced text includes tables, pie
charts, graphs, timelines, lists, letters and the best (real!)
menopause Web sites. All the topics of menopause, including (but not
limited to) weight gain,insomnia and hot flashes, are made funny and
thereby a little more bearable. 

Read a transcript with Marie Evan's visit
 
Screaming To Be Heard: Hormonal Connections
Women Suspect ... and Doctors Ignore  
Elizabeth Lee Vliet, M.D. 
NY: M. Evans and Company, 2000

Written by physician and frequent Power Surge guest, Elizabeth Lee 
Vliet, M.D.,  who branched out from internal medicine and psychiatry to 
hormonal aspects of women's health, this easy-to-read and sometimes 
emotional book provides many practical facts as well as the author's 
clinical experience. Excellent expose' on menopause - a must read for 
all women at midlife.

Read a transcript with Elizabeth Lee Vliet


Silent Passage: Menopause  
Gail Sheehy 
NY: Random House, revised 1993  
NY: Pocket Books,  revised 1995 

Very little needs be said once Gail Sheehy's name is mentioned.
Another impressive book in the long and best-selling list of
"Passages" books, Power Surge guest, Gail Sheehy's
"Silent Passage" was probably the "first book to look
at menopause in a non-clinical way, utilizing case studies and an
enormous amount of research to present a readable and easily
digestible book about a subject previously dealt with in only medical
format. A must-have book for every woman in or approaching menopause.
The landmark New York Times bestseller is now revised and updated
(1995: Pocket Books) with new information to help women design their
own hormone replacement regimens. 

Sheehy breaks the conspiracy of silence with this landmark bestseller
that has taken America's baby boomers by storm. For everyone who has
experienced menopause - and the millions of women who will soon face
it -this compelling work seeks to erase the stigma attached to this
normal part of a woman's life. 

Read a transcript with Gail Sheehy
 

Super Nutrition for Menopause:
Take Control of Your Life and Enjoy New Vitality   
Ann Louise Gittleman  
NY: Pocket Books, 1993

The renowned nutritionist, Power Surge guest, former Nutritional Director 
of The Pritikin Longevity Center, and author of Super Nutrition for Women 
(and eight other books) presents advice distilled from her background in 
both traditional and alternative practices.  This book offers a revolutionary 
diet and exercise program to meet the menopausal woman's unique 
physical and nutritional needs. Includes seasonal menus and recipes.

Read a transcript with Ann Louise Gittleman

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Take Charge of Your Body
Carolyn DeMarco, M.D.     
The Well Women Press, Ontario, Canada, 1994

Absolutely wonderful book dealing with health issues for women of all ages.  
Dr. DeMarco, a Power Surge guest, has a refreshingly forthright manner, and 
"tells it like it is" in this wonderfully put together book providing 
women with every reason to take charge of her body. 

Read a transcript with Carolyn DeMarco


Understanding Menopause:
Answers and Advice For Women In the Prime of Life
Janine O'Leary Cobb  
Canada: Key Porter, 1993 (Canada ed.; rev.) 
NY: Plume, 1993 (U.S. ed.)

A bestseller in Canada since 1988, this book has been revised and updated for
American readers.  The author has spent almost a decade gathering information
about menopause from books, from the medical literature, and from the
thousands of women who subscribe to her newsletter, A Friend Indeed.
 

What Every Woman Needs To Know About Estrogen :
Natural and Traditional Therapies for a Longer, Healthier, Life
Karen Anne Hutchinson, M.D. and Judith Sachs
NY: Plume, 1997

Gives women essential information about their bodies and their health 
as they approach and enter midlife. For years some doctors have viewed 
estrogen as a "magic" hormone to help women stay youthful, 
alleviate menopausal symptoms, and protect against osteoporosis and heart 
disease. But what about the risks? Are there natural alternatives? Do all 
women really need hormone replacement therapy? Excellent resource 
for women with many questions about this rite of passage in an easy 
Q & A format. Judith Sachs has been a Power Surge guest.

Read a transcript with Judith Sachs

What Every Woman Needs to Know About Menopause
The Years Before, During, and After
Mary Jane Minkin, Md. et al. 
Yale Univ Press, 1997

This helpful and user-friendly book provides a practical guide
to physical and emotional well-being during the premenopausal,
menopausal, and postmenopausal years. Based on the experience
of a woman gynecologist who has been in practice for twenty years,
the book presents thorough, unbiased answers to the questions women
ask about this crucial time in their lives.

Read a transcript with Dr. Mary Jane Minkin


What Every Woman Should Know : 
Staying Healthy After 40 
Lila E. Nachtigall, M.D., Robert D. Nachtigall, M.D., 
and Joan Rattner Heilman  
NY: Warner Books, 1995

This is an up-to-date presentation, emphasizing how to preserve 
wellness through premenopause and beyond.
 

What Women Should Know About Menopause   
Judith Sachs  
NY: Dell Publishing, 1991

This "quick read" provides a brief overview of key issues to 
help women maintain a happy, fulfilled life in their middle years and 
beyond by a wonderfully knowledgable and articulate Power Surge guest.

Read a transcript with Judith Sachs

 
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What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Menopause   
Dr. John R. Lee  
NY: Warner Books, 1996

Dr. John Lee addresses the issues of menopause as being treated as
an "estrogen deficiency disease" and how incorrect that theory is.
His argument is that premenopausal and menopausal women are 
much more likely to be in a state of "estrogen excess" relative to 
levels of progesterone, which are often close to zero. Yet, what  
most doctors and drug companies offer to do is to increase estrogen 
levels with synthetic hormones made with pregnant mare's urine 
(Premarin, Prempro, Premphase) that are indeed natural - to horses -
and synthetic progestins. While this may temporarily relieve certain 
symptoms like vaginal dryness and hot flashes, this HRT regime ultimately 
leads to worse side effects, including increased breast cancer risk, 
increased bone loss, increased overall cancer risk, and increased 
heart disease risk. Yet we are told that HRT is the only way to prevent 
osteoporosis and heart disease. Dr. Lee explodes these myths and 
many more, including that any woman needs an hysterectomy unless 
she has cancer (yet over 600,000 are done in the US each year, 
meaning 600,000 potential new consumers of HRT). 

Read a transcript with John R. Lee (his only online chat) 

What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Premenopause:
Balance Your Hormones & Your Life From Thirty to Fifty
John R. Lee, et al.
Warner Books, 1999

Read a transcript with John R. Lee (his only online chat) 

The Wisdom of Menopause:
Creating Physical and Emotional Health and Healing During the Change  
Christiane Northrup M.D.  
Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing 

Menopause doesn't have to be a dreaded curse of aging during which we can look 
forward only to hot flashes and whacked-out hormonal mood swings. According to 
Christiane Northrup, M.D. (Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom), 
menopause often marks the beginning of a woman's most sexually passionate, 
creatively inspired, and professionally productive phase of life.

Read a transcript with Christine Northrup 


Without Estrogen: Natural Remedies For Menopause and Beyond  
Dee Ito  
NY: Crown Publishers, 1995 

Power Surge guest, Dee Ito, who was one of the women who decided she did 
not want to be dependent on a chemically synthesized substance.  She spent 
three years researching her options and reports her fascinating, helpful and 
very specific findings in "Without Estrogen," the first comprehensive, 
in-depth book on how menopausal symptoms can be effectively managed without 
drugs.  This book offers a self-help approach to alternative therapies for women 
who can't or choose not to rely on HRT.

Read a transcript with Dee Ito 


Woman's Guide To Natural Hormones, A  
Christine Conrad  
Perigee, 2000 

Power Surge guest, Christine Conrad, has written a comprehensive guide to 
understanding natural hormones, how they work, which ones should be used. 
Discussions about the breast cancer risk, midlife weight gain, synthetic 
HRT drugs. Christine Conrad, co-author of Natural Woman, Natural Menopause, 
is the founder of the Natural Woman Institute, a non-profit organization 
offering women guidance on resources and practitioners who provide natural 
hormone therapies. 

Read a transcript with Christine Conrad 


Woman at the Edge of Two Worlds:
And the Spiritual Journey of Menopause
Lynn V. Andrews 
Harperperennial Library, 1993

The author of Medicine Woman describes her spiritual experience 
with menopause.

Women at the Change:
The Intelligent Woman's Guide to Menopause
Madonna Sophia Compton 
Published 1998


Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom:
Creating Physical and Emotional Health and Healing
Christiane Northrup, M.D.  
NY: Bantam, Doubleday, Dell 1998 (Revised)

Dr. Christiane Northrup, a stimulating Power Surge guest, has revised her 
original "Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom" in this informative, inspirational, 
and, spiritual-like healing pioneers, Deepak Choprah and Bernie Siegel, has 
paved the way for women to understand the connection between emotional 
suffering and physical illness. Chris Northrup says, "Women everywhere 
are birthing a new vision of women's health and wellness, and of identity. 
Central to this vision is that we trust what we know in our bones, that our bodies 
are our allies, and that they will always point in the direction we need to go next.
"This book is the very embodiment of 'owning your body.'" 

Read a transcript with Christiane Northrup 

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Women of the 14th Moon: 
Writings on Menopause  
Dena Taylor and Amber Coverdale Sumrall, eds.  
CA: The Crossing Press, 1991

Menopause celebrated in prose and poetry:  A collection of articles and 
poetry, both fiction and nonfiction, by women expressing their personal 
experiences of menopause updated with new wisdom and insights into 
the mind-body connection and the role of emotion and intuition in 
promoting health.  

Women's Health Guide :
A Natural Approach to Breast Cancer, Heart Disease,
Fibroids, PMS, Bulemia, Childbirth, Menopause, and Osteoporosis
Gale Jack (Editor), Wendy Esko (Editor)
One Peaceful World Press, 1997
  
Women, Hormones & Menstrual Cycle;
Herbal & Medical Solutions from Adolescence to Menopause
Ruth Trickey
Published 1998 

The Yale Guide to Women's Reproductive Health:
From Menarche to Menopause
Mary Jane Minkin, M.D., Carol V. Wright
Yale University Press, 2003

This book is for every woman who has wished for an unhurried, personal 
conversation with a sympathetic doctor who will answer her questions about 
reproductive health. Dr. Mary Jane Minkin, a gynecologist practicing for more 
than 25 years, presents a complete and up-to-date guide to a healthy 
reproductive system for women in their teens through middle age. 

With warmth and understanding, Dr. Minkin and coauthor Carol V. Wright respond 
to questions about the gynecological issues that concern women today, 
including sexual activity, contraception, and family planning. Readers of The 
Yale Guide to Women’s Reproductive Health will learn how the female body 
works, what problems may arise, and what solutions are available—in short, 
they will become better prepared to participate in their own health care and 
to make healthy decisions.

Read a transcript with Dr. Mary Jane Minkin

Your Perfectly Pampered Menopause:
Health, Beauty, and Lifestyle Advice
for the Best Years of Your Life 
Colette Bouchez 
Broadway, 2005 
 
A fun and fabulous health guide for living well at midlife—
no prescription required!

Menopause can be a difficult and confusing time--but it doesn’t 
have to be. Your Perfectly Pampered Menopause has the answers 
that make the difference, with a clear-cut plan that shows you 
how to look and feel better now than ever before. 

With this complete guide to taking care of yourself now and in 
the future you'll discover how midlife can be the best time of 
your life!

Read a transcript with Colette Bouchez


MAN TO MAN..."WOMEN IN MENOPAUSE"

Men Surviving Menopause: You and the Woman You Love at Mid-Life  
Paul Selinger  
iUniverse.com 2000

Every woman in the world will go through menopause if she lives 
long enough. Every man in a relationship with a woman will go 
through it with her, one way or another. Men Surviving Menopause 
will help men understand what's going on with their partners, 
and learn how they can support them to make that mid-life passage 
easier. 

No, It's Not Hot In Here: A Husbands Guide To Menopause  
Dick Roth
North Star Publications 1999 

Husbands often approach menopause full of fear and misunderstanding. 
In response, the book includes a much-needed chapter about menopause 
and sex, then covers controversies like HRT (hormone replacement 
therapy) and hysterectomies. Because women are being presented with 
so many choices, the book also briefly discusses the alternatives 
to HRT, such as natural hormones, acupuncture, and rites of passage. 
The author is careful to caution husbands not to try to become the 
decision-maker, but rather an aware and informed support system in 
their wife's decision-making process. 

Read a transcript with Dick Roth 

Your Guy's Guide To Gynecology  
Bruce Bekkar, M.D.
North Star Pubns 2000 

Dr. Bekkar, aka "Dr. Bruce," has a dry sense of humor and has a successful 
course for men on women's biology. He says he wrote the book, Your Guy's 
Guide To Gynecology: Everything You Wish He Knew About Your Body If 
He Wasn't Afraid To Ask" to help the average man, whom he says is 
"completely confused" about how women's plumbing works. This ignorance 
can adversely affect relationships, he says. Men are encouraged to 
attend this series of chats to help them better understand their 
partners' menopausal experience

Read a transcript with Dr. Bruce Bekkar 

EMPOWERING / INSPIRATIONAL, TIMELY MID-LIFE READING 

Ageless Body, Timeless Mind  
Deepak Chopra, M.D.  
NY: Crown Publishers, 1993

The author of Quantum Healing argues that aging is much more of a choice 
than people believe and shows how to adopt an individually tailored program 
of diet, stress reduction, and exercise. 

Beyond Blame: 
Reclaiming the Power You Give to Others
Dr Alex Lukeman, P.H.D
North Star Publications, 1996

Read a transcript with Dr. Alex Lukeman 


The Bond Between Women:
The Journey to Fierce Compassion
China Galland  
NY: Riverhead Books, 1999

In beautiful prose, Power Surge guest, China Galland, weaves myths and travel 
narrative into a powerful chronicle of the spiritual journey, tracing the 
reemergence of fierce compassion both in the struggles of women around the 
world and at sacred sites of pilgrimage. 

Read a transcript with China Galland 


The Breaking Point: How Female Midlife Crisis Is
Transforming Today's Women
Sue Shellenbarger  
NY: Henry Holt, 2005

Long stereotyped as the province of men, today the midlife crisis 
is reported with greater frequency by women than men. Though the 
female midlife crisis travels many courses, Sue Shellenbarger 
found that most women's angst is propelled primarily by one 
powerful, repressed passion -- a part of oneself that begs 
for expression and reintegration. These archetypal drives, 
Shellenbarger labels them the Lover, the Leader, the Adventurer, 
the Artist, the Seeker, and the Gardener -- reflect our core 
human capabilities to love, to create, and to learn.

Read a transcript with Sue Shellenbarger 


A Certain Age: Reflecting on Menopause 
(Gender and Culture)  
Joanna Goldsworthy, ed.  
NY: Columbia University Press, 1995

Featuring reflections by sixteen prominent writers on their own experience of
menopause, A Certain Age describes how an increasing number of women are 
choosing to celebrate their freedom to get on with their lives now that their 
childbearing years are over.  

Don't Let Death Ruin Your Life: 
A Practical Guide to Reclaiming Happiness 
After the Death of a Loved One
Jill Brooke
E P Dutton, 2001

A one-of-a-kind book that shows how grief can be transformed 
into a prescription for happiness and personal fulfillment.
We will all experience the loss of a loved one sometime 
during our lives. This unique guide reveals how to turn this 
time of sadness into an opportunity for positive change and growth.

Read a transcript with Jill Brooke


Dance of the Spirit: The Seven Steps of Women's Spirituality  
Maria Harris  
NY: Bantam Books, 1991


Daybreak : 52 Things Nature Teaches Us
Amy Dean  
NY: M. Evans & Co, 1997

Amy Dean's books are wonderfully inspirational, and take the edge off
the pressures of life. Nice escape into peace and serenity.


Elder Rage, or Take My Father... 
Please! How to Survive Caring For Aging Parents
Jacqueline Marcell 
Impressive Press, 2001

Read a transcript with Jacqueline Marcell


Empowering Women  
Louise Hay  
CA: Hay House, 1997
 
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Encounters with Aging: 
Mythologies of Menopause in Japan and North America   
M. Lock   
CA: University of California Press, 1995

Five Women
Rona Jaffe

Read a transcript with Rona Jaffe

The Fountain of Age  
Betty Friedan 
NY: Simon & Schuster, 1993

A book that explodes the myths of aging--just as, 30 years ago, 
Friedan exploded the mirage of the contented housewife. American 
women's lives changed forever with The Feminine Mystique--and this 
challenging exploration of aging may do the same for the skyrocketing 
population of men and women who have hit 60 and can anticipate 20 
or 30 more years of living. 


How Did I Get Here?: Finding Your Way to Renewed Hope and
Happiness When Life and Love Take Unexpected Turns 
Barbara De Angelis, Ph.D.
NY: St. Martin's Press, 2005

All of us find ourselves at one time or another, facing the 
unexpected and thinking, "How did I get here?" Whether because 
of disappointments in love, crises in health, family or finances, 
professional dissatisfaction, or events beyond our control. 
Barbara De Angelis illustrates how life's challenges bring 
people to emotional and spiritual crossroads. "Lingering too 
long in this gap," Barbara De Angelis explains, "may lead to 
a turning off of the erotic self, a feeling of nagging discontent, 
and a loss of a sense of purpose in life." 

Read a transcript with Dr. Barbara De Angelis

Getting Control: 
Overcoming Your Obsessions and Compulsions 
Lee Baer and Judith Rapaport
Plume, 2000

Power Surge guest, Dr. Lee Baer, gives readers with OCD (obsessive compulsive 
disorder) the tools to assess their own symptoms, set goals, and create 
therapeutic programs for themselves. He also helps readers differentiate between 
OCD and other psychological illnesses such as depression. From the latest 
treatments to important facts on the medications currently available and how 
they work, Getting Control is thorough, concise, and positive--a lifesaver for 
anyone whose well-being is affected by OCD. 

Read a transcript with Dr. Lee Baer

Getting Over Getting Older
Letty Cottin Pogrebin 
Berkley Pub Group, 1997 

Read a transcript with Letty Cottin Pogrebin 

The Gift Of A Year: How to Give Yourself the Most Meaningful, 
Satisfying, and Pleasurable Year of Your Life
Mira Kirshenbaum
E P Dutton, 1999

The Gift of a Year presents a grassroots method that shows women 
how to pluck a year from the busy routine of their lives and find 
the one thing they can do to achieve fulfillment and change their 
future. In this inspirational, practical book, author Mira Kirshenbaum 
gives women all the advice and direction they need to find support 
and feel supported-and find the necessary time to fit their dreams 
into the lives they already lead. 

Read a transcript with Mira Kirshenbaum 

Grow Younger, Live Longer: 
10 Steps to Reverse Aging 
David Simon, M.D., Deepak Chopra
Harmony Books, 2001

Read a transcript with David Simon

Growing Older, Growing Better
Amy Dean  
CA: Hay House, 1997

As with all of Amy Dean's books, Growing Older, Growing Better is warm, 
inspirational, caring, sensitive and nurturing -- something all women need
who are sojourning through life's transitions.

Healing Mind, Healthy Woman: Using the Mind-Body 
Connection to Manage Stress and Take Control of Your Life  
Dr. Alice D. Domar, Henry Dreher
Delta, 1997

Women are infected with negative self images and stereotypes which can wreak havoc on 
their ability to stay well and recover from illness. Dr. Domar discusses the connection 
between psychological suffering, physical illness and healing. Power Surge guest, Dr. Alice
Domar's book contains a section on general health followed by a guide to specific problems. 
She describes the importance of asking for and accepting support: something most women 
are much better at giving than receiving.

Read a transcript with Dr. Alice Domar

Imagine A Woman In-Love With Herself: 
Embracing Your Wisdom and Wholeness
Patricia Lynn Reilly, Sue Patton Thoele 
Conari, 1999

Imagine a Woman author, Patricia Lynn Reilly, empowers women to move 
from self-loathing to self-love, from self-criticism to self-celebration. 
It dismantles the question "What's wrong with me?" by exploring its 
historical, theological, and personal origins. It explores 20 self-affirming 
qualities that encourage women to be the authors of their own lives and 
to cultivate knowledge and love of themselves. Each section is filled with 
reflections and meditations that ask readers to reclaim their inner resources 
and reconnect with the essential truth about themselves. 

If Not Now, When?: Reclaiming Ourselves At Midlife
Stephani Marston
NY, Warner Books, 2001

Power Surge guest, Stephanie Marston utilizies interviews with 100 women.
Midlife is a wake-up call that requires we pay attention to where we stand 
in our lives. It is a time of intense reevaluation. Yet it is also a time 
of immense opportunity from which every woman can emerge a new person. 
Now in one of the first books to address the spiritual, emotional, and 
psychological dimensions of the midlife transition,

Read a transcript with Stephanie Marston

The Imp of the Mind: 
Exploring the Silent Epidemic of Obsessive Bad Thoughts
Lee Baer Ph.D.
E P Dutton, 2000

Power Surge guest, Dr. Lee Baer, an articulate and exemplary guest, turns our 
attention to the common and underlying problem of unwanted, inappropriate, 
and obsessive thoughts. At once an insightful exploration of this silent 
epidemic in our midst and a powerful guide for those suffering from this 
disorder, Dr. Baer draws on groundbreaking research to find what causes these 
bad thoughts, giving sufferers information on medication or self-help treatment. 
Most important, in helping all of us understand this condition, he provides a 
way to find peace of mind.

Read a transcript with Dr. Lee Baer

I'm Too Young To Get Old: 
Health Care For Women Over Forty  
Judith Reichman, M.D. 
NY: Random House, 1996
 
With clarity, passion, and welcomed humor, the dynamic narrator of the 
acclaimed PBS special on menopause offers an essential, inspiring, and 
informative book on the health issues affecting women aged 40 and over, 
including contraception, menopause, hormone replacement therapy, 
osteoporosis, and bladder control. 

Living Well With Hypothyroidism
Mary Shomon

Read a transcript with Mary Shomon 

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Look Me in the Eye, Old Women 
Aging and Ageism 
Barbara MacDonald and Cynthia Rich 
Spinsters Ink, Second Edition, 1991

These thought-provoking essays - written primarily by Barbara Macdonald, with 
contributions by her lover/partner, Cynthia Rich - challenge readers to consider 
society's and their own attitudes towards older women. Barbara Macdonald has 
"always been a lesbian - always loved women, gotten my strength and my sense 
of self from women." 

The New Ourselves, Growing Older   
P. Doress-Worters and D. Siegal  
NY: Touchstone, 1994

An authoritative resource for the population's fastest-growing 
segment, women over forty, offers practical advice, perspectives, 
and updates for women on such issues as divorce, housing, contraception, 
health, and more. 75,000 first printing. Tour. 


New Passages:
Mapping Your Life Across Time  
Gail Sheehy   
NY: Random House, 1995

A provocative sequel to and a significant extension of renowned author
and Power Surge guest, Gail Sheehy's international bestseller Passages. 
Sheehy finds a revolution in the adult life cycle as she traces not only 
radical changes in the earlier phases of the '20s, '30s, and '40s, but 
discovers and maps out the new frontier--a second adulthood in middle life. 

Read a transcript with Gail Sheehy

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Passages  
Gail Sheehy   
NY: Dutton, 1984 

At last, this is your story. You'll recognize yourself, your friends, and your 
loves. You'll see how to use each life crisis as an opportunity for creative 
change -- to grow to your full potential. Gail Sheehy's brilliant road map of 
adult life shows the inevitable personality and sexual changes we go 
through in our 20s, 30s, 40s, and beyond. The Trying 20s -- The safety of 
home left behind, we begin trying on life's uniforms and possible partners 
in search of the perfect fit. The Catch 30s -- illusions shaken, it's time to 
make, break, or deepen life commitments. The Forlorn 40s -- Dangerous 
years when the dreams of youth demand reassessment, men and women 
switch characteristics, sexual panic is common, but the greatest opportunity 
for self-discovery awaits. The Refreshed (or Resigned) 50s -- Best of life for 
those who let go old roles and find a renewal of purpose. 

Read a transcript with Gail Sheehy


The Power Of Beauty:
Men, Women and Sex Appeal Since Feminism   
Nancy Friday   
NY: Harper-Collins, 1997

"Using her own life story as a springboard, Nancy Friday traces the 
past 25 years of changes in women's attitudes about self-esteem, 
appearance, and sexuality. "Enormously fun to read."--New York Times 
Book Review." Three time Power Surge guest, Nancy Friday's books
have been an inspiration to all.

Read a transcript with Nancy Friday

Purify Your Body  
Nina L. Diamond  
NY: Crown, 1997

Power Surge guest, Nina Diamond, explores the many ways 
in which we can cleanse the toxins from our bodies, as well
as suggestions as to the best ways to eat, live, exercise and
keep our bodies free from future states of toxicity.

Readings on the Psychology of Women  
Judith M. Bardwick  
NY: Harper & Row, 1972  

The Road Taken  
Rona Jaffe
EP Dutton, 2000

Read a transcript with Rona Jaffe

Self-Nurture:
Learning to Care for Yourself As Effectively As You Care for Everyone Else   
Alice D. Domar, Ph.D, Henry Dreher
Viking, 1999

One of the greatest challenges women face is learning how to nurture themselves. The 
tendency, of course, is for women to put themselves last on the list--taking care of 
everyone and everything else before they tend to their own emotional, physical, or 
spiritual needs, according to author Alice D. Domar, Ph.D. Yet, ironically, when women 
put themselves last on the list, they find themselves stressed out, depleted of energy, 
and unable to give their family members or jobs the full attention they need. As the 
director of the Mind/Body Center for Women's Health at Harvard Medical School, Domar has 
developed a comprehensive, year-long program to help women learn the crucial art of self-
nurturing.

Read a transcript with Dr. Alice Domar

Sensual Healing  
Teresa Kennedy  
NY: M. Evans & Co., 1996

Vital Energy: The 7 Keys to Invigorate Body, Mind and Soul 
David Simon, M.D.,
John Wiley & Sons, 2001 

Read a transcript with David Simon

What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Hypothyroidism:
A Simple Plan for Extraordinary Results 
Kenneth R. Blanchard, M.D.
Warner Books, 2004 

Dr. Blanchard's groundbreaking treatment program draws on 
emerging research, medical facts, and three decades of clinical 
experiences as an endocrinologist. It's an individualized 
program that uses questionnaires and charts to help diagnose 
sufferers through symptoms, not lab results- and treats 
patients of all ages with the safe, but little used T3 hormone 
in the best combination with the more common T4 hormone, as 
well as with specific nutritional advice and alternative 
treatments that really work! 

Read a transcript with Kenneth R. Blanchard, M.D.

When Your Body Gets the Blues:
The Clinically Proven Program for Women
Who Feel Tired, Stressed, and Eat Too Much! 
Dr. Marie-Annette Brown 
Rodale Press, 2002

To combat the body blues, Brown, Robinson, and colleagues at the 
University of Washington developed "LEVITY" therapy based on three 
activities: increasing exposure to natural light, walking outside 
five or more times a week, and taking six inexpensive vitamins and 
minerals.

Read a transcript with Dr. Marie-Annette Brown

The Wisdom of Healing 
David Simon, M.D., Deepak Chopra
Three Rivers Press, 1998 

Read a transcript with David Simon

Wise Woman Archetype:  
Menopause As Initiation/Cassette
Jean Shinoda Bolen  

Bolen explores an inner source of sacred power within women--the
wise-woman archetype--and its meaning in our lives today. Ancient
cultures looked at menopause as a way to make wisdom. 
Sounds True audio cassette, 1994

What Your Dreams Can Teach You
Dr Alex Lukeman, P.H.D.
Llewellyn Publications, 1990

Read a transcript with Dr. Alex Lukeman

When Is Enough, Enough?
What You Can Do If You Never Feel Satisfied
Laurie Ashner, Mitch Meyerson
Hazelden Information Education, 1997

Why do some people get exactly what they thought they wanted--
and still feel disappointed? Why do so many of us want what 
we can't have? Psychotherapists Laurie Ashner and Mitch Meyerson
have drawn a no-nonsense, compassionate blueprint for replacing 
chronic dissatisfaction with contentment and fulfillment. 

Women and the Blues:  
Passions that Hurt, Passions that Heal   
Jennifer James  
NY: Harper & Row, 1988 

The Woman's Comfort Book  
Jennifer Louden  
NY: Harper-Collins, 1992

I received this as a gift and have found Jennifer Louden's book
a Godsend. 'The Woman's Comfort Book' guides us in the simple
ways in which we can care for ourselves, physically, spiritually, 
psychologically with, for example, her "Checking Your
Your Needs". Suggestions on the lost art of self-care.
It does take some practice learning to take care of yourself, but
this book gives you the permission and the resources to do so. 

Women Who Run with the Wolves  
Clarissa Pinkola Estes 
Ballantine Books, 1992

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 DIET, FITNESS, EXERCISE, LOOKING BETTER! 



365 Ways to Relax Mind, Body & Soul
Barbara L. Heller, M.S.W.
Storey Books, 2000

Stress may be the number one threat to health and happiness 
in the 21st century. For the stressed-out reader who can't 
afford a daily massage, here are 365 simple, effective ways to
promote relaxation. From simple thoughts to exercises to food, 
this book offers hundreds of tips.

Read a transcript with Barbara Heller

Awaken the Diet Within:
From Overweight to Looking Great-If I Can Do It, So Can You 
Julia Griggs Havey 
Warner Books, 2003

Topping the scale at 290 pounds, Julia Griggs Havey resigned 
herself to a matronly figure and plus-size clothes. But when she 
read the anonymous note informing her that her husband was having 
an affair, Julia realized it was time to take control of her life. 
Her mantra became self-improvement through self-motivation and she 
began by taking off the weight more than 130 pounds and divorcing 
her wandering husband. Now, Julia shares the weight-loss secrets 
that have already helped thousands. From her nine-level Road Map 
to Weight Loss to more than 130 delicious recipes, nutritional 
advice, and fitness tips, readers will discover how easy it is to 
achieve success. Julia's inspirational outlook will motivate and 
encourage millions of women to awaken the diet within and begin 
their transformation today! 

Read a transcript with Julia Griggs Havey


Better Than Ever: The 4-Week Workout 
Program for Women Over Forty  
Lisa Hoffman
NY. Contemporary Publishing, 1997 

Doctors and researchers agree that regular exercise plays an important
role in keeping menopausal women strong and healthy. Better Than Ever
offers a balanced, step-by-step plan of aerobic activity, strength training,
and stretching, along with advice on nutrition, relaxation, and ways to
pamper the body and soul. Filled with more than 100 black-and-white
photos using age-appropriate models, this is an invaluable health resource
for women ages 40 to 60. Power Surge's GIGS™ Program (Getting Into Good
Shape) uses Power Surge guest, Lisa Hoffman's book as its reference. 

Read a transcript with Lisa Hoffman

Diet for a Poisoned Planet: 
How to Choose Safe Foods for You and Your Family  
David Steinman

Read a transcript with David Steinman

Dr. Atkins New Diet Revolution
Robert C. Atkins, M.D.
NY. Avon Books, 1992

World renowned cardiologist and nutritionist, Power Surge guest,  
Dr. Robert Atkins opens his ground-breaking book with this 
message:  "Is this you?  Determined to lose weight, you vowed to do it 
the 'right' way. You stopped eating red meat, had omelets made from 
egg whites only, took the skin off the chicken, ate lots of pasta and baked 
potatoes with no butter, and oatmeal and skim milk for breakfast. And 
you stuck with it. And yet somehow it never quite felt right, and it never 
worked the way you thought it would.  Well, if that description fits, the 
probability is that you're just a normal person who's been victimized by 
those who don't tell you that the low-fat diet forces you to eat more
carbohydrates, the very food that makes you fat." Improve your heart 
health by lowering cholesterol, raising the good cholesterol and lowering 
triglycerides with The Atkins Diet.

"Dr. Atkins New Diet Revolution, in its 30th printing, has remained
on the New York Times Bestseller list for over a year. His original 
Dr. Atkins' Diet Revolution (1972) has sold in excess of 10 million 
copies world-wide, and has been translated into eight languages. 
This book is one of only two diet books listed on the Top 50 
bestselling books of all time.

Read a transcript with Dr. Robert C. Atkins


Dr. Atkins Vita-Nutrient Solution:
Nature's Answer to Drugs 
Dr. Robert C. Atkins
NY. Simon & Schuster, 1998 

With "Dr. Atkins' Vita-Nutrient Solution..," cadiologist and bestselling
author and Power Surge guest, Robert C. Atkins, M.D., takes 
therapeutic and preventive nutrition to a new level, providing a 
comprehensive, ground-breaking guide to the stunning power of 
nature's own pharmacy. Atkins not only proves that vitamin and 
mineral supplements can be more effective and safer than drugs, 
but also challenges a political system that limits public access to 
information and confronts a drug industry that seems to have a 
stranglehold on medical professions. Supported by exhaustive 
research, with a bibliography containing over 800 references, 
"Dr. Atkins' Vita-Nutrient Solution" also shares inspiring success 
stories of real-life patients who overcame a myriad of illnesses from 
diabetes to the common cold with these nourishing compounds.  

Read a transcript with Dr. Robert C. Atkins

Dr. Bob Arnot's Guide to Turning Back The Clock 
Dr. Bob Arnot
Little Brown & Company, 1996

Read a transcript with Dr. Bob Arnot

Dr. Bob Arnot's Revolutionary Weight Control Program 
Dr. Bob Arnot
Little Brown & Company, 1998

Read a transcript with Dr. Bob Arnot

Dr. Shapiro's Picture Perfect Weight Loss:
The Visual Program for Permanent Weight Loss 
Dr. Howard Shapiro 
Warner Books, 2003

Dr. Shapiro has been featured in the New York Times, New York 
Daily News, New Woman and Vogue, because he has helped hundreds of 
celebrity, executive, and model clients successfully lose weight. 
In 1998, he designed a weight-loss program the New York Police 
Department that was so successful, he is now creating a program 
for the Fire Department. 

Read a transcript with Dr. Howard Shapiro


Estrogen - The Natural Way: 
Over 250 Recipes Using Natural Plant Estrogens for Women  
Nina Shandler 
Villard Books, 1997 

Synopsis: Women need estrogen, but  it's a fact that the hormone 
diminishes with age. Shandler has discovered that estrogen occurs 
naturally in certain foods which can be used as ingredients in every 
kind of recipe imaginable. In "Estrogen: The Natural Way," 
Shandler shows how readers can do a gentle yet effective version of 
estrogen replacement therapy using the kitchen instead of the drugstore.

Read a transcript with Nina Shandler


Feed Your Body Right: 
Understanding Your Individual Body Chemistry 
for Proper Nutrition Without Guesswork  
Dr. Lendon H. Smith
NY: M. Evans & Co, 1995

If you are overwhelmed by the toxic soup surrounding us, this book
will give you the leverage you need to be well in today's dicey
environment. Each of us, through a combination of genetic inheritance 
and personal lifestyle, has an individual body chemistry. For optimal 
health and well-being, that body chemistry must be kept in balance. 
This book teaches readers how to devise an individualized nutrition 
program that will work for their particular body type and metabolism. 

Read a transcript with Dr. Lendon Smith


The Frantic Woman's Guide to Life:
A Year's Worth of Hints, Tips, and Tricks 
Mary Jo Rulnick and Barbara Schneider
Warner Books, 2004

Read a transcript with Mary Jo Rulnick and Barbara Schneider


The Goddess Diet 
Larrian Gillespie, M.D.
Healthy Life Publications, 2000

Dr. Larrian Gillespie's The Goddess Diet contains powerful information based 
upon the latest scientific research into the unique differences in female 
metabolism. You'll discover how we women can remain naturally slim, ageless 
and healthy by choosing foods that harmonize with our hormones. Tired of 
following the dietary advice for men and watching your shape change into 
a Buddha Belly? The Goddess Diet gives every woman the ability to maintain 
the vitality and shape of her youth without the need for pills or surgery 
by following a lifestyle uniquely designed for a woman's hormonal needs. 

Read a transcript with Larrian Gillespie

The Hungry Self:
Women, Eating and Identity   
Kim Chernin  
NY: Times Books, 1985  

Kathy Smith's Fitness Makeover: 
A 10-Week Guide to Exercise and Nutrition That Will Change Your Life 
Kathy Smith, et al 
Warner Books, 1997

Read a transcript with Kathy Smith

Kathy Smith's Getting Better All the Time
Kathy Smith
Warner Books, 1999

Kathy Smith's Walkfit For A Better Body
Kathy Smith, Susanna Levin (Contributor)
Warner Books, 1994

Read a transcript with Kathy Smith

Outsmarting the Female Fat Cell: 
Winning Weight Control Strategies for Woman Over 35 
to Stay Fit Through Menopause 
Debra Waterhouse
Hyperion, 1999

Read a transcript with Debra Waterhouse's visit

Looking Great: Fashion Authority and Television Star, 
Linda Dano Shares Her Style and Beauty 
Secrets to Help You Look Your Best
Linda Dano, Anne Kyle (Contributor)
Perigree, 1998

Emmy Award-winning actress, Linda Dano, talk show host, entrepreneur 
and published author discusses ways in which to look great as well as the 
impact her recent public plastic surgery (face lift) had on her life 
and career. Linda is also the author of the bestselling, Living Great.

Read a transcript with Linda Dano

McDougall Plan, The
John McDougall M.D.
New Win Publishing, 1985

Read a transcript with Dr. John McDougall

The McDougall Program:
Twelve Days To Dynamic Health
John McDougall M.D.
Plume, 1991

The Menopause Diet 
Larrian Gillespie 
Healthy Life Publications, 1999 

In Power Surge guest, Dr. Larrian Gillespie's book, "The Menopause Diet," you will be
helped in regaining the vitality and shape of your youth without the need for pills or 
surgery. It can prolong your life by preventing damage to your body from uncontrolled 
blood sugar that can lead to heart disease, strokes and cancer. The Menopause Diet is 
the first book to deal with the #1 complaint of women entering menopause, providing 
scientific proof that women must eat differently from men if they want to lose weight 
and keep it off. This book will explain why women may be digging their grave with 
their own teeth when they eat a high carbohydrate, low protein diet and how stress and 
lack of sleep can make you fat.   

Read a transcript with Larrian Gillespie


Menopause: 
How You Can Benefit From Diet, Vitamins, Minerals, Herbs...
Michael Murray
Prima Publishing, 1994


Moving Through Menopause: The Complete Program For
Exercise, Nutrition, and Total Wellness
Kathy Smith, Robert Miller 
NY: Warner Books, 2002

Read a transcript with Kathy Smith

The Natural Estrogen Cookbook;
Healthy Recipes for Perimenopause and Menopause
Lana Liew, Linda Ojeda, Ph.D.
Hunter House, 1999

Both a cookbook with over 55 soy-based recipes and a well-researched guide 
to women's health during this natural stage of transition, this book 
showshow to incorporate plant-based estrogens into the diet to reduce 
menopausal symptoms. 
30 illustrations. 

Read a transcript with Linda Ojeda, Ph.D.


Perimenopause the Natural Way 
Deborah Gordon, M.D.,

A leading physician who combines traditional and alternative medicine in her 
own practice explains what women can do to feel their best during the years 
leading up to menopause

Read a transcript with Deborah Gordon, M.D.


Menopause The Natural Way: The Women's Natural Health Series 
Deborah Gordon, M.D.,

co-authored by Molly Siple, this book explains what women can do to feel their 
best during this transitional time. In the tradition of Christiane Northrup's 
bestselling book, Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom, this book weaves together 
user-friendly strategies to help women heal the symptoms of menopause and lead 
a healthier, happier life. 

Read a transcript with Dr. Deborah Gordon

Outsmarting the Female Fat Cell: 
The First Weight-Control Program Designed Specifically for Women
Debra Waterhouse
Warner Books, 1999

Read a transcript with Debra Waterhouse

Outsmarting the Midlife Fat Cell:
Winning Weight Control Strategies for Women 
over 35 to Stay Fit Through Menopause
Debra Waterhouse
Hyperion, Updated 1999

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Real Fitness for Real Women 
Rochelle Rice, Kathy Silburger (Contributor)  
Warner Books, 2001

"Women don't have to be thin to be fit," writes Rochelle Rice.
Fitness is not about weight, but about the body, mind, and spirit.
Her exercise program, designed for the physical and psychological
needs of plus-size women, aims to empower women to get active and
reclaim the joy of movement. Real Fitness for Real Women emphasizes
exercising for the health and psychological benefits--and the
pleasure of it!--rather than for weight loss.

Most exercise books, videos, and gyms, frankly, are demoralizing
for large-size women. They usually emphasize the goal of slimness,
with impossibly slender women demonstrating exercise routines that
would be uncomfortable, even risky, for large women. Rice, instead,
studied the biomechanics of large women and developed a six-week,
25-exercise program based on their particular needs.

Read a transcript with Rochelle Rice



Recipes For Change:  Gourmet Wholefood. 
Cooking For Health and Vitality at Menopause           
Lissa De Angelis & Molly Siple  
NY: Dutton, 1996 

For women in menopause, this Power Surge guest shares a life-changing 
way to cook and a cutting-edge way to treat the effects of menopause--
without hormone replacement therapy--from a natural-food gourmet 
chef and a specialist in nutrition for women. 

Read a transcript with Lissa De Angelis 


Runaway Eating: 
The 8-Point Plan to Conquer Adult Food 
and Weight Obsessions
Cynthia Bulik, Ph.D. and Nadine Taylor, M.S., R.D         
NY: Rodale Books, 2005 

The first book to address a disturbing new trend: dangerous eating patterns 
in midlife women that can have serious health consequences. Struggling to 
cope with the stress of menopause, empty nest syndrome, caring for ailing 
parents, work overload, and the cultural emphasis on youth and beauty, 
more and more women find themselves eating compulsively to ease tension, 
manage anxiety, quell depression, and distract themselves from what's really 
eating them. Others obsessively follow strict diets or exercise excessively.
In this groundbreaking book, clinical psychologist Cynthia M. Bulik, Ph.D., 
and dietitian Nadine Taylor team up to present a patient-tested 8-step program 
to help women regain a healthy relationship with food. 

Read a transcript with Dr. Cynthia Bulik 

Sleep and Relaxation: 
A Natural and Herbal Approach
Barbara L. Heller,  M.S.W.
Storey Books, 1999

Read a transcript with Barbara L. Heller 



Super Nutrition For Women:
A Food-Wise Guide for Health, Beauth, Energy, and Immunity  
Ann Louise Gittleman   
NY: Bantam Doubleday Dell Pub, 1991

Read a transcript with Ann Louise Gittleman 


Super Nutrition For Women:

A Food-Wise Guide for Health, 
Beauty, Energy, and Immunity  
Denise Lamothe, Psy.D., H.H.D.   
NY: Penguin Books, 2002

Dr. Denise Lamothe is a licensed psychologist and a doctor
of holistic health. In her practice, she combines
traditional and alternative methods to work "holistically" -
- that is, with each client's physical, emotional, social
and spiritual needs. The author of The Taming Of The Chew: A
Holistic Guide To Stopping Compulsive Eating, Dr. Lamothe
has helped people with compulsive eating behaviors. Dr.
Lamothe presents a complete program to combat overeating,
showing compulsive eaters how to take control of their
dependence on and obsession with food. Lamothe targets the
enemy of "the Chew," which she describes as the "hurtful,
persistent, out-of-control part of each of us." The Chew is
what keeps overeaters from sticking to a dietary plan and
can compel them to go on eating binges. Fabulous book!

Read a transcript with Dr. Denise Lamothe

Virtues of Soy: A Practical Health Guide and Cookbook 
Monique Gilbert

Read a transcript with  Monique Gilbert


Whole Soy Cookbook, The   
Patricia Greenberg, Helen Newton Hartung  
NY: Random House, 1998

175 delicious, nutritious, easy-to-prepare Recipes featuring tofu,
tempeh, and various forms of nature's healthiest Bean.
Medical research has confirmed that soy can lower cholesterol, slow 
bone loss, fight both heart disease and cancer, and moderate symptoms 
of menopause. This collection of 175 recipes shows delicious ways to 
incorporate soy into the diet. 10 line drawings 


With A Little Help From The Soybean  
Julia Elliott, 1997 
 
Power Surge guest, Julia Elliott, one of Power Surge's essential
soy sources, provides these comments about her book, "This book was 
born out of the need to find a way to eat soyfoods that didn't contain 
the proccessing and preserving elements. Some of the valuable compounds, 
such as genestein, may be lost in during those procedures, according to 
some scientists. I wanted to keep the soybean in its purest untouched form, 
but after a while my taste buds lost interest. This book contains almost 
50 pages of recipes that you are probably already preparing, you just make 
them healthier by modifying them with the soybean. You don't have to buy 
special foods or meals, just use the meals that you have already been serving. 
You will probably find many of them in this book, like soups, dips, 3 bean 
salad, lasagna, swedish meatballs, and even carrot cake. There is also 14 pages 
giving you an update on all of the areas of health that soy may affect."


Read a transcript with Julia Elliott 

Women, Weight and Hormones:   
Patricia Greenberg, Helen Newton Hartung  
NY: Random House, 1998

175 delicious, nutritious, easy-to-prepare Recipes featuring tofu,
tempeh, and various forms of nature's healthiest Bean.
Medical research has confirmed that soy can lower cholesterol, slow 
bone loss, fight both heart disease and cancer, and moderate symptoms 
of menopause. This collection of 175 recipes shows delicious ways to 
incorporate soy into the diet. 10 line drawings 

Yoga Journal's Yoga Basics   
Mara Carrico  
Henry Holt, 1997

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 RELATIONSHIPS / INTIMACY 


50 Ways To Find A Lover; 
Proven Techniques for Finding Someone Special
Sharyn Wolf, C.S.W. and Katy Koontz
Adams Media Corporation, 1996

Read a transcript with Sharyn Wolf

Extraordinary Sex Now: 
A Couple's Guide to Intimacy
Dr. Sandra Scantling

Read a transcript with Dr. Sandra Scantling

Getting to Commitment
Steven Carter and Julia Sokol
M. Evans and Company, Inc, 2000

Getting to Commitment offers understanding inspiration and a concrete 
plan of action for any woman, man, or couple who is ready to tackle 
the eight most destructive demons that make people run from loving 
relationships. 

Read a transcript with Steven Carter

Guerrilla Dating Tactics: 
Strategies, Tips and Secrets for Finding Romance
Sharyn Wolf, C.S.W.
Plume, 1994

Since 1985, Wolf has been honing her tried-and-true techniques 
in enormously successful workshops like "50 Ways to Find a Lover." 
Here she puts her entire arsenal at readers' fingertips with a 
guide that tells all the ins, outs, and in-betweens of dating 
and relationships.

Read a transcript with Sharyn Wolf

The Healing Power of Sex
Judith Sachs
Prentice Hall Direct, 1994

This book shows readers how to have a healthy, fulfilling sex life 
and illuminates the power that sex has to "heal" a wide range of 
physical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual ills.

Read a transcript with Judith Sachs

He's Scared, She's Scared: 
Understanding the Hidden Fears That Sabotage Your Relationships
Steven Carter and Julia Sokol
Mjf Books, 2000

Read a transcript with Steven Carter


The Hormone Of Desire: 
The Truth About Sexuality, 
Menopause and Testosterone  
Susan Rako, M.D.  
Reprint edition (March 1999), Three Rivers Press

Dr. Susan Rako has brought her groundbreaking message about the 
miraculous benefits of testosterone--the female hormone--to women 
and physicians around the world via Oprah!, Dateline NBC, the New 
York Times, the Congress on Women's Health, and the Today show, 
among others. Millions of women experience a traumatic loss of 
sexual desire during menopause. Although estrogen and progesterone
alleviate many of the effects of menopause, they cannot address 
flagging sexual desire. In this ground breaking book, frequent 
Power Surge guest psychiatrist/author and lecturer, Susan Rako, 
draws on her 25 years as a psychiatrist, her research, and her 
personal experience with testosterone therapy to suggest the 
prudent use of this hormone for certain women who need its effects 
on energy and sexuality.

Read a transcript with Susan Rako, M.D.">Susan Rako

How to Stay Lovers for Life: 
Discover a Marriage Counselor's Tricks of the Trade
Sharyn Wolf, C.S.W. 
Penguin USA , 1998

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Making Love the Way We Used to...or Better:
Secrets to Satisfying Midlife Sexuality
Alan M. Altman M.D., Laurie Ashner 
NTC/Contemporary Publishing, 2001

Read a transcript with  Dr. Alan Altman

Men Like Women Who Like Themselves: 
(And Other Secrets That the Smartest Women Know)
Steven Carter and Julia Sokol
DTP, 1997

A witty, wise, concise guide to finding, keeping, and enhancing any 
romantic relationship--written by the bestselling authors of 
Men Who Can't Love and What Smart Women Know--this treasure trove
of wisdom and advice for today's woman is based on the simple but 
powerful notion that a lasting relationship means putting oneself first.

Read a transcript with Steven Carter

Men Who Can't Love:
How to Recognize a Commitmentphobic Man
Before He Breaks Your Heart
Steven Carter and Julia Sokol
Berkley Publishing Group, 2000

Featured on Oprah and Sally Jesse Raphael, this definitive look at the 
dynamics of male-female communication gets to the heart of the 
all-too-common phenomenon: women who are ready and willing to commit, 
and men who back off just as the relationship moves toward the next level.

Read a transcript with Steven Carter

Ordinary Women, Extraordinary Sex:
Every Woman's Guide to Pleasure and Beyond
Dr. Sandra Scantling, Sue Browder
Plume, 1994

Noted sex therapist Sandra Scantling shows how any woman can tap 
her latent sexual energy to enjoy ever-richer levels of sexual 
fulfillment. Ordinary Women, Extraordinary Sex focuses on identifying 
barriers to pleasure and expanding a woman's capacity for sexual enjoyment.

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Our Love Is Too Good to Feel So Bad:
The 10 Prescriptions to Heal Your Relationship 
Mira Kirshenbaum 
Avon Books, 1999

What turns a happy, healthy relationship into a pairing full of 
boredom or even anger and hostility? Couples therapist 
Kirshenbaum, author of the bestselling Too Good to Leave, Too Bad 
to Stay, has identified 10 "love killers" that cause people to 
lose the good feelings that brought them together in the first 
place. "Think of a love killer as the equivalent of a ... 
condition like pneumonia," she writes. "If properly treated, it 
can easily and reliably be cured."

Read a transcript with Mira Kirshenbaum

Perfectly Normal:
Living and Loving with Low Libido 
Sandra Pertot, PH.D.
Rodale Books, 2005

Dr. Pertot examines what constitutes "good sex" and explores ways 
to resolve the problem when a couple's needs and wants don't match-
without either partner being made to feel inadequate or abnormal. 
It makes no sense, Dr. Pertot insists, to label low libido as 
sexual dysfunction when the numbers suggest it is "perfectly 
normal." Her provocative book points the way to a new view of 
relationship sex, and new hope for couples to stop berating 
themselves and each other for what they don't have-and derive 
maximum pleasure out of intimacy.

Read a transcript with Dr. Sandra Pertot

The Power of Empathy
Arthur Ciaramicoli, Ed.D., Ph.D. and Katherine Ketcham
Plume, 2001

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Recipes for Hot Sex
The book for a spicy sex life ... Just Add Love
Dr. Joan Irvine and Jeanne Ernst
Lion's Head Publishing, 1998

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So You Want to Get Married: 
Guerrilla Tactics for Turning a Date into a Mate
Sharyn Wolf, C.S.W. 
Plume, 1999

Read a transcript with Sharyn Wolf

Staying Connected While Letting Go:
The Paradox of Alzheimer's Caregiving
Sandy Braff, M.A., M.F.T 
M Evans & Co, 2003

Read a transcript with Sandy Braff, M.A., M.F.T.

The Thin Commandments Diet:
The 10  No-Fail Strategies for Permanent Weight Loss 
Stephen Gullo, Ph.D.
Rodale Books, 2005) 

"His patients succeed without drugs, diet shakes, frozen dinners,
or surgery... Many patients who consulted him more than a decade ago
say that their weight loss has been permanent..." -Self magazine

Read a transcript with Stephen Gullo, Ph.D.

Thin Tastes Better
 
Stephen Gullo, Ph.D.
Dell, 1998

Dr. Stephen Gullo, one of America's most well known diet gurus,
shares his new and ground-breaking model for weight control and
his dramatically effective Anti-Deprivation Diet. Advice that clients
pay thousands of dollars for is offered here.

Read a transcript with Stephen Gullo, Ph.D.

This Is How Love Works: 
9 Essential Secrets You Need to Know
Steven Carter
M. Evans and Company, Inc, 2001

Read a transcript with Steven Carter

Too Good to Leave, Too Bad to Stay:
A Step-By-Step Guide to Helping You Decide Whether to Stay in
or Get Out of Your Relationship 
Mira Kirshenbaum 
Plume, 1997

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What Smart Women Know
Steven Carter and Julia Sokol
M. Evans and Company, Inc, 2000


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ALTERNATIVE / COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE 



Four Pioneers Explore the Healing Power of Music (4 CD set).  
Dr. Jeffrey Thompson  
NY: The Relaxation Company, 1995 


All About the Menopause and Its Treatment Without Drugs  
David Potterton 
Foulsham & Co Ltd., 1996 


Alternative Health Care for Women: 
A Woman's Guide to Self-Help Treatments and Natural Therapies
Patsy Westcott   
VT: Thorsons, 1987  

Arthritis: The Doctors' Cure
Michael Loes(Editor), et al
1998

Many arthritis sufferers are not aware that a regime of natural 
therapies can greatly reduce arthritis pain. In this book the authors 
explain how diet, exercise, lifestyle modification, and glucosamine 
sulfate can both relieve pain and rebuild damaged joints with no 
adverse side effects. 


The Breast Cancer Prevention Program  
Samuel S., Md. Epstein, David Steinman, et al
DG Books Worldwide, 1997 

Breast cancer rates continue to climb, with this disease striking more 
women every year, and yet information about known risks and prevention 
strategies is not reaching you. The cancer establishment has a vested 
interest in keeping you focused on early detection, treatment and 
basic genetic research, rather than on reducing the risks for 
developing the disease in the first place. Breast cancer is not a 
random killer. There are many simple straight-forward ways women can 
help protect themselves against it. Supported by a wealth of 
scientifically documented, medically sound information, this ground--
breaking book outlines the unpublished "Dirty Dozen" risk for breast 
cancer and describes in detail the ways ou can avoid them. 

Read a transcript with David Steinman

Breezing Through the Change : 
Managing Menopause Naturally 
Ellen H. Brown, Lynne P. Walker, Lynn Walker  
CA: North Atlantic Books, 1994

Walker and Brown investigate the widespread problems--such as 
endometrial and breast cancers--that are associated with hormone 
replacement therapy, and offer safe and natural alternatives for 
women going through "the change." Appendix lists 
products and where to purchase them. 
 
Dr. Atkin's Health Revolution: 
How Complementary Medicine Can Extend Your Life  
Robert Atkins, M.D.
Bantam Books, NY, 1990

An excellent book with endless nutritional recommendations 
including various modalities and protocols to follow for 
specific conditions and illnesses. This book calls for 
dramatic changes in the way medicine is practiced in America 
and reveals Dr. Atkins' resources of a "new medicine" that 
is working for patients today. A safe, comprehensive guide 
to health, fully documented with case studies. 

Read a transcript with Dr. Robert Atkins

Dr. Bob Arnot's Breast Cancer Prevention Book 
Dr. Bob Arnot
Little Brown & Company, 1998

Read a transcript with Dr. Bob Arnot

Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine 
Michael Murray N.D. and Joseph Pizzorno N.D.   
CA: Prima Publishing,  1991

Gynecology and Naturopathic Medicine
A Treatment Manual, 2nd ed.  
Tori Hudson  
OR: TK Publications, 1992 

A Handbook of Traditional Chinese Gynecology: 
A Clinical Manual of Chinese Herbal Medicine for the 
Treatment of Gynecological Disorders
Bob Flaws, ed.  
CO: Blue Poppy Press, 1987  


Healing Power of Herbs  
Michael Murray N.D.  
CA: Prima Publishing, 1995

In this up-to-date and carefully researched book on botanical 
medicine, Dr. Murray brings you the latest scientific findings 
about the power and efficacy of medicinal herbs. 

The Herbal Menopause Book  
Amanda McQuade Crawford  
CA: Crossing Press, 1996

Midwest Book Review:  Any interested in holistic applications to 
common problems will welcome this herbal guide for women 
entering menopause. Natural treatments for related problems from 
depression and fibroids to hot flashes and osteoporosis are covered 
in clear chapters which have been thoroughly researched to provide 
the latest insights. 

Keep Your Breasts:
Preventing Breast Cancer the Natural Way
Susan Moss
RE:Source Publications, 1998

Read a transcript with Susan Moss

Living Healthy in a Toxic World:
Simple Steps to Protect You and Your Family
From Everyday Chemicals, Poisons, and Pollution
David Steinman, et al
Perigee, 1996

Toxic chemicals accumulate in our bodies every day--resulting in 
immune deficiency, lowered mental performance, and life-threatening 
cancer. Written in an engaging, accesible style, this book, by the 
authors of Diet for a Poisoned Planet, provides bold, immediate 
strategies for reducing the danger to one's health.  "Living Healthy 
in a Toxic World" is an accessible guide to human health shares a 
collection of strategies for reducing toxins in one's life, offering 
advice on hazardous products, chemical-free housekeeping, making one's 
home toxin-free, avoiding chemicals in cosmetics, and more. 

Read a transcript with David Steinman

Menopausal Years: The Wise Woman Way  
Susun Weed  
NY: Ash Tree Publishing, 1992
  
A Power Surge guest, Susun Weed provides a plethora of information 
about utilizing natural resources, such as herbs, infusions, plants, 
etc., to treat menopausal symptoms.

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Menopause - A Second Spring : 
Making a Smooth Transition with Traditional Chinese Medicine  
Honora Lee Wolfe   
CO: Blue Poppy Press, 1992  

Menopause, Naturally : 
Preparing for the Second Half of Life.  (rev.ed.)  
Sadja Greenwood, M.D.  
CA: Volcano Press, 1994  

Often cited as the first book written by a physician to treat 
menopause as a natural event, this book suggests medical 
intervention only when the woman herself decides that it 
is needed.

Menopause Without Medicine :  
Feel Healthy, Look Younger, Live Longer (rev. ed.)   
Linda Ojeda, PhD.  
CA: Hunter House, 1995 

Written by a psychologist, expert in the area of nutrition, Power 
Surge guest, Linda Ojeda, is one of the pioneers of the nutritional 
approach to PMS and other menstrual and menopausal disorders -- 
this book explores how simple changes in diet and lifestyle can 
work wonders for women and their changing bodies.  Excellent 
reading and highly recommended for women seeking natural 
ways to treat menopause and life in general.

Read a transcript with Linda Ojeda
  
Migraine: 50 Essential Things To Do
Charlotte Libov 
Plume, 1998

Read a transcript with Charlotte Libov

Natural Healing in Gynecology: 
A Manual for Women   
Rina Nissim   
London: Pandora Press, 1986  

Nature's Ultimate Anti-Cancer Pill: 
The IP-6 with Inositol Question and Answer Book  
L. Stephen Coles M.D. PhD., David Steinman 
Freedom Press, 1999

The most important health book of the decade. Now learn how to use the 
most powerful natural anti-cancer pill ever known to reduce your  
personal risk for virtually all cancers -- and in its therapeutic 
treatment.  This is the book that one in two Americans will someday 
need to treat their own cancer. This is the safe, anti-cancer pill 
that every American should be taking.

Read a transcript with David Steinman

Prescription for Nutritional Healing  
James and Phyllis Balch   
NY: The Avery Publishing Group Inc.,  1990

Preventing and Reversing Osteoporosis : 
Every Woman's Essential Guide  
Alan R. Gaby, M.D.  
CA: Prima Publishing, 1994 

A recognized authority in holistic or "natural medicine," 
the author offers approaches to create healthy bones through nutrition, 
as well as to give potential help to those who already have osteoporosis.

The Safe Shopper's Bible: A Consumer's Guide to Nontoxic 
Household Products, Cosmetics, and Food
David Steinman, Samuel S. Epstein (Contributor)
MacMillan Reference Books, 1995

Many items you buy every day contain ingredients that can cause 
allergic reactions, breathing difficulty, dizziness, cancer, birth 
defects, and other problems. Which products are safe and which may be 
harmful? Here, at last, is a comprehensive guide by one of the country's
most dedicated health consumer advocates and journalists, David Steinman,
to answer all your questions about thousands of brand-name household 
products, personal care products, foods and beverages. More excellent
information on his  Healthy Living at Freedom Press Online.com  Web site.

Read a transcript with David Steinman

Sleep and Relaxation: 
A Natural and Herbal Approach
Barbara L. Heller,  M.S.W.
Storey Books, 1999

Read a transcript with Barbara Heller

What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Autoimmune Disorders:
The Revolutionary Drug-free Treatments for Thyroid Disease,
Lupus, MS, IBD, Chronic Fatigue, Rheumatoid Arthritis,
and Other Diseases
Stephen Edelson, M.D.
Warner Books, 2003

Autoimmune disorders are not well understood and therefore
difficult to treat.  Dr. Edelson discusses the most common
types of autoimmune diseases, including lupus, Chron's disease,
thyroid disease, rheumatoid arthritis, and chronic fatigue
syndrome, outlining their symptoms, causes, and risk factors.

Read a transcript with Stephen Edelson, M.D.

What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Osteoporosis:
Help Prevent--and Even Reverse--
the Disease That Burdens Millions of Women
Felicia Cosman, M.D.
Warner Books, 2003 

The clinical director of the National Osteoporosis Foundation
introduces a comprehensive program for preventing and treating
osteoporosis and bone loss. This breakthrough approach presents
women of all ages with new, safe, and accessible means of
preventing osteoporosis.

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Without Estrogen: Natural Remedies For Menopause and Beyond  
Dee Ito  
NY: Carole Southern Books, 1994 

Power Surge guest, Dee Ito, who was one of the women who decided 
she did not want to be dependent on a chemically synthesized substance.  
She spent three years researching her options and reports her fascinating, 
helpful and very specific findings in "Without Estrogen," the first 
comprehensive, in-depth book on how menopausal symptoms can be 
effectively managed without drugs.  This book offers a self-help approach 
to alternative herapies for women who can't or choose not to rely on HRT.

Read a transcript with Dee Ito's visit

ENDOMETRIOSIS / OSTEOPOROSIS /  FIBROIDS

Endometriosis  
Julia Older   
NY: Charles Schribners, 1984

Endometriosis  
Emery A. Wilson 
ed. Liss, 1987  

The Endometriosis Sourcebook
Mary Lou Ballweg   
IL: Contemporary Books, 1995

Written by the founder of the Endometriosis Association, this book 
is an excellent resource about this disease -- which may be worsened 
by post menopausal estrogen therapy.

Fibroid Tumors and Endometriosis: 
A Self Help Program  
Susan M. Lark, M.D.      
CA: Westchester Publishing Company, 1993

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Preventing and Reversing Osteoporosis:
Every Woman's Essential Guide  
Alan R. Gaby, M.D.  
CA: Prima Publishing, 1994 

A recognized authority in holistic or "natural medicine," 
the author offers approaches to create healthy bones through nutrition, 
as well as to give potential help to those who already have osteoporosis.

What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Fibroids:
New Techniques and Therapies--Including Breakthrough
Alternatives to Hysterectomy
Michael S. Broder, M.D., M.S.H.S. and Scott C. Goodwin
Warner Books, 2003

Two fibroid experts reveal the little-known facts about preventing
and treating fibroid tumors--without surgery. Fibroid tumors are
the leading reason why more than 500,000 American women have 
hysterectomies each year. Fibroids are benign tumors that arise
from the smooth muscle layer of the uterus. As they grow larger,
they can put pressure on neighboring organs and tissues, causing 
pain, bleeding, and fertility problems in many women. Unfortunately, 
many women are not informed of their full treatment options by their 
physicians. At last, leading experts in the field explain preventive 
strategies and treatment choices. This book takes readers step-by-
step, detailing what every woman needs to know and describing up-to-
date medical treatment options, as well as the advantages and 
disadvantages of each. 

Read a transcript with Michael S. Broder, M.D., M.S.H.S.

What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Osteoporosis:
Help Prevent--and Even Reverse--the Disease That Burdens Millions of Women
Felicia Cosman, M.D.
Warner Books, 2003

Armed with the latest research, renowned specialist Dr. Felicia Cosman
brings an important new perspective on this disease-and offers a 
balanced program for preventing and slowing bone loss. Learn more 
about Bone Density Testing; Medical Therapy for Pre-Menopausal Women; 
Estrogen and HRT Therapy; Tamoxifen and Raloxifene and the new 
bone-building drug Forteo. 

Read a transcript with Felicia Cosman, M.D.

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HEART HEALTH

8 Steps To A Healthy Heart  
R. Kowalski  
NY: Warner, 1992

Dr. Dean Ornish's Program for Reversing Heart Disease  
Dean Ornish  
NY: Ballantine, 1990

The Female Heart: 
The Truth About Women & Coronary Heart Disease   
M. Legato and C. Colman  
NY: Simon and Schuster, 1992

The McDougall Program for a Healthy Heart
John McDougall M.D. 
G K Hall & Company, 1997

Read a transcript with Dr. John McDougall

Menopause and the Heart
Manual Neves-E-Castro(Editor), et al. 
Parthenon Press, 1999 

High-level, up-to-date, and technically detailed clinical reference text on using hormone 
replacement therapy in the prevention of cardiovascular disease in menopausal women. 

What Every Woman Must Know About Heart Disease   
Siegfried J. Kra, M.D.  
NY: Warner Books, 1996

Harvard professor, cardiologist and Power Surge guest, Dr. Kra 
provides exemplary information for women about heart disease, 
and how hormone therapy can prevent its development during 
and after menopause.

What To Do If Things Go Wrong: 
50 Essential Things To Do When the Doctor Says It's Heart Disease  
Charlotte Libov  
NY: Plume

Medical journalist, Power Surge guest and friend, Charlotte Libov, 
provides excellent information for how to cope with heart issues, the 
number one cause of death in women.

Read a transcript with Charlotte Libov

What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Hypertension:
The Revolutionary Nutrition and Lifestyle Program
to Help Fight High Blood Pressure
Mark Houston, M.D, Barry Fox, Nadine Taylor   
Warner Books, 2003

A revolutionary, all- natural treatment program for reversing the "silent 
killer" affecting more than 50 million Americans.Hypertension is a dangerous 
and deadly disease. Readers will learn about Dr. Houston's own 
successful all-natural formula, which attacks hypertension from many angles. 
When used in conjunction with dietary approaches--also outlined in the book-- 
and combined with exercise, stress reduction, and medication, this program has 
resulted in success for 90% of Dr. Houston's patients! 

Read a transcript with Mark Houston, M.D

The Woman's Heart Book: 
The Complete Guide to Keeping Your Heart Healthy 
and What to Do If Things Go Wrong
Frederic J. Pashkow, M.D., and Charlotte Libov  
NY: Plume, 1994

Read a transcript with Charlotte Libov

Women And Heart Disease   
E. Diethrich and C. Cohan   
NY: Times Books, 1992

The Women's Heart Book
Fredric J. Pashkow, Charlotte Libov
Hyperion, Updated edition, February 28, 2001

Stress, Diet & Your Heart   
Dean Ornish 
NY:  Signet, 1982

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 HYSTERECTOMY


The Castrated Woman:
What Your Doctor Won't Tell You About Hysterectomy     
Naomi Miller Stokes
NY: Franklin Watts, 1986

How to Avoid a Hysterectomy:
An Indispensable Guide to Exploring All Your Options--
Before You Consent to a Hysterectomy  
Lynn Payer  
NY: Pantheon, 1987  

A short, well-written guide to exploring all options before consenting 
to an hysterectomy.

Hysterectomy-Before and After 
Winnifred B. Cutler, Ph.D. 
NY: Harper & Row, 1988  

Based on her review of over 3500 studies and her own research,  the 
author explains every aspect of hysterectomy in clear, understandable 
language.

The Hysterectomy Hoax  
Stanley West, M.D., with Paula Dranov  
NY: Doubleday, 1994

A reproductive endocrinologist reviews the reasons why a hysterectomy 
may be indicated and provides alternatives for 90% of cases.  Special 
attention is paid to myomectomy, a surgical procedure which can remove 
fibroid tumors - the leading rationale for hysterectomy, that allows a 
woman to keep her uterus.

Misinformed Consent:
Women's Stories About Unnecessary Hysterectomy 
Lise Cloutier-Steele 
NJ: Next Decade Inc; Revised edition edition (February 2003)   

Lise Cloutier-Steele has joined other survivors to speak out about
the prejudices and the traumas that accompanied their hysterectomies.
In combining their moving personal stories, the women of Misinformed 
Consent hope to enlighten readers with honest accounts on the impact 
that surgical castration can have on a woman’s sexuality, dispel the 
myth that all women feel wonderful after a hysterectomy and/or 
oophorectomy, provide information on alternative treatments, warn
others against the potential dangers of hormone replacement therapy,
offer validation to those who suffer greatly from the aftereffects of 
hysterectomy and oophorectomy, and empower women everywhere to
demand better and more honest care.

Read a transcript with  Lise Cloutier-Steele

No More Hysterectomies  
Vicki Hufnagel, M.D.  
NY: Plume, 1989

Your Guide To  Hysterectomy, Ovary Removal & Hormone Replacement:
What All Women Need To Know  
Elizabeth Plourde, C.L.S., M.A.  
NY: New Voice Publications, 2001

The result of sixteen years of research. With over 1,000 medical journal
citations, this book dramatically illulstrates why the preservation of
women's reproductive organs is critical for the maintenance of life-long
vibrant health. It contains comprehensive information on hormone replacement
therapy, providing clear answers for women regarding the great HRT controversy
that is currently hitting the medical community. 

Read a transcript with Elizabeth Plourde


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INCONTINENCE - CYSTITIS


Cystitis: 
A New Approach to Overcoming Your Discomfort   
Caroline Shreeve  
VT: Thorsons, 1987 

Cystitis: 
The Complete Self-Help Guide   
Angela Kilmartin  
NY: Warner Books, 1980 

Staying Dry: 
A Practical Guide to Bladder Control   

Kathryn L. Burgio, PhD;  K. Lynette Pearce, RN, CRNP;  and Angelo J. Lucco, M.D.   
MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1989

Highly acclaimed, this little book offers help to the millions of adults 
who suffer from urinary incontinence -- the involuntary passing of urine.

You Don't Have to Live With Cystitis  
Larrian Gillespie  
Avon, 1996

A groundbreaking guide that guides a woman through the important research and latest 
treatment information on the stubborn but treatable problem of cystitis.

Read a transcript with Larrian Gillespie

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 INSOMNIA / SLEEP DISORDERS


How to Sleep Soundly Tonight
Barbara L. Heller,  M.S.W.
Storey Books, 2001

Readers will learn how to relax with deep breathing, meditation, 
nutrition, exercise, visualizations, and other calming techniques. 
This handy reference also offers a resource list of organizations 
and products.

Read a transcript with Barbara Heller


No More Sleepless Nights  
Peter Hauri, PhD, and Shirley Linde, PhD.  
NY: John Wiley & Sons, 1991

A clear and well-organized picture of sleeplessness and its causes -- 
from the director of the Mayo Clinic Research Treatment Program.

Sleep Well, Sleep Deep: 
How Sleeping Well Can Change Your Life  
Dr Alex Lukeman, P.H.D.
M Evans & Company, 1999

Read a transcript with Dr. Alex Lukeman


 MEDICATION 


Beyond Prozac: Brain-Toxic Lifestyles, 
Natural Antidotes & New Generation Antidepressants 
Michael J. Norden, M.D.  
NY: Harper-Collins, 1995

The drug Prozac, while useful for millions, supplements a process that 
occurs naturally in all humans. In this book, Norden, a pioneer in developing 
applications for Prozac, looks at natural processes to supplement or replace 
the drug in the treatment of depression. By allowing for our natural cycles and 
mental needs, we may be able to increase our mental health naturally. The 
author also looks into other new antidepressants which may offer 
advantages over Prozac in the treatment of depression.

Listening to Prozac
Peter D. Kramer  
NY: Penguin USA, 1994

A psychiatrist who has worked with psychotherapeutic drugs for over 
15 years examines the implications of chemical modification on 
intelligence and personality by Prozac--one of the most widely prescribed 
drugs for the mind. "A fascinating, well-crafted . . . contribution to our 
understanding of personality."--The New York Observer.

Making the Prozac Decision : 
A Guide to Antidepressants  
Carol Ann Turkington , Eliot F. Kaplan 
Lowell House, 1995

Read a transcript with Carol Ann Turkington

The Natural Pharmacist: 
Everything You Need to Know About Menopause  

Joanne Marie Snow
Prima Publishing, 1999

Nature's Prozac  
Judith Sachs 
Prentice-Hall,  1997

If you've been searching for natural alternatives to costly prescription drugs
such as Prozac, Valium and Xanax -- as well as their powerful side effects --
here is your definitive guide to achieving peak mental and emotional health
with nature's medicines. "Nature's Prozac" should be used as a textbook 
for medical students whether allopathic, naturopathic, or chiropractic. It has 
clear descriptions of how homeopathy works, what herbs can be used, what 
aromatherapy is, when to get with AA, and how to find support groups. 
"  Dr. Lendon Smith

Read a transcript with Judith Sachs

Prozac and the New Antidepressants : 
What You Need To KnowAbout Prozac, Zoloft, 
Paxil, Wellbutrin, Effexor, Serzone, Luvox and More  
William S. Appleton  
NY: Plume, 1997

Talking Back to Prozac  
Peter R. Breggin  
NY: St. Martins Mass Market Paper, 1995

Are you one of the thousands of Americans "listening to Prozac"?
Chances are you at least know someone who is. It's time to take a closer 
look at this supposedly quot;safe" drug. Peter Breggin picks through 
the studies used to justify Prozac's safety, often uncovering flaws and shoddy 
science. He details the FDA approval process, including who on the panel 
was paid by whom. The key players and the details will surprise you.

The Women's Pharmacy: 
An Essential Guide to What Women Should Know 
About Prescription Drugs  
Julie Catalano and Robert L. Rowan
Dell Books, 2000

This authoritative guide provides an essential list of the drugs 
used exclusively by women--fertility drugs, contraceptives, 
breast cancer drugs, estrogens--plus drugs for cardiovascular 
disease, rheumatoid arthritis, depression, high cholesterol, 
diabetes, and other health problems that affect women in
greater numbers than men. 


Read a transcript with Julie Catalano

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 GYNECOLOGY 

The Boston Women's Health Book Collective: 
The New Our Bodies, Ourselves: a book by and for women
  
Updated and expanded
NY: Simon & Schuster, 1992  

Dr. Susan Lark's Premenstrual Syndrome Self-Help
Book:A Woman's Guide to Feeling Good All Month   
Susan M. Lark  
CA: Forman Publishers, 1984 

Excellent primer for women with PMS by a medical doctor, prolific author of
women's health books and a professor at Stanford University. Dr. Lark will be
a guest in Power Surge in October, 1998

Read a transcript with Dr. Susan M. Lark

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Dr. Susan Love's Breast Book   
Susan M. Love, M.D   
NY: Addison Wesley, 1995 

Written by renowned breast surgeon, Susan Love, this book is considered 
by many to be the most comprehensive consumer book about breast health. 
The New York Times referred to Dr. Love's book as "The Bible."
Dr. Love has been a frequent visitor to Power Surge.

Read a transcript with Susan Love
 

  
Niels H. Lauersen  
NY: Playboy Paperbacks, 1993  

Listen to Your Body : 
A Gynecologist Answers Women's Most Intimate Questions
Niels H. Lauersen  
NY: Simon and Schuster, 1982  

Menstrual Cramps: 
A Self-Help Program  
Susan M. Lark  
CA: Westchester Publishing Co., 1993 

Another in the series of "self-help" books by Dr. Susan Lark. Easily 
readable and excellent information about menstruation.

Read a transcript with Dr. Susan Lark

The V Book: 
Guide to Complete Vulvovaginal Health 
Elizabeth Gunther Stewart, M.D. and Paula Spencer
NY: Bantam Books, 2002 

An excellently written and comprehensive book covering every
aspect of vulvo-vaginal health and disease. Every year there are
over 10 million doctor's office visits for complaints involving
the vaginal area --unusual discharge, constant itching, yeast and
other infections, dryness and pain with sexual activity and
serious disorders. Too often, they merely walk away from their
physicians' offices with tubes of cream or antibiotic pills and
sometimes without a clear diagnosis. "Vagina is hardly a
household word," writes Dr. Stewart, a veteran gynecologist who
operates a renowned "vulvar specialty" service in Boston. "Vulva
and clitoris might as well belong to another language. They are
blushers, vaguely subversive, not ready for prime time."

Covering everything from pap tests to pain, vibrators to the
existence of the G spot to ranges of absorbency (in grams) in
tampons, it explores the basics of "V-Health." Written because
"so many women are unfamiliar with their bodies," the book's
comprehensive content separates truth from popular belief about
yeast infections (they are harder to diagnose and self-treat than
women have been led to believe), discusses the leading cause of
vaginal complaints (bacterial vaginosis), and what foods to avoid
with a bladder inflammation (spicy, chocolate, citrus fruits and
sour cream among them). The book provides a detailed road map to 
the external genitalia, a tour through the passageway of the vagina 
(a "design marvel"), and addresses questions like, "What should you 
do if a tampon or condom gets `lost' inside you?" ("Don't panic, 
nothing's ever gotten lost in the vagina"); "Do women ejaculate?" 
("Amazingly, no one's sure"); and "Should I dye pubic hair?" 
("I'd really rather you didn't").

Read a transcript with Dr. Elizabeth Stewart

A Woman's Guide to Yeast Infections  
Naomi Baumslag  
NY: Pocket Books, 1992 

Women and the Crisis in Sex Hormones  
Barbara Seaman   
NY: Rawson Associates, 1983  

Women and Doctors: A Physician's Explosive Account of
Women's Medical Treatment and Mistreatment in 
America Today and What You Can Do About It   
John M. Smith   
NY: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1992  


MANAGED HEALTH CARE / HMO'S 


The Insider's Guide To HMO's: How To Navigate
The Managed-Care System and Get
The Health Care You Deserve
  
Alan Steinberg, M.D.
NY: Plume, 1997

Health maintenance organizations, better known as HMOs, are rapidly 
becoming the predominant form of health care in this country. What 
with 74 million people having HMO's as their form of health insurance 
at the end of 1997, experts predict that number will double by the year 
2002. There is a great deal of confusion surrounding HMOs and their 
profit driven policies. Dr. Alan J. Steinberg arms us with knowledge 
in this groundbreaking book by showing us that it's possible to make 
the HMO system work for us. "The Insider's Guide To HMOs" provides 
the crucial information we all need to make better informed decisions 
about health care.

Utilizing case studies from years of experience and hundreds
of interviews with doctors and patients, Dr. Steinberg illustrates
the basic concept about HMO's and a behind-the-scenes view of
how medicine is practiced and how medical decisions are made.
He provides many specific suggestions about obtaining the
best possible health care from 	our HMOs.

Read a transcript with  Dr. Alan Steinberg

Saving The Soul of Medicine  
Margaret A. Mahony M.D.

A gynecologist experienced in managed care and fee-for-service practice 
provides a timely collection of stories from Dr. Mahony's women patients 
regarding their experiences with managed health care. It is clear from 
reading the book that the system is dysfunctional and that it needs to 
change.

Read a transcript with  Dr. Margaret A. Mahony

RELAXATION / STRESS / PANIC

8 Minute Meditation:
Quiet Your Mind. Change Your Life  
Victor N. Davich
Perigee Books, 2004

Read a transcript with Victor Davich

60 Ways to Relieve Stress in 60 Seconds  
Manning Rubin, Paul Frahm (Illustrator) 
Workman Pub Co., 1993

365 Ways To Relax Mind, Body and Soul  
Barbara Heller, M.S.W.

Read a transcript with Barbara Heller

The Best Guide to Meditation  
Victor N. Davich
Renaissance Books, 1998

Read a transcript with Victor Davich

The Big Book of Relaxation: 
Simple Techniques to 
Control the Excess Stress in Your Life 
Larry Blumenfield (Editor)  
NY: Relaxation Co.,  1994

Creative Stress Management Book:
The 1-2-3 Cope System 
Jonathan C. Smith  
NY: Prentice Hall, 1992

Healing Mind, Healthy Woman: 
Using the Mind-Body Connection to Manage Stress and Take Control of Your Life
Alice Domar, Ph.D

Read a transcript with Dr. Alice Domar

Herbal Guide to Stress Relief  
David Hoffmann 
Inner Traditions International Ltd., 1991

How to Calm Down:
Three Deep Breaths to Peace of Mind 
Fred L. Miller
Warner Books, 2003

Fred L. Miller offers readers new ways to take the pressure off. 
From remembering to breathe-the often forgotten but essential step 
to keeping cool-to remaining in the moment rather than reliving 
past frustrations, HOW TO CALM DOWN will help readers avoid burnout, 
achieve a calm focus, and, most importantly, maintain it.

Read a transcript with Fred L. Miller

The Joy of Meditating: A Beginner's Guide to the Art of Meditation
Salle Merrill Redfield, James Redfield (Introduction)  
NY: Warner Books,  1995


Overcoming Anxiety Without Tranquilizers:  
A Groundbreaking Program for Treating Chronic Anxiety 
Edward H. Drummond, M.D  
NY: Dutton Books, 1997
 
In this shattering indictment of conventional practice, a leading 
psychiatrist and Power Surge guest argues that commonly prescribed 
drugs only aggravate the very condition they are supposed to "cure" --
and offers alternatives. 

Power Over Panic:
Freedom From Panic/Anxiety Related Disorders. (2nd Edition)  
Bronwyn Fox
Australia, Alpha Books, 2001

Bronwyn Fox suffered with panic disorder/Agoraphobia for
four years. Through her own research, she developed
techniques that led to her own cure 11 years ago and went on
to become a major force in educating the Australian mental
health system to better recognize and treat anxiety
disorders. She co-founded and became CEO of the Panic
Anxiety Disorder Association in Australia and conducts
workshops for those suffering from anxiety disorders.
Bronwyn conducts successful Mindfulness Panic Anxiety
Management Program programs online and off for those
suffering from anxiety and panic attacks.

Read a transcript with  Bronwyn Fox

Surviving Panic Disorder:
What You Need To Know  
Stuart Shipko, M.D.
1stBooks Library, 2003

Stuart Shipko, M.D. is well known for his research,
education and clinical treatment of panic disorder. 

His newly published book is based on many years of
clinical experience with thousands of panic disorder
patients and provides crucial information on the most
common issues that people with this misunderstood
condition face. 

Read a transcript with  Stuart Shipko, M.D.

The Anger Workbook for Women: 
How to Keep Your Anger from Undermining Your  Self-Esteem,
Your Emotional Balance, and Your Relationships 
Laura Petracek, PH.D.
New Harbinger Publications, 2004

Although men and women can articulate anger in very 
different ways, books on managing problem anger tend
to focus on men and their tendency toward more violent 
anger expression. This workbook addresses the unique 
concerns of women with anger problems. Rigid social 
patterning, the book argues, conditions many women to 
stifle or deny their anger, and this repression can 
cause a range of other psychological problems. Others 
experience violent, outwardly focused anger. Whichever 
pattern your anger follows, you'll learn healthier ways 
to express your anger from this workbook.

Read a transcript with Dr. Laura Petracek

 COPING WITH CANCER


Beauty and Cancer   
Diane Noyes and Peggy Mellody 
Taylor Publishing, 1992

Breast Cancer:  
A Nutritional Approach  
Carlton  Fredericks   
NY: Grosset & Dunlap, 1977  

Breast Cancer: 
What You Should Know (But May Not Be Told)
About Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment  
Steve Austin, ND and Cathy Hitchcock, MSW   
CA: Prima Publishing, 1994

Cancer as a Women's Issue: 
Scratching the Surface   
Midge Stocker, ed.  
IL: Third Side Press, 1991Confronting Cancer, Constructing Change:
New Perspective on Women and Cancer
Midge Stocker, ed.  
IL: Third Side Press, 1993

Diseases of the Breast
Cushman Davis Haagensen  
PA: Saunders, 1986  

Estrogen and Breast Cancer  
Carol Ann Rinzler  
NY: Macmillan, 1993

Return To Wholeness: 
Embracing Body, Mind and Spirit in the Face of Cancer 
David Simon, M.D. and Deepak Chopra
John Wiley & Sons, 2000

Read a transcript with David Simon

What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Breast Cancer:
How Hormone Balance Can Save Your Life  
John Lee, M.D, et al
NY: Warner Books, 2002


Read a transcript with John R. Lee (his only online chat) 

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MALE MENOPAUSE AND RELATED MALE  MIDLIFE ISSUES

Male Menopause
Jed Diamond 
Sourcebooks Trade, Oct. 1998

The landmark book, Male Menopause, has been translated into 
17 languages. The book details the hormonal, physiological, 
psychological, interpersonal, social, sexual, and spiritual 
changes that occur in all men generally between the ages 
of 40 and 55.

In Male Menopause veteran psychotherapist and men's-movement 
leader, Jed Diamond looks at the observable and documentable 
changes associated with male midlife--weight gain, less 
physical endurance, longer recovery from injuries, reduced 
interest in sex, feelings of irritability and depression--
and concludes that this is indeed a passage similar to what 
middle-aged women go through. The last section of Male 
Menopause discusses how men can get back what they've lost, 
but for the most part Diamond focuses on understanding and 
accepting the aging process, not fighting it.  
 
Read a transcript with Jed Diamond

Surviving Male Menopause
A Guide for Women and Men
Jed Diamond 
Sourcebooks Trade

Diamond's new book offers guidance to and tells the stories 
of those perhaps as affected by male menopause as men--
women. 

Surviving Male Menopause examines the most current medical 
happenings, then focuses more strongly on the emotional, 
personal side of this life passage. Its effect on relationships 
and on the individuals involved is unmistakable. Through the 
recently rising voices of the men and women experiencing this 
change, Diamond seeks to show women and men how they can
emerge on the other side happy, healthy and fulfilled.

Read a transcript with Jed Diamond

Whole Man Program, The
Reinvigorating Your Body, Mind, and Spirit after 40
Jed Diamond 
John Wiley & Sons, Jan. 2003

The Whole Man Program is an integrated physical and emotional
health program for males over 40. Psychotherapist and men's
health educator, Jed Diamond, offers a roadmap for making life-
enhancing changes in many areas that affect men. He suggests ways 
to make healthy changes. He discusses "andropause"--midlife 
hormonal changes in men--and suggests options for reclaiming 
sexual vitality.  But this book goes deeper than diet and hormones; 
emotional self-discovery forms the center of the program. Under 
"Action Options," Diamond asks you, for example, to write down 
your memories of your sexual desires during adolescence and 
compare them to your midlife sexual ups and downs; talk to each 
of your children about the kind of fathering they have received 
from you; and write down "all the things you know about the Woman 
in you,"and then share this with someone you trust.

Read a transcript with Jed Diamond


GENERAL MEDICAL & MISCELLANEOUS 

Dr. Isadore Rosenfeld's Breakthrough Health 2004:
157 Up-to-the Minute Medical Discoveries, Treatments, and Cures
That Can Save Your Life, from America's Most Trusted Doctor!
Isadore Rosenfeld, M.D.
Rodale Press, 2004

In this age of information explosion, the reporting of medical 
research breakthroughs to the public often creates conflicting 
headlines. We wonder whether we're getting the best care, the 
newest medicines, and the most effective treatments for 
whatever it is that ails us. If you've been looking for one 
source you can trust for the most accurate, up-to-date health 
and medical information, Dr. Isadore Rosenfeld's
Breakthrough Health is it. 

Read a transcript with Isadore Rosenfeld, M.D.


Health Care Online for Dummies   
Howard and Judith Wolinsky

100 million Americans went online last year to look for information and support
on specific medical conditions, research symptoms, check out specific drugs, and
so forth. But, often the seekers of health information get lost in cyberspace or
don’t find information that they trust. That's precisely why the Wolinsky's,
journalist and librarian, Internet-savvy husband and wife writing team, have
written this excellent new resource.

Read a transcript with the Wolinskys

Power to the Patient: The Treatments to Insist on When You're Sick
Isadore Rosenfeld, M.D.
AOL Time Warner Books
NY: 2002 

Written by a doctor, a medical luminary, this book provides information on 
over 40 very common illnesses and ailments, and the author provides a clear 
understanding of the diseases and the treatment we should expect or ask for. 
Dr. Isadore Rosenfeld, a Power Surge guest is the type of doctor we all dream 
of finding but, many of us sail through life and never do. As for his 
sense of humour, it would brighten the day of any patient.  

Read a transcript with Isadore Rosenfeld, M.D.