The Diabetic Woman

Lois Jovanovič, M.D., June Biermann, Barbara Toohey

For women, diabetes compounds the stresses and demands of a career, marriage, and motherhood. It also complicates the physiological problems of puberty, pregnancy, menstruation, and menopause. The Diabetic Woman is written with humor and understanding and with imminently practical answers to the questions that women diabetics ask concerning problems and decisions related to employment, health-care insurance, contraception, whether or not to have children, and dozens of other daily living concerns.

Hormones: The Woman's Answerbook

Lois Jovanovič, M.D., Genell J. Subak-Sharpe

For every woman who has ever found herself under the unpredictable sway of an inexplicable mood swing, ever wondered whether her body was really waging war against her or whether it was all "just" in her head, ever been curious about why women carry more fat than men, or why girls today mature so much earlier than their ancestors...Hormones: The Woman's Answerbook is an indispensable and most welcome guide.

Managing Your Gestational Diabetes

Lois Jovanovic-Peterson, M.D., Morton B. Stone

Nationally renowned endocrinologist, Lois Jovanovic-Peterson, M.D., offers a practical and personal approach for controlling gestational diabetes - a temporary form of diabetes that usually begins during the last half of pregnancy and disappears at labor. Teamed with Morton B. Stone, editorial director of Diabetes in the News, she clearly tells you what you need to know to have a safe pregnancy and delivery of a healthy baby.

A Touch of Diabetes

Lois Jovanovic-Peterson, M.D., Charles M. Peterson, M.D., Morton B. Stone

Type 2 diabetes is frequently considered "a touch of diabetes" because it may often be controlled without insulin. But if not carefully managed, type 2 diabetes can lead to serious complications, including kidney disease and blindness. A Touch of Diabetes is a comprehensive and easy-to-understand guide that will help you control your diabetes and feel better than you have in years.

A Woman Doctor's Guide to Menopause

Lois Jovanovič, M.D., Suzanne LeVert

If you're one of the forty million women who will go through menopause by the year 2010, you can expect to live over one-third of your life - thirty to forty years - after menopause. Now you can avoid the confusion and frustration women in the past have so often experienced. Dr. Lois Jovanovic, a leading endocrinologist, presents cutting-edge medical research to answer the many questions you may have about "The Change."