Women Are Not Small Men: Life-Saving Strategies for Preventing and Healing Heart Disease in Women

by Nieca Goldberg

Book Overview

One out of every two women will die of heart disease. It is the single greatest health risk for women today-more than stroke and all cancerscombined. In the course of her work as founder and chief of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0345440986
• ISBN13: 9780345440983
• Release Date: February 2002
• Publisher: Ballantine Books
• Length: 453 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.4" x 9.4"

Customer Reviews

Excellent and comprehensive

I am a registered nurse, and I really enjoyed reading this book. It was written for the layperson, but I found it extremely clarifying and useful as well. Although women are the target audience, the basic heart information is also good for men. It talks about anatomy and physiology of the heart, info on various heart conditions, cardiac medications, cardiac tests and medical procedures, cardiac rehabilitation, and finally how to keep your heart healthy: through exercise, nutritious diet, stratagies for de-stressing, and quitting smoking. She also incorporates scientific research throughout the book, but uses it wisely. I highly recommend reading this book if you are interested in your heart health.

What I Wish I Had Known

Our daughter Jenny died suddenly at the age of 21. She has been under the care of a cardiologist for high blood pressure. Jenny developed symptons of heart disease that went unrecognized.Her visit to the Emergency Room where she presented with palpitations, nausea, bilateral arm pain and jaw pain were dismissed as symptons of anxiety. She was released without further testing. She died at home the next morning. Further studies revealed that two of her major arteries were completely ocluded. I have read this book and purchased addtional copies for families and friends.I truly believe if I had known what I know now about heart disease in women, perhaps Jenny could have been saved.I urge you to read and share this book with those you love.

Menopausal Woman

After all the press on HRT, I was petrified that there was no option for heart disease prevention. I bought Dr.Goldberg's book after listening to her on KOMO radio. Dr. Goldberg's thorough review of HRT and its problems was easy to understand and made a lot of sense. I now know there are many options for heart disease prevention as well as osteoporosis and menopause. I only wish I was in New York and could see her as a patient.

Sensible heart information for women

I have bought 3 copies of this book for family members and am ordering another one. It is the clearest, best information about women's heart problems and what to do about them that I have ever come across and because I have a heart problem I have read most of the non-technical literature available. Dr. Goldberg writes specifically about women's heart problems which, until now, have been minimized or disregarded. She makes great sense.

Women Are Not Small Men

Women Are Not Small Men answers all those questions you wished you remembered to ask your doctor about heart disease. It's a complete straight forward reference work that may well be the definitive book on heart disease in women. Since heart disease is the number 1 killer of women we should consider it a must read.