Seeing red : the one book every woman needs to read. Period / Kirsten Karchmer.

  • Karchmer, Kirsten
Date:
2019
  • Books

About this work

Description

"We've been lied to about periods. PMS, cramping, bloating, migraines, irritability, and anxiety may be extremely common, but contrary to popular belief, they aren't normal. And they certainly aren't "just part of being a woman," despite the fact that this is what we've been told time and time again--by friends, family, and even doctors. After dedicating her entire clinical career to deconstructing the menstrual cycle, women's health expert Kirsten Karchmer knows better. During her more than twenty years of research and treating thousands of patients, Karchmer found that most period problems women experience--even the most painful ones--are totally correctable and more surprisingly reflective of overall health and fertility. In this forthright, spirited, and all-encompassing guide, Karchmer draws on her decades' worth of experience as a women's health expert to break down the myths so many women have been led to believe about their periods. For the more than 82 million women in the world who suffer from menstrual conditions, Seeing Red explains the importance of a healthy menstrual cycle (and how to achieve it) and why it is important to the women's movement. Menstrual cycles are not a curse, but an instrument providing women with one of the most valuable, regularly occurring, and free diagnostic tools they have, giving them access to unprecedented health and power. --Jacket

Publication/Creation

New York : Tiller Press, 2019.

Physical description

xiv, 271 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Edition

First Tiller Press hardcover edition.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-257) and index.

Contents

Machine generated contents note: 1.What This Book Is About and Why It's Important -- 2.The History of the Period: Nothing Has Changed for Menstruating Women in Centuries -- 3.Many Lies and a Truth: Refraining the Language and Stigma Around Periods -- 4.How to Read Your Period -- 5.How to Biohack Your Period, Part 1: Medicine and Technology -- 6.How to Biohack Your Period, Part 2: Lifestyle Changes -- 7.Mapping Out Your Personal Period Plan -- 8.Diagnosis Doesn't Mean You're Doomed -- 9.Before I Go, a Few Very Important Things Every Woman Should Know (Both Practical and Fun!) -- 10.Unleashing Our Power.

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    History of Medicine
    UE /KAR
    Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 9781982131951
  • 1982131950