The new menopause: navigating your path through hormonal change with purpose, power, and facts

Letter to the reader

Part one: The story menopausal medicine. It's not all in your head

The complicated past and confusing nature of menopause treatment

A seismic shift occurs

Together we are changing the change

Part two: Getting to know menopause (or, Everything your doctor forgot to mention about menopause). The three end stages of reproductive change : perimenopause, menopause, and postmenopause

What is happening to your body during menopause

Everything you wanted to know about hormone therapy

Preparing for your appointment

Part three: Symptoms and solutions. The daily behaviors that contribute to menopause health

The menopause tool kit : a symptom-based resource section

Appendix A: Updated statements and stats on the use of menopausal hormone therapy

Appendix B: The menopause scoring sheet (the Greene scale)

Appendix C: Hot flash diary/symptom journal.