Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction by Donna Shalala
Preface
Contributors
PART ONE: GETTING STARTED
CHAPTER ONE An Exciting Time for Women's Health
Personal Health Choices
Health Choices in the Real World
CHAPTER TWO What Is the Nurses' Health Study?
The Nurses' Health Study
Other Research Studies
CHAPTER THREE Making Sense of Health Research
Absolute Risk
Relative Risk
Drawing Conclusions
The Boundaries of Research
PART TWO: LOWERING THE RISK OF DISEASES
CHAPTER FOUR Lowering the Risk of Coronary Heart Disease
Background
Factors You Cannot Control
Factors You Can Control
What It All Means
What I Tell My Patients About Lowering Their Risk of Coronary Heart Disease -- Dr. Carol Bates
CHAPTER FIVE Lowering the Risk of Breast Cancer
Background
Factors You Cannot Control
Factors You Can Control
Reproductive Factors
What It All Means
What I Tell My Patients About Lowering Their Risk of Breast Cancer -- Dr. Nancy Rigotti
CHAPTER SIX Lowering the Risk of Lung Cancer
Background
Factors You Cannot Control
Factors You Can Control
What It All Means
What I Tell My Patients About Lowering Their Risk of Lung Cancer -- Dr. Celeste Robb-Nicholson
CHAPTER SEVEN Lowering the Risk of Stroke
Background
Factors You Cannot Control
Factors You Can Control
What It All Means
What I Tell My Patients About Lowering Their Risk of Stroke -- Dr. Carol Bates
CHAPTER EIGHT Lowering the Risk of Diabetes
Background
Factors You Cannot Control
Factors You Can Control
What It All Means
What I Tell My Patients About Lowering Their Risk of Adult-Onset Diabetes -- Dr. Nancy Rigotti
CHAPTER NINE Lowering the Risk of Colon Cancer
Background
Factors You Cannot Control
Factors You Can Control
What It All Means
What I Tell My Patients About Lowering Their Risk of Colon Cancer -- Dr. Carol Bates
CHAPTER TEN Lowering the Risk of Osteoporosis
Background
Factors You Cannot Control
Factors You Can Control
What It All Means
What I Tell My Patients About Lowering Their Risk of Osteoporosis -- Dr. Nancy Rigotti
CHAPTER ELEVEN Lowering the Risk of Endometrial Cancer
Background
Factors You Cannot Control
Factors You Can Control
Reproductive Factors
What It All Means
What I Tell My Patients About Lowering Their Risk of Endometrial Cancer -- Dr. Celeste Robb-Nicholson
CHAPTER TWELVE Lowering the Risk of Ovarian Cancer
Background
Factors You Cannot Control
Factors You Can Control
Reproductive Factors
What It All Means
What I Tell My Patients About Lowering Their Risk of Ovarian Cancer -- Dr. Celeste Robb-Nicholson
CHAPTER THIRTEEN Lowering the Risk of Skin Cancer
Background
Factors You Cannot Control
Factors You Can Control
What It All Means
What I Tell My Patients About Lowering Their Risk of Skin Cancer -- Dr. Carol Bates
CHAPTER FOURTEEN Lowering the Risk of Asthma, Arthritis, Age-Related Eye Disease, and Alzheimer's Disease
Asthma
Arthritis
Age-Related Eye Disease
Alzheimer's Disease
What I Tell My Patients About Asthma, Arthritis, Age-Related Eye Disease, and Alzheimer's Disease -- Dr. Carol Bates
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