All in her head : the truth and lies early medicine taught us about women's bodies and why it matters today
Book |
First edition. |
HarperWave, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers,
New York, NY :
[2024]
- 1 of 1 Copy Available at Libraries in Niagara Cooperative
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
| Branch | Call Number | Location | Holdable? | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grimsby | 362.1082 Com | Non-fiction | Copy hold / Volume hold | Available |
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"In the spirit of Sid Mukherjee's Emperor of All Maladies, a medical history that is both a collective narrative of women's bodies and a call to action for a new conversation around personal health, self-improvement, and the future of healthcare for everyone"--
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- ISBN: 9780063293014
- Physical Description: xix, 347 pages ; 24 cmprint
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : HarperWave, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2024]
- Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Formatted Contents Note: Skin (integumentary) : it's what's inside that counts -- Bones (skeletal) : skulls and whalebones -- Muscle (muscular) : who's the weakest of them all? -- Blood (circulatory) : matters of the heart -- Breath (respiratory) : perhaps women breathe different air -- Guts (digestive) : the price of going (and not going) with your gut -- Bladder (urinary) : a thousand years of holding it in -- Defense (immune) : self-sabotage -- Nerves (nervous) : the "bitches be crazy" school of medicine -- Hormones (Endocrine) : the hormone hangover -- Sex (reproductive) : the mother of all moral panics.