Im Too Young to Have Breast Cancer or The Longevity Factor

I'm Too Young to Have Breast Cancer!: Regain Control of Your Life, Career, Family, Sexuality, and Faith

Author: Beth Leibson Hawkins

Beth Hawkins supplies intimate and detailed anecdotes from sixteen real women under the age of 40 who encountered breast cancer at what was supposed to be their prime.

Library Journal

After hearing of a 27-year-old friend's diagnosis, 32-year-old Leibson-Hawkins became obsessed with the lack of information on breast cancer in young women. She pursued sources on the Internet and found 16 survivors who would speak to the everyday concerns cancer presents: lack of control, work and career, sexuality and dating, family and children, and spirituality. A useful book that fills a void; Beth Murphy's Fighting for Our Future (LJ 2/1/02) is an excellent source for medical detail on cancer in young women. Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.

Table of Contents:

	Introduction: How I Came to Write This Book	ix
Chapter 1	Regaining Control	1
	How Do I Regain Control of My Life? Roberta, 27: The Patient as Manager
	How Do I Regain Control of My Body? Lanita, 31: Marathon Runner
	Survivor Suggestions on Regaining Control
Chapter 2	Work and Career	35
	What If My Career Is No Longer Fulfilling? Helen, 32: The Career Switch
	What If My Career Priorities Change? Janis, 33: Setting Limits
	What If I Thrive on My Career? Anne, 27: Getting Back to Business
	What If I Have No Health Insurance? Nora, 27: Adventures in Medicaid
	Survivor Suggestions on Work and Career
Chapter 3	Sexuality and Dating	87
	Dating? You've Got to Be Kidding! Becky, 26: Wedding under the Arches
	How Does Breast Cancer Affect Sexuality? Amanda, 35: Healing Arts
	What If I Don't Want to Reconstruct? Mary, 36: Amazon Woman
	Survivor Suggestions on Sexuality and Dating
Chapter 4	Pregnancy, Children, and Family	133
	What If I Want to Have Children? Susan, 40: Breast-feeding in Dana Farber
	What If I Want to Adopt? Jacquie, 29: A Different Life, a Parallel Life
	What If I Have Children? Barbara, 26: Telling the Girls
	What If I Have the Breast Cancer Gene? Paulette, 25: Living with Uncertainty
	Survivor Suggestions on Pregnancy, Children, and Family
Chapter 5	Faith, Religion, and Spirituality	189
	How Can Ritual Help Me? Dana, 26: Feeling Blessed
	Can Faith Help with Uncertainty? Robin, 33: Finding Faith in All Things
	Can Faith Deepen? Dawn, 31: A New Relationship with Jesus
	Survivor Suggestions on Faith, Religion, and Spirituality
	Afterword: Life After Breast Cancer	241
	Glossary	249
	Resources for Additional Information and Assistance	255
	Acknowledgments	265
	Index	267

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The Longevity Factor: How Resveratrol and Red Wine Activate Genes for a Longer and Healthier Life

Author: Joseph Maroon

A groundbreaking examination of new scientific research that holds the secret to weight loss, increased strength, endurance, memory, and a healthier, longer life

In The Longevity Factor, noted neuroscientist and surgeon Joseph Maroon, M.D., offers the definitive look at recent scientific breakthroughs identifying a group of natural substances — including the much-publicized molecule resveratrol — that can actually activate a specific set of genes in humans that promote a longer, healthier life. These substances, which make red wine, dark chocolate, and green tea good for us, appear to stave off a wide array of age-related diseases and keep us feeling young and vital.

Resveratrol is the centerpiece of headline-making research being conducted at the Harvard Medical School and elsewhere. Only recently, however, have scientists discovered how to isolate resveratrol and concentrate it into an affordable and safe supplement. Already, more than 200 supplements featuring resveratrol have flooded the market, and there are countless more on the way. But which ones work best? What is a consumer to look for on the label? Since resveratrol is a natural substance, can you get enough of it through diet alone, or should you combine diet with a supplement? And what lies on the horizon from the pharmaceutical industry? All those questions and many more are answered in this immensely informative and practical book.

Joseph Maroon offers the first-ever inside look at the amazing research that has led to the discovery of resveratrol and similar substances with the miraculous ability to activate our own longevity genes. He also offers his own diet plan and sound,reader-friendly advice for living a longer, healthier, and more balanced life with or without supplements. The Longevity Factor promises to be the authoritative source for everyone who wants to know more about how we can shift from the current paradigm of aging to a disease-free golden age of health, longevity, and fitness.