Healthy women, healthy lives : a guide to preventing disease from the landmark Nurses' Health Study / senior editors Susan E. Hankinson, Graham A. Colditz, JoAnn E. Manson, Frank E. Speizer ; writers Hank Dart, Catherine Tomeo Ryan.

New York : Simon & Schuster Source, a division of Simon & Schuster, 2001.

xxviii, 546 pages : black and white illustrations ; 24 cm

This item was donated as part of The Women's Health Library archive held by Wellcome Collection, reference SA/WHL https://wellcomecollection.org/works/fjg4s86y

"A Harvard Medical School book."

Copy 1. Donor: This item was originally held in the Women's Health Library. It was donated to Wellcome in 2016 by the Feminist Library, which acted as temporary custodian following the closure of Women's Health in 2006.

Copy 1. Former Women's Health Library shelfmark: Bc

pt. 1. Getting started (An exciting time for women's health ; What is the Nurses' Health Study? ; Making sense of health research) -- pt. 2. Lowering the risk of diseases (Lowering the risk of coronary heart disease ; Lowering the risk of breast cancer ; Lowering the risk of lung cancer ; Lowering the risk of stroke ; Lowering the risk of diabetes ; Lowering the risk of colon cancer ; Lowering the risk of osteoporosis ; Lowering the risk of endometrial cancer ; Lowering the risk of ovarian cancer ; Lowering the risk of skin cancer ; Lowering the risk of asthma, arthritis, age-related eye disease, and Alzheimer's Disease) -- pt. 3. Changing behaviors (Physical activity ; Weight control ; Smoking ; The major nutrients--fat, carbohydrates, fiber, and protein ; Foods ; Alcohol ; Vitamins and minerals ; Postmenopausal hormones ; Birth control ; Aspirin and other anti-inflammatory medicines).

Includes bibliographical references (pages 521-524) and index.