Endometriosis: The Complete Reference For Taking Charge of Your Health
Endometriosis: The Complete Reference For Taking Charge of Your Health, the third book by Mary Lou Ballweg and the Endometriosis Association, will be available in bookstores in October 2003. It is an authoritative guide with groundbreaking information on endometriosis, including its prevention and relationship with other diseases. Special sections are dedicated to endo and menopause, endo and teenagers, endo and nutrition, endo and cancer as well as endo and environmental toxins.

If you live in or close to any of the following cities, this is your opportunity to get your questions answered by experts in endometriosis, learn about breaking news related to the disease and how to be part of the exciting activities of the Endometriosis Association. Get your hot-off-the-press new book autographed and more… There is no admission charge to these events and parking is available.
The Endometriosis Sourcebook
by Mary Lou Ballweg and the Endometriosis Association
The Definitive Guide to Current Treatment Options, the Latest Research, Common Myths About the Disease, and Coping Strategies— Both Physical and Emotional

The Endometriosis Sourcebook is almost 500 pages of the information that women with endo most want to know. It is the most comprehensive, authoritative, and up-to-date resource on endo available. It’s also very personal, drawing on the words of Association members to bring home the impact that endometriosis has on real women. Includes information about treatment options, strategies for coping with the disease and its effects on you and those around you, and the latest research findings—as well as the adventures of “Joe with Endo,” from Association president Mary Lou Ballweg’s popular cartoon strip. In its 6th Printing!
The Endometriosis Sourcebook Table of Contents
  1. Introduction
    Opening words from Mary Lou Ballweg, co-founder of the Association.
  2. Treatments for a Puzzling Disease
    Endometriosis and pain (including pain management and how to deal with the stigma of chronic pain); surgical treatments; medical treatments (Lupron, Synarel, Zoladex, Suprefact, Decapeptyl, danazol, progestogens, gestrinone, Provera, oral contraceptives); endometriosis of the intestines; endometriosis and the urinary tract; infertility and endometriosis; pregnancy and labor for women with endometriosis; traditional Chinese medicine and the treatment of endometriosis.
  3. Coping
    How to cope with endometriosis based on research; why professionals say “it’s all in your head"; men and endometriosis; tips for partners and family members; coping with painful sex; building the doctor-patient relationship (including communicating with your doctor and help in finding good doctors); the patient’s perspective on endometriosis.
  4. New Research Directions
    Endometriosis and environmental toxins; immunological findings in dioxin monkey colony; how to avoid dioxins and PCBs; evaluating your home—is it a health hazard?
  5. Working Together Worldwide to Conquer Endometriosis
    The Association’s outreach all over the world, including Brazil, Germany, Japan, South Africa, and Taiwan; activities of sister groups in Australia and Great Britain.

    “It is imperative to be an intelligent consumer. This book will enable the woman with endometriosis to be just that."
    —David Olive, M.D., San Francisco, CA
Endometriosis: Libro de consulta
por Mary Lou Ballweg y la Asociación de Endometriosis
traducción preliminar por Q.F.B. Maria Teresa Aguilar
versión final por Doctor Luis Carlos Páez Lobeira
prólogo del doctor Dan Martin

Escrito por mujeres para mujeres, Endometriosis: Libro de consulta (Trillas, 2004) combata los mitos con hechos y suminstra el apoyo necesario. Es un libro para los que buscan a información presiza sobre esta enfermedad crónica. Incluye: tratamientos de cirrugia, medicina médica y alternativa, investigaciones más recientes, embarazo parto y experiencias posparto, estrategias físicas y emocionales, y casos reales inspiradores.

 
Overcoming Endometriosis- New Help from the Endometriosis Association
by Mary Lou Ballweg and the Endometriosis Association
This anthology of acclaimed articles, fact sheets, research reviews, other materials, and the "Joe with Endo" cartoon series is now in its tenth printing.

Contents include: Why the Association was started; treatments for endo including pain medications, danazol, GnRH drugs, types of surgery, fertility and pregnancy issues, and alternative treatments; coping strategies for choosing a doctor, coping after hysterectomy and removal of the ovaries, osteoporosis, financial coping, teens and endo, a single woman and fertility, emotions, and how support groups can help; new directions explaining endo and the Candidiasis link, and mitral valve prolapse (a heart defect common in women with endo); and research recaps on prostaglandins and endo, the use of ultrasound in diagnosis, cancer and endo, endo in men, and pain management.
Our Stolen Future
by Theo Colborn, Ph.D., Dianne Dumanoski, and John Peterson Myers, Ph.D.
This important book has shaken up North America on the subject of endocrine disrupters—toxic chemicals that mimic natural hormones in the body. "Our Stolen Future" is a must-read for those with endo.
Endometriosis: A Key to Healing Through Nutrition
by Dian Shepperson Mills, M.A. and Michael Vernon, Ph.D., HCLD

 

Research has shown that certain nutritional changes can alleviate symptoms in some women with endo. This book is an excellent resource to help you begin making changes in your diet.