The New Woman's Guide To Healthy Aging: 8 Proven Ways to Keep You Vibrant, Happy Strong [Paperback]

The internet is flooded with tips about how to look younger, but what women of a certain age really need is an expert's guide to healthy aging—and that is just what Toronto family doctor Dr. Vivien Brown offers in this concise guide. A Woman's Guide to Healthy Aging is the first book written by a medical authority to tackle the key challenges women face as they grow older, including brain health and heart disease. As a noted expert on many aspects of women's health, Dr. Brown deals with these issues head on every day. Practical and informative, this guide covers the top seven issues she believes are most important: nutrition, exercise and sleep, brain health, immunization and disease prevention, menopause, cardiac health, and osteoporosis. Sweeping aside the myths and sales tricks that plague women every day, Dr. Brown offers sensible advice based on the latest scientific evidence.

"Dr. Vivien Brown contributes a much- needed addition to the cannon of popular medical literature — advice for women on how to do their part to ensure they age as healthfully and vitally as possible, both physically and cognitively. A great communicator and an accomplished physician, Dr. Brown makes sometimes complicated medical issues clear and understandable. This ability to bring a human voice to scientific and medical data has made her an invaluable resource on the board of Women’s Brain Health Initiative since its creation in 2012. The pace of medical research in the modern world is truly astounding; new discoveries and new understandings seem to come almost daily. It is nearly impossible for most people outside the medical community to keep current, and it is often difficult to understand important new medical recommendations that emerge. Thankfully, it is part of your physician’s responsibility to keep abreast of the latest research and to explain the conclusions of that research so that you understand the real³[