Synopses & Reviews
The first book on the health of boys and men designed for women -- the unsung heroes who make most families' health-care decisions --
From Boys to Men will forever dispel the notion that women are the weaker sex.
There is a shocking gap in health and longevity between males and females. Men die, on average, nearly six years earlier than women and have a higher mortality rate for all ten leading causes of death in America. Yet there is no known biological reason.
Perhaps the answer lies in social forces that teach men not to care for themselves, says author, physician, and CBS medical correspondent Emily Senay. Instead, caregiving falls to wives, partners, mothers, sisters, and daughters, who have never had a resource written specifically to help them understand and cope with the health issues of men and boys.
Until now. With an expert, intimate voice, Dr. Senay offers accessible, pragmatic information and anecdotes that follow males from conception through the arc of life. Mothers of sons willlearn about the unique issues boys face as they grow, including:
Health issues unique to baby boys
The major health threats to boys -- accidents and injuries
Understanding the higher risk of learning disabilities, including AD/HD and other developmental problems
Weight issues and body image
Knowing how and when to discuss sexuality
Helping teenagers take healthy risks
Understanding the new world of sports, including pressure for early specialization
For men, Dr. Senay covers such topics as:
Helping him change -- how to work as partners to lose weight, improve diet, or quit smoking
Helping your partner overcome denial, one of the biggest threats to men's health
Solving bedroom problems
Helping him lower cholesterol and blood pressure
Recognizing and treating depression and stress
Essential medical tests every man should have
Snoring and the promise of rest
As a mother, wife, daughter -- and doctor -- Emily Senay shares her readers' concern for the men in their lives -- and provides the answers women have been waiting for. And as men take better care of themselves, the longevity gap will close as their sons learn by example.
Review
Joshua D. Sparrow, M.D.
Special Initiatives Director, The Brazelton Touchpoints Center, Harvard Medical School
The idea behind this book is terrific. Women, the heroes who make most of every family's health-care decisions, now have a guide to raising healthy, responsible, and resilient sons. Every mother will be grateful for this book, not to mention wives, sisters, and daughters.
Review
Suzanne Braun Levine,
founding editor of Ms. magazine and author of Father Courage: What Happens When Men Put Family First
From Boys to Men is smart, informed, friendly, tough, and very accessible. I think it can save lives and will surely wake some fathers and sons up.
Review
Christiane Northrup, M.D.
author of Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom and The Wisdom of Menopause
From Boys to Men is full of useful and practical information designed to help safeguard the health of the men and boys in our lives.
Synopsis
Dr. Senay, medical correspondent for CBS News, offers this first book on the health of boys and men designed for women--the caregiving wives, mothers, and partners who make most of every family's healthcare decisions.
About the Author
Emily Senay, M.D., is a graduate of Mount Sinai School of Medicine. She joined CBS News in 1995 and can currently be seen on CBS's
The Early Show. She lives in New York City with her husband, son, and twin daughters. Her website address is cbsnews.com/sections/early show.
Table of Contents
ContentsForeword by Eli H. Newberger, M.D.Introduction
Overview: Being a Man May Be Dangerous to Your Health
PART ONE: SONS
1: It's a Boy! (But First It's a Girl)2: Snips and Snails
3: Boys and Accidents and Injuries
4: Boys and Body Control
5: The Care and Feeding of Boys
6: When Things Go Wrong
7: Sturm und Drang? The Teen Years
8: Boys and Sex
9: Boys and Sports
PART TWO: HUSBANDS, PARTNERS, LOVERS
10: Husbands, Partners, Lovers11: An Ounce -- or Two -- of Prevention
12: Bad Habits
13: Dealing with Emergencies
14: "Houston, We've Had a Problem"
15: The Usual Suspects
16: Alcoholism: The Hidden Epidemic
17: Cancer
18: Male Trouble: A Gland That Doesn't Always Behave
19: The Emotional Male
20: Tossin', Turnin', Cuttin' Zs
21: Boomeritis
22: Men and Sex
23: Narcissus -- What a Guy!
Afterword
Resources for Part One: Sons
Resources for Part Two: Husbands, Partners, Lovers
Selected Bibliography
Acknowledgments
Subject Index
Symptoms Index