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After years of jokes about the male "midlife crisis," male menopause is today recognized as a true event, occurring in millions of men between the ages of forty and fifty-five. In this groundbreaking and much-lauded book, author Jed Diamond shows that male menopause involves dramatic chemical and physiological changes that affect everything from a mans view on life to his ability to attain and maintain an erection. As featured in the recent public television special of the same name, Male Menopause surveys the most current medical data and listens to men and women as they struggle to arrive healthy and happy in the second half of life. Includes the Latest Information on Viagra, Vasomax and Hormone Replacement Therapy "For fortysomething men, a wealth of information." --Los Angeles Times "Far more than a litany of medical findings. Diamond uses his subject to share some valuable insights on sexuality, fatherhood, aging, mentoring and wisdom." --NAPRA Review "Men know little about their bodies and even less about their aging process. Male Menopause provides valuable information that can help a man and his partner live better and longer." --Kenneth A. Goldberg, M.D., Male Health Institute "A compelling argument that [male menopause] should be taken seriously, and that men must be prepared to face some real challenges to their physical, sexual, emotional and mental well-being." --Men's Fitness "Jed Diamond defines and demystifies the controversial issue of male menopause--his book is practical, powerful and passionate." --John Gray, Ph.D., author of Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus A Featured Selection of Book-of-the-Month Club, Quality Paperback Book Club and One Spirit Book Club
Amazon.com Review
So do men really go through menopause? If you think of menopause as hot flashes and a sudden change in fertility, no. But if you regard menopause as physical and emotional changes triggered by significant changes in hormone levels, then yes, men go through it. In Male Menopause veteran psychotherapist and men's-movement leader Jed Diamond looks at the observable and documentable changes associated with male midlife--weight gain, less physical endurance, longer recovery from injuries, reduced interest in sex, feelings of irritability and depression--and concludes that this is indeed a passage similar to what middle-aged women go through. The last section of Male Menopause discusses how men can get back what they've lost, but for the most part Diamond focuses on understanding and accepting the aging process, not fighting it.
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