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Las necesidades eróticas de la mujer actual van mucho más allá de superar las disfunciones o patologías sexuales. Tienen que ver con la libertad sexual. Una libertad llena de trampas. Porque, aunque ya nadie duda de la capacidad de la mujer de desear y de sentir placer —los movimientos generados por la famosa saga Cincuenta sombras de Grey y el famoso succionador de clítoris así lo demuestran—, su libertad es constantemente vigilada y juzgada.

Die Diagnose ist zunächst ein Schock: Wird bei einer Patientin PCO, das polyzystische Ovarialsyndrom, festgestellt, so kommen oft zahlreiche beängstigende Gedanken auf. Kann man das behandeln? Was ist mit dem Kinderwunsch? Und vielleicht am wichtigsten: Kann ich selbst überhaupt etwas tun? Hier gibt es zum Glück eine gute Nachricht: Es gibt so einiges, was Sie tun können, und wie genau Sie die Sache selbst in die Hand nehmen, das erfahren Sie in diesem Buch.

Women and Kink presents a diverse range of personal and intimate stories about life, love, relationships, kink, sex, self-discovery, growth, resilience, community, and more. The book offers insight into the breadth of the kink community, with chapters discussing different aspects of kink and forms of engagement, both individually and within relationships. Filled throughout with personal vignettes and examples, the authors provide commentary, reflection questions, and thought-provoking considerations to listeners who are looking to explore a new area of their life.

Syndrome prémenstruel : informer, reconnaître et déculpabiliser « QU'EST-CE QUI NE VA PAS CHEZ MOI ? », « EST-CE QUE JE DEVIENS FOLLE ? » Vous êtes-vous déjà posé ces questions quelques jours avant vos règles ? Si oui, la réponse est SPM, ou syndrome prémenstruel, cet ensemble de symptômes physiques (douleurs aux seins ou au ventre, migraines, acné, fringales, nausées, etc.) ou psychologiques (nervosité, anxiété, agressivité, émotivité, voire dépression).

Bienvenue dans le monde merveilleux de la maternité, un livre nécessaire et décomplexant qui aborde sans fard des sujets restés trop longtemps tabous.

The principal mission of this book is to provide a simple and easy guidebook with proven tactics to help women tune into their body’s natural “language” and increase their chances of conceiving. The book introduces listeners to The Four Fertility Foes ("The Big Four") that may be compromising their efforts to get pregnant. These culprits—inflammation, insulin, stress, and toxicity—are more persistent in the lives of women today than any pre-existing medical condition. Identifying the issue is an empowering first step to taking action.

As pesquisas mais recentes revelam que a qualidade dos óvulos é vital para determinar quanto tempo uma mulher levará para engravidar e também para diminuir os riscos de interrupção da gravidez. A baixa qualidade dos óvulos é a causa isolada mais comum de infertilidade relacionada ao envelhecimento, de abortos espontâneos e de ciclos malsucedidos de fertilização in vitro.

When Helen Ledwick discovered she had a prolapse after the birth of her second child, she was devastated, not just by the constant discomfort but also by the pervasive shame she felt and the lack of available information and support. When she learned that one in three women have pelvic floor disorders, she was horrified...and determined to do something about it. In this warm, factual and anecdote-rich look at a taboo subject, Helen shares her story along with those of many other women.

Alexandra Collier was a writer living in a light-filled Brooklyn brownstone in New York with the man she loved. But when she woke up to a ravenous hunger to have a baby that her partner didn't share, she had to make a choice between love or a future family. From defying her family's expectations to searching for sperm and navigating pregnancy alone, Ally deftly takes us through the ecstatic, complicated and demanding path to becoming a solo mother by choice.

In the tradition of Anthony Bourdain and Emily Witt, celebrated burlesque performer, sex educator, and social worker Fancy Feast gives readers a backstage pass to the nightlife and sex industries, examining our cultures hang-ups and obsessions with bodies, desire, and even love When Fancy Feast...

On April 23, 1984, in a packed press conference room in Washington, DC, the secretary of health and human services declared “The probable cause of AIDS has been found.” By the next day, “probable” had fallen away, and the novel retrovirus later named HIV became forever lodged in global consciousness as “the AIDS virus.” Celia Farber, then an intrepid young reporter for SPIN magazine, was the only journalist to question the official narrative and dig into the science of AIDS.

Seks hebben we bijna allemaal. Waarom praten we er dan nauwelijks over? Milou Deelen helpt in Hoe doen we het? veertien inspirerende vrouwen de drempel over, en dat levert bloedeerlijke en herkenbare verhalen op. Onder anderen Hedy d'Ancona, Tjitske Reidinga, Lale Gül, S10, Ellen Laan en Berget Lewis vertellen alles over hun seksuele ontdekkingsreis: van hoe hun eerste keer was, tot met welke seksuele moraal zij zijn grootgebracht, en of ze weleens ongewenste intimiteiten meegemaakt hebben tot wat hun persoonlijke definitie van goede seks is.

Four decades after And the Band Played On created an image of the AIDS epidemic that has survived in the public consciousness to this very day, mathematician Rebecca Culshaw is sounding the alarm that everything that iconic book told us about AIDS is demonstrably wrong. And that mistaken understanding of AIDS and its cause has the potential to affect all of us, not just certain so-called risk groups. Rebecca Culshaw describes her slow uncovering of these reasons over her years researching HIV for her work constructing mathematical models of its interaction with the immune system.

Heftige Schmerzen, Blutungen, Probleme beim Stuhlgang oder Schwierigkeiten, schwanger zu werden: Die diffusen Symptome führen oft zu einem langen Leidensweg, bis betroffene Frauen mit der Diagnose „Endometriose“ Gewissheit erhalten. Und auch dann herrscht dank des Labels „unheilbar“ oft Verzweiflung – doch beides muss nicht sein! Dieses Buch zeigt Ihnen nicht nur, wie Sie der Endometriose auf die Spur kommen, sondern präsentiert Ihnen zudem eine große Bandbreite an wirksamen Strategien, mit denen Sie Ihrem Alltag wieder Freude und Leichtigkeit zurückgeben.

La calidad del esperma en el mundo occidental ha disminuido en casi un 60% en menos de 40 años. Cada vez más parejas de no tienen hijos de forma involuntaria o luchan por tenerlos. La fertilidad está disminuyendo en todo el mundo.

En este libro, Daniela Merchant Careaga brinda las fases fisiológicas de un plan de alimentación para mujeres embarazadas y las que amamantan, así como para el bebé hasta su primer año de vida. Describe paso a paso y con ejemplos cómo calcular los requerimientos energéticos y nutricionales para diseñar este plan. Los datos y recomendaciones que esta obra ofrece se basan en valores recomendados para la población mexicana y en consensos internacionales.

Parents and parents-to-be are bombarded with information, from what to expect to what to do (and not to do) when it happens. But what they may not realize is that from the chemistry of pregnancy tests to the vacuum physics of breastfeeding, there is fascinating science at the heart of every aspect of creating and raising a new human.

Stai per diventare mamma per la prima volta? Vuoi essere informata e pronta ad affrontare con serenità ed in sicurezza la tua prima gravidanza e quanto la segue? Allora continua a leggere!

From the authors of the New York Times bestselling Plague of Corruption comes the prescription on how to end the plague infecting our medical community.

From the acclaimed author of The Shakespeare Wars and Explaining Hitler comes a stirring manifesto on love in the modern age. Who wrote the book of love? In an impassioned polemic, Ron Rosenbaum—who has written books on the mysteries of Hitler’s evil, the magic of Shakespeare’s words, and...