The Endometriosis Association's latest book 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. --------------$14.95 U.S./$22.25 Canada.

"If you want to know more about endometriosis, you can do a computer search of the medical literature or you can read this book."
   --David B. Redwine, M.D., head of the Endometriosis Treatment Program, St. Charles Medical Center, Bend, Oregon.

The Endometriosis Sourcebook -- Table of Contents

Foreword by Dr. Dan Martin

I. Introduction

Opening words from Mary Lou Ballweg, co-founder of the Association.

II. 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.

III. 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.

IV. 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?

V.   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.

"In the 1990s it is imperative to be an intelligent consumer. This book will enable the woman with endometriosis to be just that."
            --David Olive, M.D., Chief of Reproductive Endocrinology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT.

OVERCOMING ENDOMETRIOSIS

New Help from the Endometriosis Association

by Mary Lou Ballweg and the Endometriosis Association

Now in its ninth printing. An anthology of highly acclaimed newsletter articles, fact sheets, research reviews, and other materials of the Association. The book also includes co-founder Mary Lou Ballweg's funny and poignant "Joe with Endo" cartoon strip. -----------$13.95 U.S./$20.75 Canada.

"I've learned more from the material you've sent me than any information I've received from any and all health care in the past 16 years."---------Glenna, Connecticut

Overcoming Endometriosis -- Table of Contents

Foreword by Dr. Camran Nezhat

I. Introduction

Why the Endometriosis Association Was Started, by Mary Lou Ballweg, co-founder.

II. Treatments for a Stubborn Disease

Covers treatments for endometriosis in depth, including pain medications, danazol, GnRH drugs, all types of surgery for endo, laser techniques, fertility and pregnancy considerations, and alternative treatments.

III. Coping: The Many Challenges

Covers choosing a doctor, coping with the hospital experience, coping after hysterectomy and removal of the ovaries, osteoporosis, coping financially, teens and endo, the single woman and fertility, emotional concerns, and how support groups help women with endo, among other things.

IV. New Directions: Is Endometriosis What We Think It Is?

Covers endo and the candidiasis link; the ideas of Dr. David Redwine; mitral valve prolapse, a heart defect in women with the disease; and work to develop a blood test to diagnose endo.

V. Research Recaps

Research reviews and discussion from the popular newsletter column, including such topics as prostaglandins and endo, ultrasound in diagnosis of endo, cancer and endo, endo in men, and pain management in endo.

VI. Working Together to Overcome Endometriosis

Covers the work of the Endometriosis Association, the British Endometriosis Society, and the Australian Victorian Endometriosis Association.

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. On the '96 New York Times bestseller list, Our Stolen Future is a must-read for those with endometriosis--and anyone else who is concerned for the environment, their health, and the lives of generations to come.-----------$11.95 US / $17.75 Canada