Book Review

Yeast Conditions Are Often Misdiagnosed! New Book Teaches Women How To Recognize and Deal With This Common Malady

Millions of women are needlessly suffering from yeast-related health maladies while their symptoms go undiagnosed or misdiagnosed. In fact, yeast overgrowth is a factor in many chronic health problems. But your health provider has not identified the problem, and, sadly, you are still suffering! So says noted integrative medicine specialist Hyla Cass, M.D., in her new book, The Yeast Connection and Women's Health (Professional Books, Oct., 2003).co-authored with Elizabeth Crook. The book also lists Dr. William B. Crook as an author. Dr. Cass and Elizabeth Crook, his daughter, completed the book after his death last year.

The Yeast Connection and Women's Health is the most up-to-date and comprehensive addition to the bestselling health series by the Dr. Crook. Among the new information in this book is a list of the four most common ways that doctors minimize the yeast connection. They are: 1) "Everyone has yeast." 2) "There is no way you could have a systemic yeast infection. Ridiculous!" 3) Everyone is allergic to yeast. That's normal and 4) "I have never heard of toxicity caused by a yeast infection." The reader is told why doctors say these things, trivializing or outright dismissing their concerns, so that the reader is better able to respond - and get the care they need.

This new book is organized for maximum ease in looking up specific conditions. Readers will discover the latest information on chronic health complaints that have a "yeast connection." Expanded sections cover lifestyle changes that can affect yeast production in the female, and offer emotional support and a powerful analysis of the mind-body connection that impacts well-being.

There is also new research that women can use to gain their physician's support, success stories of women who have regained their health, links to online tools that a woman can use to evaluate her symptoms, and information on many other issues and methods that help women get and stay healthy, including the latest research about natural hormone replacement (HRT).

Dr. Hyla Cass is also the author of Natural Highs: Supplements, Nutrition, and Mind/Body Techniques to Feel Good All the Time (Penguin Putnam Avery, 2002).

The Pervasiveness of Yeast-Related Conditions
Here is just a partial list of the surprising array of conditions in which common yeast organisms-most often Candida albicans - have been implicated: allergies, depression, chronic asthma, attention deficit disorder, headaches, PMS, ear problems, vaginitis, cystitis, bloating and constipation, irritable bowel syndrome, muscle pain, acne, chronic sinusitis, eczema, rosacea and fibromyalgia. Yeast has also been linked to such autoimmune illnesses as chronic fatigue syndrome, lupus, scleroderma, psoriasis and rheumatoid arthritis. Indications for a diagnosis of C. albicans-related health problems include frequent or prolonged use of antibiotics and steroids, use of birth control pills and diets high in refined sugars.

Based on solid clinical evidence, The Yeast Connection and Women's Health provides clear advice on mind/body approaches and nutritional solutions, including diet, non-prescription yeast-control agents such as vitamins, herbal products, and probiotics, as well as prescription medication. The book also directs the reader to www.yeastconnection.com, where she will find more tools for improving her health. Every woman with an undiagnosed ailment, a chronic condition, or symptoms that she has been told are "just in your mind," should add this book to her library.